A cheaper way to purify liquid argon for neutrino experiments
Today’s high-end experiments are pushing scientists to invent new technologies to meet the demands of the next generation of physics. These innovations, however, must be balanced with creative cost-saving strategies. One expense currently under evalu... Continue reading
Fermilab to build Illinois Accelerator Research Center
A new accelerator research facility being built at Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory will bolster Illinois’ reputation as a technology hub and foster job creation. Continue reading
First physics experiments soon to move into former Homestake mine
Construction of a 12,000-square-foot research campus a mile underground is nearing completion in the Black Hills of South Dakota, and scientists will begin to move the first physics experiments underground this spring.
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Kicking cancer with carbon ions
Medical physics is getting heavier. Shooting intense beams of protons into tumors to destroy them while leaving nearby tissues largely unharmed has been in vogue since the ’60s. Globally, however, many centers offering such beam-based cancer trea... Continue reading
Possible signs of the Higgs remain in latest analyses
Two experiments at the Large Hadron Collider have nearly eliminated the space in which the Higgs boson could dwell, scientists announced in a seminar held at CERN today. However, the ATLAS and CMS experiments see modest excesses in their data that coul... Continue reading
A new book plays on the mystery of physics machines
Underground and closed off from visitors, experiments in particle physics often hide, rather than flaunt, the exotic and intricate machines that seem more at home in a science fiction blockbuster. No space shuttles, rockets or rovers wow visitors at to... Continue reading
Freeing positronium from their dangling bonds
Last summer David Cassidy, a scientist at the University of California, Riverside, was busy using silicon to study positronium formation when his team noticed that the positronium, sitting on the silicon surface, didn't behave as it should have. Continue reading
Digital artist wins first CERN, Ars Electronica joint-residency competition
CERN and international cyberarts organization Ars Electronica declared Julius von Bismarck the winner of their first digital arts joint-residency program today. The 28-year-old German artist will spend two months at CERN near Geneva, Switzerland, and a... Continue reading
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