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10/01/10

The new wave of linear lightsources

Several current and planned lightsources are powered by linear accelerators, such as SLAC National Accelerator Lab's X-ray lightsource, known as the LCLS, and Jefferson Lab's Free-Electron Laser.

10/01/10

His car is plus a minus

Last year I took the opportunity to grab “E Minus” plates for my vehicle, picture attached.

10/01/10

High-tech marbles and bubblegum

Fermilab scientists are using what look like dime-store toys to polish specialized accelerator cavities, each of which costs about as much as a brandnew Maserati.

10/01/10

Riding the waves in search of cosmic rays

As physics lab environments go, one could do worse than sharing the expanse of the Atlantic Ocean or the animal-dotted ice shelves of Antarctica with 20 pancake-cooking, dart-playing Swedish sailors.

10/01/10

Armenia detects space weather

On Mount Aragats, the highest point in the Armenian landscape, atop a volcano ribboned with glaciers, lava-born fissures, and medieval fortifications, an early 20th century observatory is leading Armenian physics in new, 21st century directions.

10/01/10

Hit it over the Alps

Every summer weekend, several dozen CERN physicists gather to enjoy a beloved American tradition: They play for the Quarks and the Leptons in an international softball league.

10/01/10

Treading lightly in Tokyo

It was my first morning in Tokyo. Carrying a camera, an offering of saké, and a note in Japanese that I hoped explained why I was there, I stepped into the sumo training hall to watch the day’s practice.

Logbook of October 2010
10/01/10

First Tevatron collision

At 3:10 a.m. on October 13, 1985, scientists with the Collider Detector at Fermilab experiment informed the main control room that they had observed the Tevatron collider’s first antiproton– proton collision.

Illustration of The Big Bang
10/01/10

Big Bang

The moment that kicked off the growth of our universe is called the Big Bang.