Particle Physics
Particle Physics
Cosmic Rays and Silent Data Corruption in Data Centres
Cosmic-ray neutrons are real, but field studies point to hardware defects behind most DRAM faults and the silent core errors operators have traced.
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Why the LHC Is Colder Than Outer Space, On Purpose
Why is the LHC colder than outer space? At 1.9 kelvin helium turns superfluid, and that quantum threshold keeps the LHC's magnets from quenching.
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PLATON Particle Detector Swaps Millions of Fibers for AI
PLATON particle detector ditches millions of scintillator fibers for one block, a plenoptic camera, and a Transformer AI headed for PET scanners first.
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SiPM vs PMT: Why Silicon Hasn’t Won Everywhere Yet
SiPM vs PMT: silicon wins on efficiency, voltage and magnetic immunity, but tubes still win on collecting area per euro. The numbers and a verdict.
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JUNO’s First Data Shatters Neutrino Precision Records
China's new JUNO neutrino detector has achieved 1.6 times better precision than all previous experiments combined—using just 59 days of data—bringing the neutrino mass hierarchy closer to resolution.
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The Lord of the Rings: CERN’s FCC Enters the Political Fray
CERN's Future Circular Collider is feasible, its study says. The 91 km, CHF 15 billion question now is political: who pays, and is the physics worth it?
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The Long Silence: CERN’s Struggle to Avoid Obsolescence
After the Higgs, the LHC found no new physics. CERN faces a silent nature, a Chinese rival, a brain drain and a CHF 15 billion bet on its next collider.
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How Silicon Sensors Are Evolving to Survive the Next Generation of Particle Colliders
Silicon sensors have revolutionized particle physics over the past four decades, providing unmatched spatial precision and rate capabilities. As we look toward the future of high-energy physics wit…
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Anatoli Bugorski: Why a Proton Beam Didn’t Kill Him
Anatoli Bugorski took a 76 GeV proton beam through his skull, and the dose figure everyone quotes is the wrong number to explain why he lived.
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Matter Mysteries Explained: From Democritus to the Standard Model
Explore the fascinating journey of how our understanding of matter has evolved, from ancient philosophical ideas to modern discoveries in particle physics and cosmology.
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James Clerk Maxwell: The Four Equations That Unified Electricity and Magnetism
James Maxwell's four equations unified electricity and magnetism, laying the foundation for modern technologies and transforming our understanding of physics.
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The Path to Nuclear Fission: Key Steps in Atomic Science
Discover the journey of nuclear physics, from smashing atoms to uncovering fission, with thrilling scientific breakthroughs that shaped our world. Read on!
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Why Does the Higgs Boson Give Particles Mass? The Physics Explained
Particles are not born with mass. A field that fills space gives it to them, yet it accounts for only about 1% of your own weight. So where is the rest?
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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 mat…
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12 Fun Facts About Gamma Rays That Sound Impossible
Fun facts about gamma rays: 12 surprising truths about the most energetic light in the universe — where it comes from and what it can do.
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The Landau Distribution and Energy Loss For Ionizing Particles
Charged particles crossing through matter lose energy in fits and starts. The Landau distribution explains this quantum behavior.
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Albert Einstein’s Discoveries: 9 Breakthroughs That Changed History
Albert Einstein’s discoveries ranked — from relativity to the photoelectric effect, nine breakthroughs that reshaped physics and daily life.
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Energy Straggling in Silicon: The Straggling Function Explained
Energy straggling is the spread in the energy a charged particle loses in a thin layer. How Bethe-Bloch, Landau and Vavilov describe it in silicon.
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Are Photons Matter? The Answer Has an Error Bar
Are photons matter? No — but "massless" is a measured bound, not an assumption, and the number keeps moving by orders of magnitude.
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What Happens at CERN? Understanding the Science of the LHC
Discover the fascinating world of CERN and LHC, where powerful particle collisions reveal the fundamental laws of nature.
