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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.

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06/24/14

Computing power for all

The Open Science Grid enables faster, more efficient analysis of LHC data—and also contributes to advancements in fields from geology to medicine.

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06/20/14

The art of back-of-the-envelope calculations

Students estimate their way through pop culture problems to learn a life skill.

Illustration of Day in Life: Lucy DeBarbaro: hred house in woods, with hands behind it, Wilson hall in the background

06/17/14

Science and nature

Although the view has changed, Lucy de Barbaro still looks at life through the lens of physics.

06/16/14

The supersymmetric bet

Particle physicists playfully take sides over whether the Large Hadron Collider is likely to discover evidence of Supersymmetry.

06/10/14

Wave-particle duality

The concept of wave-particle duality ascribes two seemingly contradictory traits to a single object.

06/09/14

Science and diplomacy: Q&A with William Colglazier

The science and technology adviser to the US Secretary of State discusses how science and diplomacy can serve one another.

06/04/14

EXO experiment searches for exotic decay

The search for neutrinoless double-beta decay could reveal valuable information about neutrinos.

06/03/14

Beam on: My father’s fight with cancer

After working with particle accelerators his entire professional career, Heather Rock Woods’ father placed himself in the path of a beam to fight cancer.

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