10/15/12 Scientific American Blog How to build the world’s simplest particle detector Using stuff you probably already have lying around your house, you can view atomic nuclei and elementary particles.
10/12/12 Technology Review How cosmic ray muons could reveal hidden nuclear waste Muons were once used to "X-ray" an Egyptian pyramid. Now physicists hope to use a similar method to peer inside nuclear waste repositories.
10/12/12 AIP FYI New threat to American competitiveness discussed at Senate hearing With state-funded operating expenses rapidly declining, university research could be endangered.
10/11/12 Nature Coming to terms with the Higgs Theoretical particle physicist Martinus Veltman shared the 1999 Nobel Prize in Physics for his work on the theory that predicted the Higgs boson. Yet he has spent the past 30 years doubting whether the Higgs exists.
From sea to scientific sea 10/22/24 Laura Dattaro Take a tour of the 17 national laboratories across the United States.