03/08/19 Ars Technica Physicists are decoding math-y secrets of knitting to make bespoke materials Different stitch types determine stretchiness, shape of final knitted product.
03/07/19 Japan defers ILC decision In their latest meeting with scientists, the Japanese government declined to stake a claim to hosting the ILC.
03/06/19 CERN Download the Big Bang on your smartphone Experience the 13.8-billion-year-old story of the universe in just seven minutes with CERN’s new Big Bang app.
03/04/19 Ars Technica The perils of upgrading a particle detector buried in Antarctic ice IceCube is expanding, with an upgrade in the works and a much larger next-generation detector being planned.
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07/01/09 Accidental beauties These exquisite test samples transcend their original purpose—ensuring all the metal parts of SLAC accelerators and detectors are flawless.
05/01/09 ATLAS shrunk Carpenters working at particle physics labs are used to jobs their colleagues in private industry wouldn't dream of tackling.
05/01/09 Chasing charm in China The flight plan of today's particle physicist can be a dizzying thing.
05/01/09 A desert quest for no-cell-phone zone It seemed like a mirage: A shepherd holding a silver tea service crossing barren desert to quench the thirst of strangers.
05/01/09 Credit where credit is due In the swirling sea of thousands of people who contribute to a major particle physics experiment, how can a young physicist pop to the surface and get noticed? An international committee offers ideas.
05/01/09 Bowling for science On what should be a sleepy Saturday at SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, the air is buzzing.