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From the Editor |
Commentary: Albrecht Wagner
Accelerator builders begin to design a global accelerator to address the most
compelling scientific questions of the field.
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Signal to Background
Night shift. Einstein vs. Godzilla. Race at SLAC. Hot relationships. Pixel art. Review. Letters.
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Voices: Einstein Papers
Two scientists look back at the revolutionary papers that Albert Einstein
wrote one hundred years ago.
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Opportunities, Decisions Await Oddone
"We are living in a time of remarkalbe opportunity for particle physics," says incoming Fermilab director Pier Oddone.
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Let It Rain
The most energetic particles in the universe have a message for us. The Pierre Auger Observatory is listening.
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Einstein Iconography
Albert Einstein is a cultural icon. His image adorns coffee mugs, action figures
and many other novelty items.
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Beyond the Standard Model
What is wrong with the Standard Model of particles and interactions? Why are
physicists so sure that there is something beyond it?
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Quantum Diaries
Throughout 2005, a creative group of scientists will share their real-time
experiences on the Web.
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Day in the Life: Stephon Alexander
By day he theorizes about the effects of dark matter. By night he plays tenor saxophone.
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Deconstruction
A particle discovered at SLAC leaves its signature tracks in the BaBar detector.
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Essay: Allan Weisbecker
"I suspect that when you're not doing physics you manage to screw up as
catastrophically as the rest of us," says this dilettante.
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Logbook: Special Relativity
A handwritten page from 1912 is the earliest known Albert Einstein manuscript on
special relativity still to exist.
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60 Seconds: E=mc2
Einstein's famous equation says that mass is another form of energy. The convertibility has
far-reaching consequences.
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