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Proton beam therapy
Vivien Williams: Standard radiation therapy is an effective way to treat many cancers but it isn't perfect. It kills cancer cells but it also kills healthy cells in its path through the body. That is just one of the reasons Mayo Clinic is bringing a new type of radiation therapy to its patients. It's called
How Big Is a Proton? Neutrinos Weigh In
A first-of-its-kind probe brings physicists one step closer to solving the proton radius puzzleOne of two magnetic focusing horns used in the beamline at Fermilab that produces intense neutrino beams for MINERvA and other neutrino experiments. Credit: Reidar Hahn/FermilabFor a lesson on just how much—and just how little—we really know about the universe, consider protons.
Proton rocket launches classified Russian government satellite
A Proton rocket lifts off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome. Credit: Roscosmos A Proton rocket launched Sunday from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, boosting into a high-altitude orbit a classified Russian government satellite Western analysts believe is designed to eavesdrop on other countries’ radio transmissions. The Proton rocket, made Russia’s Khrunichev State Research and Production Space