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Two SLAC physicists help design and build X-ray devices that scan cargo containers for nuclear materials and other hazards.
signal to background
FACET boosts plasma acceleration
Upgrades to the Facility for Advanced Accelerator Experimental Tests—including a new 10-terawatt laser—will assist in R&D for new methods of particle acceleration.
deconstruction
The cherry pie collider
What’s the next step in particle colliders? Symmetry takes a trip into the kitchen pantry to find out.
signal to background
The top 40 physics hits of 2012
The Higgs boson is a popular subject among the most-cited physics papers of 2012, but a particle simulation manual takes the top spot.
day in the life
Fermilab docent
Former biology teacher Felicia Svoboda shows Fermilab visitors the ins and outs of doing science.
breaking
Moniz confirmed as Energy Secretary
The US Senate has unanimously confirmed MIT physics professor Ernest Moniz as the next Secretary of Energy.
A new result from the CMS collaboration takes a step toward revealing the origin of the mysterious ‘ridge effect.’
signal to background
A banner day at the LHC
An artist honors the people and science of the CMS collaboration.
Symmetry is on the hunt for the best analogy to describe neutrino oscillation, the process by which a neutrino changes from one flavor to the next.
signal to background
The Fellowship of the Ring
The Muon g-2 experiment kicks off this summer with the move of a 50-foot-wide ring-shaped cryostat from New York to Illinois.
signal to background
FACET boosts plasma acceleration
Upgrades to the Facility for Advanced Accelerator Experimental Tests—including a new 10-terawatt laser—will assist in R&D for new methods of particle acceleration.
day in the life
Fermilab docent
Former biology teacher Felicia Svoboda shows Fermilab visitors the ins and outs of doing science.
signal to background
A banner day at the LHC
An artist honors the people and science of the CMS collaboration.
deconstruction
The cherry pie collider
What’s the next step in particle colliders? Symmetry takes a trip into the kitchen pantry to find out.
breaking
Moniz confirmed as Energy Secretary
The US Senate has unanimously confirmed MIT physics professor Ernest Moniz as the next Secretary of Energy.
Symmetry is on the hunt for the best analogy to describe neutrino oscillation, the process by which a neutrino changes from one flavor to the next.
signal to background
The top 40 physics hits of 2012
The Higgs boson is a popular subject among the most-cited physics papers of 2012, but a particle simulation manual takes the top spot.
A new result from the CMS collaboration takes a step toward revealing the origin of the mysterious ‘ridge effect.’
signal to background
The Fellowship of the Ring
The Muon g-2 experiment kicks off this summer with the move of a 50-foot-wide ring-shaped cryostat from New York to Illinois.
