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Science: Ruminating on “particles”

  • Post published:April 18, 2016

The opening of the new Large Hadron Collider in Europe has resurrected my interest in particle science -- atoms and molecules

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Mark Marchand is a writer and former adjunct professor in the Journalism Program at the University at Albany (SUNY), teaching courses in news and reporting, crisis communications, and public relations writing.

He served as a senior manager in corporate communications and media relations at Verizon for almost 25 years. Before that, he was a daily newspaper reporter in Springfield, Mass. He graduated from the University of Massachusetts Amherst.

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    • Viewing the April 8, 2024, total solar eclipse in the Adirondacks
    • Derelict fishing nets and other plastic pollution in Hawaii
    • Mapping the Ocean Floor – Hawaii Sea Grant College Article
    • Bionique testing lab proposes to triple in size
    • Broadening access to high-speed internet
    • Commentary: Don’t mistake tweeting for activism
    • Commentary: For a break from despair, look around and look up
    • Mapping a vision
    • Op Ed: The language we use to discuss the opioid crisis
    • KeyBank’s regional executive: A profile
    • Op Ed: One small step for man was one big inspiration for a boy
    • Op Ed: Starbucks backs its words with action
    • Better understanding turbulence onset approaching Mach 5
    • Enhanced materials imaging with neutron-scattering instruments
    • Op Ed: Community joint effort effects change
    • Community News: Clifton Park author takes readers along U.S. Route 1, from Maine to Florida
    • International scientists have a message: Basic science matters
    • New Horizons probe unlocks Pluto’s secrets
    • A ‘portable’ PET scan approach to studying the brain
    • Scientists developing smartphone apps to diagnose diseases
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