cloud chamber

The cloud chamber, also known as the Wilson chamber, is a particle detector used for detecting ionizing radiation.

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CLOUD shows pre-industrial skies cloudier than we thought

CERN’s CLOUD experiment points to a cloudier pre-industrial climate in two Nature papers published today

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25 May, 2016

Seeing the invisible: Event displays in particle physics

From cloud chambers to 3D animations, physicists use a host of ingenious techniques to reveal subatomic particles too tiny to see

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04 June, 2015

How to make your own cloud chamber

Build a cosmic-ray detector in the classroom to see tracks left by particles from outer space

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21 January, 2015
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21 January, 2015

CLOUD

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