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Explain it in 60 Seconds: Lattice QCD

07/25/24

Sarah Charley

Lattice gauge theory, or lattice QCD, is a calculation method that helps scientists make predictions about the behavior of quarks at low energies.

03/20/13

Research with flair at FameLab 2013

Young scientists presented their research in three entertaining minutes at this year’s Swiss semifinal round of Famelab 2013, hosted by CERN.

03/19/13

Programmed for success

Former particle physicist John Mansour still creates analytic solutions—these days, for retail clients.

03/15/13

A different spin

In physics, spinors are used to plot the spin properties of elementary particles. In Stanford's recreational softball league, it's a whole different story.

03/11/13

Linear collider focus gets down to size

In a display of timing worthy of a blockbuster movie, a multinational team of accelerator physicists focused a beam of electrons down to the tiny size needed for a future linear collider the same week that the linear collider board formed.

03/07/13

Spin

Objects as large as a planet or as small as a photon can have the property of spin. Spin is also the reason we can watch movies in 3D.

Photo of Natalia Koulinka, Herman Winick, Nadejda Marques and Larry Diamond

02/28/13

Fighting for academic freedom, one scholar at a time

Herman Winick thought making synchrotrons was his life’s work, but life had a few surprises in store.

02/26/13

Higgs-like particle

Early in the summer of 2012, excitement reached a peak as members of the CMS and ATLAS collaborations confirmed among themselves that they would soon announce the discovery of what looked like the Higgs boson.

02/18/13

Spectroscopy

Spectroscopy is a technique that astronomers use to measure and analyze the hundreds of colors contained in the light emitted by stars, galaxies and other celestial objects.

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