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05/01/07

Name that particle

Cartoonist Roz Chast has busted the field of particle physics wide open with her pioneering cover for this issue of symmetry.

05/01/07

Pierre Schwob: Launched into science

Sputnik, the first satellite sent into Earth orbit, was launched October 4, 1957, my 11th birthday, so I remember the date.

05/01/07

Sherry Yennello: Is there room in the high-energy physics community for families?

Is there room in the high-energy physics community for families? I once had a promising graduate student named Alice, but she decided she wanted a family.

05/01/07

A public hunger for physics

Does the public care about particle physics? In this issue of symmetry we read about a few cases that hint the answer is yes.

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Curiouser and curiouser: a riddle at the ALICE detector

12/09/25

Sarah Charley

In 2023, the ALICE experiment was ready for their best year yet, until a mysterious signal threatened everything. As the LHC wraps up its 2025 lead-ion run, physicists recall how they worked together to solve the puzzle.

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