The frustrations of a quark hunter
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Superconducting Super Collider (SSC) Dir Schwitters must try to convince 51 senators to restore the funding for the SSC project, which the House Of Representatives cut in Jun 1992. Schwitter's life and work are discussed.
Publication Name: Scientific American
Subject: Science and technology
ISSN: 0036-8733
Year: 1992
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Puzzling powerhouse: black holes power the brightest galaxies, but how?
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Many astronomers are asserting that black holes act as energy sources for active galactic nuclei by converting gravitational energy into radiation, but they have not yet determined how this process occurs.
Publication Name: Scientific American
Subject: Science and technology
ISSN: 0036-8733
Year: 1992
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Quark quest: have all six flavors finally been observed?
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Researchers at the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory have discovered what could be the signature of the top quark, the only quark of six that has not yet been confirmed to exist.
Publication Name: Scientific American
Subject: Science and technology
ISSN: 0036-8733
Year: 1993
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