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03/31/20
CERN Courier

European strategy update postponed

Acknowledging that the COVID-19 outbreak threatens the lives and health of hundreds of thousands of people, and affects the everyday lives of millions, the CERN Council has now agreed that it would not be appropriate to release the ESG update.

03/30/20
Nature

How to defend a PhD remotely

Alyssa Frederick defended her thesis remotely before the coronavirus outbreak began. Here’s how.

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The LSSTCam covers 21 times more area on the sky in every image

Testing, testing!

01/15/25

NSF–DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory has just successfully completed a series of full-system tests using an engineering test camera.

Photo of S2B: COUPP bubbles
01/30/13

Tiny bubbles

A hipster detector searches for the crystalline “plink” of dark matter.

Illustration of: Dark Universe Feature (purple and yellow)
01/28/13

Illuminating the dark universe

The pursuit of dark matter and dark energy is one of the most exciting—and most challenging—areas of science. Now researchers think they’re beginning to close in.

Photo of Crowd
01/24/13

Physics and the wisdom of crowds

Researchers apply the rules of particle physics to the world of online shopping and recommendation engines, and suggest it may be unwise to rely on popular opinion.

Illustration of S2B: Fermilab Proton Run
01/17/13

Precocious protons

A brainy playground springs up at Fermilab, offering hands-on education experiences for kids.

Logbook of January 2013
01/15/13

Neutron scattering

In the 1940s, researchers discovered that neutrons could serve as tools for measuring nuclear properties and determining the atomic and magnetic structures of materials.

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