The LHC Might Have Created The Smallest Drop Of Liquid Ever
A tiny drop could have big implications for our understanding of particle collisions.Over the past few months, the Large Hadron Collider has been ramming protons and lead ions together in the Compact Muon Solenoid (CMS), one of its particle detectors. After each collision, some of the newly produced particles zoom away together like a school of fish, in a scientific puzzle called the “ridge effect,” rather than bouncing off in all directions.
Make the iron hot by striking.
Summer is coming.
A bookstore in Buenos Aires, Argentina in an old theatre where you can drink coffee on the stage. Three of my favorite things in one… I could cry.
Irton Hall, England (by Nick Landells)
