09/01/08 The symmetry challenge: Physics on a napkin We've all heard the stories of great ideas first scribbled down in a bar on any convenient surface, often a cocktail napkin.
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09/01/08 Bring on the protons As this issue of symmetry goes to press, the most ambitious physics experiment in history is about to take a major step toward full operation.
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