From photons to protons: Team makes breakthrough in high-energy particle detection
Particle detectors play a crucial role in our understanding of the fundamental building blocks of the universe. They allow ...
Accidental Breakthrough As Supercooled Wires Detect Near-Light-Speed Protons
Researchers have discovered that superconducting nanowire photon detectors (SNSPDs), originally designed for detecting ...
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Proton Decay Experiment On The Brink Of Extinction
They look for special flashes of light that would answer one of the most fundamental questions in physics and bring them fame, glory, and probably the Nobel Prize. They are waiting for a proton to ...
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Penn Medicine plans fourth proton therapy center as part of 'complicated' $300M project
expand The cyclotron, which accelerates protons used in cancer treatment to two-thirds the speed of light, at the proton therapy center at Virtua Voorhees in South Jersey. John George ...
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From photons to protons: Argonne team makes breakthrough in high-energy particle detection
Researchers at Argonne have discovered that superconducting nanowire photon detectors can also be used as highly accurate ...
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From photons to protons: Team makes breakthrough in high-energy particle detection
Such particles are boosted to near the speed of light in large accelerators and ... Found in the atomic nucleus of every element, the proton is a particle with a positive electrical charge.