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College of DuPage's Student Newspaper

The Courier
College of DuPage's Student Newspaper

The Courier
One of the most influential physicists of our time, Lisa Randall’s research has helped shed light on dark matter, supersymmetry and expanding our knowledge of the Standard Model of physics. Her new theoretical work proposes multiple “brane” dimensions to account for the “fine-tuning” needed to harmonize quantum mechanics and the Standard Model

How many ‘Hidden Figures’ does it take to make a ‘Theory of Everything?’: (Harvard physicist Lisa Randall says biases are holding back discovery)

Joey Weslo, General Assignment Reporter
April 9, 2020
Dr. William Hartsell medical director of Northwestern Medicine Chicago Proton Center in Warrenville planning treatment to use protons to break down a patient’s tumor (photo provided by Northwestern Medicine)

Is proton beam therapy the future for cancer treatment?

(If physicists are so smart, why don’t you cure cancer? “We do” - Fermilab particle physicist GP Yeh)
Joey Weslo, General Assignment Reporter
November 21, 2019
Physicist Damon Bice works on a quantum dilution refrigerator at Fermilab National Laboratory. The lab hopes their research inspires the evolving quantum computing industry (photo provided by Fermilab)

Will quantum computers revolutionize the world?

Joey Weslo, General Assignment Reporter
November 14, 2019
COD Professor of Physics Alexandra Bennett worked at Fermilab, and Europe’s CERN’s Compact Muon Solenoid, one of the detectors along the Large Hadron Collider

Challenging gender inequality in the world of physics

Joey Weslo, General Assignment Reporter
October 11, 2018
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