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Illustration of beach with surf board, life vest, and person surfing on large blue wave in background

04/23/13

Plasma acceleration

Like surfers on huge ocean waves, electrons can ride waves of plasma to very high energies.

04/19/13

Q&A with Fabiola Gianotti, Higgs hunter

Symmetry sits down with Fabiola Gianotti, who recently finished an eventful four years as spokesperson for the ATLAS experiment at the Large Hadron Collider.

Photo of 2012 Global Particle Physics Photowalk by: Joseph Paul Boccio

04/18/13

Photowalk winners show modern beauty of science

Judges announce the winners of the 2012 Global Particle Physics Photowalk.

04/16/13

Naturalness

When a scientific result fails the test of “naturalness,” it can point to new physics.

04/16/13

LHC passes ‘ping-pong ball’ test

Physicists send an ultra-clean, miniature ping-pong ball through part of the Large Hadron Collider beam pipe to test for hidden defects.

04/15/13

Underground experiment sees possible hints of dark matter

The Cryogenic Dark Matter Search experiment adds new intrigue to the hunt for dark matter.

04/11/13

Shall I compare thee to a spinning pulsar?

A scientist uses a technique from astronomy to investigate whether William Shakespeare really wrote all of those sonnets.

04/09/13

Arturo Gomez: Life among the telescopes

Arturo Gomez has spent more than 40 years working with visiting astronomers at Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory in Chile.

04/05/13

CERN offers UN advice on bringing women into science

In CERN’s first opportunity to engage directly with a UN organization since it gained observer status, grad students suggested ways to improve the situation of women in science.

Photo of AMS on ISS outside of Earth's atmosphere

04/03/13

AMS tiptoes toward answer to dark-matter question

The first result from the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer experiment improves on previous measurements, promises precise future results.

Photo of persons hand on a single silicon wafer

04/02/13

Semiconductors

Accelerator-powered ion implantation proves key to advances in integrated circuits.

Photo of the bubble chamber exhibit proved a mesmerizing respite from some of the more crowded exhibits

03/29/13

Cosmic open house draws curious crowd

Kids of all ages flocked to SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory to learn about the universe and have fun doing it.

03/27/13

NOvA neutrino detector sees first particles

The NOvA neutrino detector, currently under construction, has already begun to take data from cosmic rays.

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03/27/13

Astronomers give Dark Energy Camera rave reviews

Even before the Dark Energy Survey begins, the Dark Energy Camera is exceeding expectations in the astrophysics community.

03/26/13

BESIII collaboration catches new particle

A new particle spotted at China’s Beijing Electron Positron Collider raises more questions than it answers.

03/26/13

OPERA snags third tau neutrino

For the third time since the OPERA detector began receiving beam in 2006, the experiment has caught a muon neutrino oscillating into a tau neutrino.