Glennda Chui
January 2013
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January 28, 2013feature: Illuminating the dark universeThe pursuit of dark matter and dark energy is one of the most exciting—and most challenging—areas of science. Now researchers think they’re beginning to close in.
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January 28, 2013signal to background: Dark energy goes to Nerd NiteMore than 250 self-proclaimed nerds pack a bar in the heart of San Francisco to learn something new.
October 2012
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October 5, 2012breaking: Stars dancing around a black hole may test relativityThe Keck Observatory's observations of two stars orbiting the black hole at the center of our galaxy may reveal insight into the curvature of space-time.
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October 1, 2012breaking: HEP open access initiative at crucial junctureA meeting at CERN launches the next phase of SCOAP3, an initiative to give the public free access to the scientific literature on particle physics.
May 2011
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May 1, 2011logbook: Protein structureToday, scientists at 22 synchrotron light sources are analyzing protein structures, and the worldwide Protein Data Bank contains the structures of more than 72,000 proteins.
February 2010
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February 1, 2010signal to background: World's deepest lab proposed in ChinaChinese scientists have carved out a space in the heart of a mountain where a search for dark matter will soon begin. It's just the first taste of what they hope to do there: Create the world's largest, deepest underground laboratory.
December 2009
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December 1, 2009signal to background: Was that a quake? Ask the TevatronLong after the hard shaking stops, an earthquake's seismic waves reverberate around the world, imperceptibly rocking the ground. As one seismologist puts it, a great earthquake causes every grain of sand on Earth to dance.
March 2009
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March 1, 2009feature: Cosmic weather gaugesParticle physics joins forces with other fields to look at two important factors shaping weather: temperatures high in the atmosphere and the dampness of the dirt beneath our feet.
December 2008
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December 1, 2008feature: The power of proton therapyWhen it comes to getting rid of cancer, the sharpest scalpel may be a proton beam. Technology conceived and hatched in highenergy physics is now treating thousands of patients per year, with fewer side effects. And research under way promises a new generation of smaller, cheaper, more effective proton therapy systems.
November 2008
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November 1, 2008signal to background: Life's one eclipse after anotherOn the wall outside Cherrill Spencer's office, a scientific poster describes a prototype for a new type of accelerator magnet; a card thanks her for donating her long hair to make a wig for an ailing girl; and a scribbled note points to a spot on a map southeast of Novosibirsk, Russia.
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November 1, 2008signal to background: A special recognitionOn Sept. 10, scientists at the European laboratory CERN sent the first beam of protons around the Large Hadron Collider.
April 2008
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April 1, 2008feature: Persis Drell: New SLAC director grapples with changeLayoffs, budget cuts, a call for new vision in high-energy physics -- —in her first months as director of Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, Persis Drell had a lot to navigate.
February 2008
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February 1, 2008gallery: Satoru Yoshioka: An extraordinary eye for the everydayThe two facets of Satoru Yoshioka's work could not be more distinct. His black-and-white Polaroid photographs have been exhibited in the United States, Japan, and Europe. They range from distorted, enigmatic images of people to wall-sized projections of Nagasaki's Fountain of Peace and the war-strafed streets of Sarajevo, both part of an 2001 art project at The Museum of Art in Kochi, Japan, his home town.
December 2007
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December 1, 2007gallery: LHC cablingIt’s heavy, dusty, dirty work: Deep in the bowels of the LHC detectors, workers are rushing to connect a rat’s nest of cables.
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December 1, 2007signal to background: New directions, new directorsTwo labs on the brink of launching major projects have one more thing in common: new directors named in December.
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December 1, 2007feature: Q&A: James GilliesHollywood directors, time travelers, journalists, school kids—CERN’s press office sees them all. symmetry’s Glennda Chui talks to James Gillies, head of communication, about what it’s like to handle the increasing demand for tours and information as the lab prepares to switch on the Large Hadron Collider.
November 2007
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November 1, 2007feature: Free for allThe next big experiment in particle physics won’t need an accelerator, detector, or other big machine. It doesn’t even involve subatomic particles—unless you count the electrons that flow through electronic circuits, carrying bits of information from one human brain to the next.
August 2007
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August 1, 2007logbook: PlutoniumAtomic element 94 was named “plutonium” after Pluto, the ninth planet from the Sun (now demoted to “minor planet” status.) By tradition, plutonium should have been assigned the symbol “Pl,” but co-discoverer Glenn Seaborg gave it the symbol “Pu” as in “pee-yew,” dark humor that reflected the element's potential use.
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August 1, 2007feature: The particle physics life listBird watchers have "life lists" of species they hope to see in their lifetimes. Why shouldn''t particle physics fans do the same? With that in mind, in our April issue we asked readers to help us put together the first particle physics life list. Here it is, in no particular order, with items ranging from the silly to the sublime.
July 2007
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July 1, 2007signal to background: Cordless juicePeter Fisher was in the audience when Marin Soljacic, a fellow physicist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, gave a lunchtime talk about a technology that could transform consumer electronics.
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