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Muons: Emblems of discovery

01/13/26

Once a surprise to physicists, these particles are useful tools inside and outside the realm of particle physics. 

10/01/09

Human ions collide for charity at BNL

The blue team rounded the bend first—sweaty, jovial, and headed toward the halfway point of the 2.4-mile path circling Brookhaven National Laboratory's Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider. Suddenly, from the other direction, the yellow team emerged.

08/01/09

Weak neutral current

The Gargamelle collaboration at the European laboratory CERN began operating its bubble chamber in the early 1970s, shooting neutrinos through 12,000 liters of Freon, a heavy liquid.

08/01/09

Takuya Uruno: Kasoku Kids

In Japanese, Takuya Uruno’s first name means "pioneer." In his 25-year career as a professional Manga artist, Uruno has been steadfast in living up to the title.

08/01/09

He stalks rare prey for its own good

Tom Peterson loves hunting season. He spends his lunch hours scouting the best spots, and weekends lurking around the edges of Fermilab's ponds and moving as silently as he can through old fields.

08/01/09

Hitoshi Murayama: The Emperor's Tea

When I assumed the position of director of the Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (IPMU), my smart-mouthed friends joked that I became the Director of the Universe.

08/01/09

A scrub+ for SNO+

Imagine a house-sized acrylic fishbowl inside a giant, shiny, disco-ball-like sphere, suspended in a cavern as tall as a 10-story building. Now imagine climbing around inside that pitch-dark fishbowl with a squeegee and a flashlight.

08/01/09

Cherenkov light

Cherenkov light is the optical equivalent of a sonic boom.