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02/01/05

E=mc2

Your car, and virtually all other activity on Earth, is ultimately powered by Einstein’s most famous equation.

02/01/05

Let it rain

The most energetic particles in the universe have a message for us. The gigantic Pierre Auger Southern Observatory, still under construction in Argentina, is already trying to decipher it.

01/01/05

Inflation

In 1978 Alan Guth heard about the “flatness problem” of the universe while attending a talk on cosmology—a field he was only marginally curious about. A year later, Guth found a solution.

01/01/05

Visa quest

Russian physicist Nikolay Solyak has been a Fermilab employee since 1999. When he left the United States in September 2003, a short trip abroad turned into a four-month odyssey, separating him from his work and family in the United States. His documents tell the story.

01/01/05

SESAME

Can a recycled synchrotron become an oasis of peace in the Middle East?

01/01/05

The growth of inflation

Twenty-five years after Alan Guth turned cosmology on its head, what’s the latest story of the universe’s first moments?

01/01/05

Smart scarecrow

"See, that's Albert Einstein!" / "Huh?" was the most common response from caramel-apple-wielding pre-school kids to their parents.