Fermilab Today

Archive: December 2011

Result of the Week: Illuminating the Z boson
Director's Corner: A good close to the year
In Memoriam: Margaret McAuliff
From ILC NewsLine: CM2 assembly nearly complete
Wellness Feature of the Month: January wellness offerings, fitness classes and discounts
From ILC NewsLine: Japanese interest in hosting the ILC
Accelerator Update: Dec. 16-19
From PhysOrg.com, Dec. 19, 2011: Scientists ‘trigger’ high energy physics at CERN in India-UK collaboration

Illinois Accelerator Research Center: Industry finds a new home at Fermilab
Special Announcement: Offsite access to Fermilab printers now blocked
From The Chicago Sun-Times, Dec. 16, 2011: Fermilab breaks ground on accelerator research center
From Voice of America, Dec. 15, 2011: Fermilab scientists optimistic about finding Higgs boson particle
Accelerator Update: Dec. 14-16

A cheaper way to purify liquid argon for neutrino experiments
Special Announcement: Fermilab potluck - today
Milestone: Births: Elliot Eugene and Isaac Warren Shanahan
Press Release from Caltech: High-energy physicists set record for network data transfer
From PopSci.com, Dec. 14, 2011: Building a massive neutrino hunter beneath the Mediterranean
From Wall Streat Journal, Dec. 14, 2011: Physicists close in on universal puzzle

Special Announcement: Fermilab email outage fixed
Special Announcement: Fermilab potluck - Dec. 16
Result of the Week: A new way to find the top
From symmetry breaking: First physics experiments soon to move into former Homestake mine
Accelerator Update: Dec. 12-14
Photo of the Day: New employees - Dec. 12
From The New York Times, Dec. 14, 2011: Data hints at elusive particle, but wait continues

Press Release: Possible signs of the Higgs remain in latest analyses
Director's Corner: Watch out!
From Quantum Diaries: Fermilab hot on trail of Higgs boson with LHC, Tevatron
Photo of the Day: An ice sculpture of Wilson Hall
Accelerator Update: Dec. 9-12
From Science, Dec. 13, 2011: In search for Higgs boson, physicists report a definite maybe
From Nature, Dec. 13, 2011: Detectors home in on Higgs boson

Special Announcement: Watch live CERN broadcast on Higgs results - Dec. 13
ES&H Tip of the Week: Safety: Keep the holidays fun and safe
ANL, Fermilab and UChicago meeting in One West - today
Photos of the Day: New employee - Nov. 14 and New employees - Nov. 28
Accelerator Update: Dec. 7-9
From SLAC Today: The rich fabric of intensity frontier physics
From Chicago Tribune: Scientists excited over hints of finding elusive 'God particle'

David Schmitz receives 2011 Director’s Volunteer Award
Physics in a Nutshell: Statistical significance: Are you sure that you're sure?
Special Announcement: ANL-UChicago-Fermilab meeting - Monday, Dec. 12
In Brief: Fermilab ORTA web page receives a new look
From New Scientist, Dec. 8, 2011: Neutrinos give US best shot at post-Tevatron glory
DOE Press Release: Energy Department announces new initiative to remove barriers for industry to work with national labs, commercialize technology

Special Announcement: Computer security awareness
Result of the Week: Testing for top quark teams
In Memoriam: Linda Christiansen
Photo of the Day: New employees - Oct. 31
Accelerator Update: Dec. 5-7
From The Financial Times Magazine, Dec. 2, 2011: Ghostly particles that may explain the universe
From Quantum Diaries: DNA in a haystack

Special Announcement: Physics for Everyone - today
From the Technical Division: SRF advances and future accelerators at Fermilab
Special Announcement: Volunteers reception - today
In Brief: Computer security awareness day - Dec. 8
Safety Update: ES&H weekly report, Dec. 6
From Voice of America, Dec. 1, 2011: Idled atom-smasher yielding data months after shutdown
From physicsworld.com, Dec. 6, 2011: String-theory calculations describe the 'birth of the universe'

Milestone: MiniBooNE achieves record
Director's Corner: Intensity Frontier workshop II
Photos of the Day: Service awards - Nov. 4
Accelerator Update: Dec. 2-5
From The New York Times, Dec. 5, 2011: Astronomers find biggest black holes yet
From Physics.org, Dec. 2, 2011: Focus: Another step back fo wave-particle duality

From symmetry breaking: Intensity Frontier Workshop packed with ideas and people
ES&H Tip of the Week: Computer Security: Updating computer systems
Special Announcement: Winter holiday tea - today
Photo of the Day: An English Thanksgiving
In Brief: Some Fermilab roads closed for winter starting today
Accelerator Update: Nov. 30 - Dec. 2
From The Guardian, Dec. 1, 2011: Excitement as Higgs boson seminar set to announce latest LHC findings

Video of the Day: What is antimatter?
CMS Result: Z-ray vision
Low-mass, low-power photon detectors in testing
Special Announcement: Winter holiday tea - Dec. 5
From msnbc.com, Nov. 30, 2011: MINERvA becomes first neutrino experiment to use helium target
From Wired.com, Nov. 30, 2011: New twist in the search for dark matter

Fermilab goes to 2011 supercomputing conference
Result of the Week: Collider Detector at Fermilab or Charm decay factory?
Special Announcement: Physics for Everyone - Dec. 7
Photo of the Day: New employees - Oct. 17
From Quantum Diaries: MINERvA becomes first neutrino experiment to use helium target
Accelerator Update: Nov. 28-30
From InsideScience.org, Nov. 28, 2011: In era of constrained budgets, basic research remains critical for nation's prosperity