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02/10/14

Quarks in the looking glass

A recent experiment at Jefferson Lab probed the mirror symmetry of quarks, determining that one of their intrinsic properties is non-zero—as predicted by the Standard Model.

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02/07/14

#FollowFriday IV: Physicists to follow on Twitter

In the final installment (for now) of #FollowFriday, symmetry highlights four more physicists on Twitter.

02/06/14

Virtual field trips take students into the labs

Teachers are using Google+ to bring their classes behind the scenes at national laboratories and to teach students about careers in STEM.

02/05/14

Video: Virtual Field Trip to SLAC

02/05/14

Couple's history intertwined with 60 years of CERN

A pair of scientists who have been at CERN since almost the very beginning still often find themselves in the laboratory’s cafeteria, arguing physics.

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02/04/14

A second chance at sight

Silicon microstrip detectors, a staple in particle physics experiments, provide information that may be critical to restoring vision to some who lost it.

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01/31/14

#FollowFriday III: Physicists to follow on Twitter

Meet four more physicists who talk about their work on Twitter in symmetry’s third installment of #FollowFriday.

01/30/14

Video: NOvA: Building a next generation neutrino experiment

01/30/14

Watch the next big neutrino experiment come together

A video from Fermilab highlights some of the many steps needed to build the largest neutrino experiment in the United States.

01/28/14

A new dark-energy detector on the horizon

A dark-energy detector under development at Fermilab uses a different technique to generate full-color images of astronomical objects.

01/28/14

Quantum entanglement

Through ‘spooky action at a distance,’ the properties of two systems remain correlated even after they are separated.

01/24/14

#FollowFriday II: Physicists to follow on Twitter

In the second installment in a series, symmetry interviews four more physicists you can follow on Twitter.

01/23/14

Labs work together toward high-luminosity LHC

Scientists who need to test parts for experiments at the Large Hadron Collider are taking advantage of Fermilab's Test Beam Facility.

01/21/14

First beam of antihydrogen atoms produced at CERN

The ASACUSA collaboration at CERN has successfully performed a new technique that will help them study the properties of antimatter.

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01/17/14

#FollowFriday: Physicists to follow on Twitter

Want more insight into the world of particle physics? In this series, symmetry recommends scientists to follow on Twitter.

01/14/14

Learn like a scientist

CERN’s ATLAS experiment helps inspire a high school physics teacher to give students a more authentic research experience.