As of today you can see and download the latest print issue of symmetry. The actual print copies are in the mail on the way to subscribers.
This issue looks at many of the varied uses of accelerators in society. Although accelerators were typically created for basic physics research, they are key components of many medical and industrial applications now.
In this issue, you can read about how tools developed for the Large Hadron Collider are being put to medical imaging uses. Cyclotrons were one of the early types of particle accelerator but they are still useful today in creating medical radioisotopes. But if you don't want a full-scale cyclotron, why not build your own? There is a small but keen community of people who do exactly that.
Accelerators could play a significant role in future applications and a recent report about those applications is excerpted here. You can also see comments about accelerator use from the guy who runs the DOE's high-energy physics program, Dennis Kovar.
As always, we have a logbook, we explain redshift in 60 seconds, and you'll see the strange things that physicists write on, whether they be stuffed toys or pieces of fruit.
We hope you enjoy the issue and, as always, we appreciate your comments and feedback!
