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04/01/07

Charles Petit: Science writing's changing landscape

About 40 years ago I was a University of California, Berkeley astronomy student with a summer job at the Mt. Wilson Observatory.

04/01/07

Nigel Lockyer: TRIUMF in Canada

Canada, affectionately known to Americans as the "Great White North," boasts the world's largest reserve of fresh water and the biggest oil reserves outside the Middle East.

04/01/07

Symmetry evolves

Spring is in the air, and we at symmetry feel change all around usnot only in the content of the magazine, but in the contributors who come and go as they move careers and lives, including a const

03/01/07

BNL job bank

The commentary by Marc Sher on “The two-body opportunity” (Dec 2006) highlights both the problem of finding suitable positions for dual-career couples in physics and the advantages of hiring them t

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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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