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10/08/19
Nobel Prize

The Nobel Prize in Physics 2019

The Nobel Prize in Physics 2019 was awarded "for contributions to our understanding of the evolution of the universe and Earth's place in the cosmos," with one half to James Peebles and the other half jointly to Michel Mayor and Didier Queloz.

10/02/19
CERN Courier

European strategy enters next phase

Physicists in Europe have published a 250-page “briefing book” to help map out the next major paths in fundamental exploration.

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10/01/11

A smashin' good taste

What beverage could capture the essence of a high-energy subatomic particle collision? It would require specific elements: rareness, a blend of flavors, a twist on technology.

10/01/11

Lego Belle II

Particle detectors help physicists study the fundamental building blocks of matter. Now building blocks can help people study detectors.

10/01/11

A deck of particles

Want to play with subatomic particles? You could go to work at Brookhaven National Laboratory's Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider, RHIC—or you could play a new card game.

10/01/11

Solving for X

A proposed new accelerator complex at Fermilab would open up the Intensity Frontier of particle physics.

10/01/11

A physicist in the cancer lab

Nicole Ackerman thought she would always be a particle physicist—until a newfound interest in biology drew her toward medical imaging. Her research on Cherenkov radiation, the blue glow from charged particles outracing light, could aid development of cancer treatments.

10/01/11

Now playing: Reality. In 3D

Could your life be a 3D movie? A new Fermilab experiment aims to put on the special glasses and find out.

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