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11/15/19

ISS astronauts start AMS repair

A series of joint NASA and ESA spacewalks four years in the making aims to extend the life of the AMS particle detector.

11/13/19
Nature

Link between antimatter and dark matter probed

Ultrasensitive experiments on trapped antiprotons provide a window onto possible differences between matter and antimatter. Now they could also shed light on the identity of dark matter.

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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.

05/01/11

ALICE's tight squeeze

Anyone who has ever tried to move a big piece of furniture through a small door knows a few centimeters can mean the difference between success and failure.

05/01/11

Physics in a cornfield

On a cool September evening in a cornfield south of Chicago, dozens of telescopes turned skyward for one of the largest star parties in the Midwest. At the center, Fermilab astrophysicist Dan Hooper was describing something no telescope can see.

05/01/11

Disaster brings physics family closer

A day after the devastating March 11 earthquake and tsunami in Japan, with strong aftershocks still testing surviving buildings, Japanese residents and physicists were offering beds, food, and rides to stranded foreign physicists.

05/01/11

Saint protects European XFEL tunnel

To the sound of a traditional German miners' song, the two tunnel builders were lifted up to a shrine on the wall directly above the giant tunnel boring machine. They gently placed a wooden statue of St. Barbara into the shrine.

Logbook: May 2011
05/01/11

Protein structure

Today, scientists at 22 synchrotron light sources are analyzing protein structures, and the worldwide Protein Data Bank contains the structures of more than 72,000 proteins.

Illustration of Synchrotron Radiation
05/01/11

Synchrotron radiation

Synchrotron light gets its name from the synchrotron particle accelerators where it was first observed.

05/01/11

LBNE: The inside buzz on a new science project

Planning and designing the $900 million Long Baseline Neutrino Experiment takes more than a village. It takes a hive’s worth of scientists, engineers, technicians, accountants, and other specialists of every stripe.

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