In March 2017, NASA flew with ADVACAM technology to the International Space Station. Timepix detectors are USB-powered particle trackers, roughly the size of the palm of your hand. All power/data is done through two USB connections directly to a laptop. The goal of the project was to demo the capability of determining the directional characteristics of charged particle energy spectra in space.
Happy 70th birthday, CERN!
Today, CERN ceremoniously commemorates the 70th anniversary of its founding…
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