A student built a particle detector for just $100; the pocket-sized device can track invisible particles raining down from space at light’s speed; it is now being used in high-altitude balloon missions and major physics experiments
- A device that can detect particles arriving from space does not necessarily require a multimillion-dollar laboratory.
- A compact detector developed by physicist Spencer Axani began as a low-cost student project and has since grown into a tool used for particle-physics research, education and high-altitude experiments.
- The University of Delaware detailed its latest developments in September, while earlier accounts in Physics Today and Fermilab/SLAC’s Symmetry documented how the project evolved from Axani’s work at MIT into the CosmicWatch programme.
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- A device that can detect particles arriving from space does not necessarily require a multimillion-dollar laboratory.
- A compact detector developed by physicist Spencer Axani began as a low-cost student project and has since grown into a tool used for particle-physics research, education and high-altitude experiments.
- The University of Delaware detailed its latest developments in September, while earlier accounts in Physics Today and Fermilab/SLAC’s Symmetry documented how the project evolved from Axani’s work at MIT into the CosmicWatch programme.
Sources: Times of India