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10/01/11

Science worth trudging for

Would you walk 10,000 steps for a piece of glass the size of a deck of cards? What if that piece of glass were part of an astrophysics experiment to warn people about potentially deadly asteroids zooming toward Earth and make a 3D map of the universe?

Illustration of pineapple (right) pineapple cut in half (left)
10/01/11

Symmetry

Symmetry is an expression of exact correspondence between things.

Logbook: October 2011
10/01/11

Cyclotron patent

On January 26, 1932, Ernest Lawrence applied for a patent on the cyclotron.

10/01/11

A deck of particles

Want to play with subatomic particles? You could go to work at Brookhaven National Laboratory's Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider, RHIC—or you could play a new card game.

10/01/11

Lego Belle II

Particle detectors help physicists study the fundamental building blocks of matter. Now building blocks can help people study detectors.

10/01/11

A smashin' good taste

What beverage could capture the essence of a high-energy subatomic particle collision? It would require specific elements: rareness, a blend of flavors, a twist on technology.

10/01/11

Ink curing

Next time you pour yourself a bowl of Cheerios, thank the particle accelerator that brought you the bright yellow box. A growing number of printing companies are using innovative accelerator technology to print the cereal boxes that grace the breakfast table.

10/01/11

Neutrino experiments

Neutrinos zip straight through the Earth, while rarely leaving a trace. Yet these particles may hold answers to many of the key questions of 21st century particle physics.

10/01/11

NOvA construction

Close to the Canadian border, near an area known as the Boundary Waters, scientists are building an experiment to discover how neutrino masses stack up. They aim to get closer to understanding how matter came to dominate antimatter in our universe.