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CERN FCC Week: The Hidden Costs of Unsustainable Conferences

Discover how the CERN FCC Week served as a case study in the unsustainable emissions from major conferences, despite pursuing critical scientific progress.

Semiconductors & Electronics

Performance Of The Epitaxial Layer In CMOS Devices

The epitaxial layer in a CMOS sensor is grown, not implanted, and its thickness and doping set the pixel's quantum efficiency and dark current.

Particle Physics

Why Does the Higgs Boson Give Particles Mass? The Physics Explained

Discover the pivotal role of the Higgs boson and associated Higgs field in imparting mass to fundamental particles in the Standard Model of particle physics

Science

What If Germany Won Stalingrad? An Alternate WWII Scenario

What if Germany won Stalingrad? A step-by-step what-if analysis of how World War II — and the world we live in — could have turned out.

Cosmology & Astrophysics

Stephen Hawking: The Physicist Who Explained Black Holes to the World

Discover the major contributions to science made by Stephen Hawking, including black holes and the early life of our universe.

Lifestyle

Did Einstein Play Chess? The Chess Skills of Great Physicists

Did Einstein play chess? Explore the chess side of Einstein, Fermi and other great scientists — and what the game reveals about their minds.

Science

Unlocking Pi (π) Secrets: A History of Its Significance in Mathematics

Discover Pi's historical calculations, secrets and its surprising significance in everything around us.

Particle Physics

Exploring the Physics of Multiple Scattering for Particles in Matter

Dive into the physics of multiple scattering for particles in matter. Discover how this phenomenon affects the behavior of particles and how it can be used to gain insight into the structure of matter.