Fermilab Today Archive 2012
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Friday, Oct. 5

  • How spam filtering works at Fermilab
  • Physics in a Nutshell: The platypus particle
  • Photo of the Day: Pilot study group to complete Certified Administrative Professional course
  • In Brief: Intensity Frontier brochure available for pick-up
  • Paul Davies discusses extraterrestrial life next week
  • From New Scientist, Oct. 3, 2012: Quantum measurements leave Schrödinger's cat alive

Thursday, Oct. 4

  • Construction begins on largest liquid-argon time projection chamber in the U.S.
  • Result of the Week: A new chapter in the story of B decays
  • Ask the Ethicist: Election season
  • Video of the Day: The Standard Model
  • From symmetry: HEP open access initiative at crucial juncture
  • From IEEE Spectrum, Oct. 1, 2012: The cosmological supercomputer

Wednesday, Oct. 3

  • From SLAC News Center: Panofsky Prize honors researchers' underground hunt for dark matter
  • From the Business Services Section: National Fire Prevention Week begins Oct. 7
  • Photo of the Day: You saw me standing alone
  • University Profile: Northeastern University
  • Safety Update: ES&H weekly report, Oct. 2
  • From Physics World, Oct. 1, 2012: Dark-matter alternative tackles elliptical galaxies

Tuesday, Oct. 2

  • One minute with Brad Tennis, Accelerator Division mechanical technician
  • Director's Corner: On vacation
  • Photos of the Day: Monday morning sunrise
  • Construction Update: Constructing walls of three attached structures for LArTF cylinder
  • In Brief: Changes to janitorial service in effect
  • Correction: Director's volunteer award nomination deadline and reception date
  • From FYI: The AIP Bulletin of Science Policy News, Sept. 28, 2012: President signs bill extending federal funding for six months

Monday, Oct. 1

  • Employees paint a more colorful Fermilab with gardening tools
  • Tip of the Week: Quality Assurance: Lessons learned
  • Photos of the Day: Computing Division annual picnic at Kuhn Barn
  • In Brief: Nominations now accepted for director's volunteer award
  • From ILC NewsLine: An ILC Higgs factory—is it enough?
  • From Science, Sept. 27, 2012: A spinning black hole at a galaxy's center