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08/01/05

Benn Tannenbaum: The process counts

Particle physics and politics. At first blush, it's hard to imagine two more dissimilar fields of endeavor.

08/01/05

Surprises

Nature still has many surprises left for us. Discovering them is increasingly difficult (and expensive) as we dig deeper into the foundations of the universe.

07/01/05

Parental involvement

I confess to reading "Women's progress in face of challenges" in my husband's April 2005 copy of symmetry.

07/01/05

Reviewed: Symmetry and the beautiful universe

Perhaps the key lesson we learned from Einstein is the significance of physical symmetries in the laws of nature.

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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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