From Big Think – Don Lincoln, May 26, 2023: The search for the smallest particles remains one of science’s greatest pursuits. By today’s measurements, quarks and leptons are the smallest known building blocks in nature, yet researchers wonder if perhaps quarks and leptons are built of even smaller things. Scientists and researchers continue to to look for smaller objects inside quarks and leptons using accelerators like CERN’s Large Hadron Collider.
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U Chicago News, May 23, 2023: Robert J. Zimmer, the 13th president of the University of Chicago, died May 23 at age 75. He is being remembered for his historic contributions to enhance the University’s scholarly eminence, transformative education and positive impact in the world during his 15 years as president.
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From University of Chicago, May 21, 2023: The University of Chicago announced agreements with industry and university partners to transform the future of quantum technology yesterday at the G7 Summit in Japan. The University will relieve $100 million from IBM to help develop quantum-centric supercomputer and $50 million from Google to support quantum research and workforce development.
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From APS News, May 11, 2023: Alan Bross, senior scientist at Fermilab, is leading a team of researchers to use a “muon telescope” to map the entire 454-foot-tall Great Pyramid of Giza. Muons detected from different locations and directions will be combined to generate a single 3D reconstruction — similar to tomographic imaging, used in medical CT scanners.
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