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SLAC Contributes Cutting-edge Sensor Design to ATLAS Upgrade
Scientists Search for Exotic Decay with Straightforward Implications
Symmetry: Beam On: My Father’s Fight with Cancer
After working with particle accelerators his entire professional career, Heather Rock Woods’ father placed himself in the path of a beam to fight cancer.
Symmetry: A New Heart for the ATLAS Detector
US scientists collaborated with an international team to install a new component in the core of the ATLAS detector at the Large Hadron Collider.
Symmetry: Q&A: Rick Field, the Physicist in the Family
Physicist Rick Field discusses physics, Hollywood and a recent appearance by his sister, actress Sally Field, on the Late Show with David Letterman.
Symmetry: Proposed Plan for the Future of US Particle Physics
Symmetry: Coming soon: Plan for the future of US particle physics
The Particle Physics Project Prioritization Panel’s recommendations will set the course for the future of particle physics in the United States.
Symmetry: The search for dark matter at the LHC
When the Large Hadron Collider restarts, it will be an even more powerful dark-matter-hunting machine.
Symmetry: Scientists to map universe in 3-D HD
In a few years, scientists will come out with a new map of a third of the sky, one that will go deeper and bring that depth into sharper focus than any survey has yet achieved. It will pinpoint 25 million galaxies and quasars, pulling back the curtains on the history of the universe’s expansion over more than half of the age of the universe.
