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Bringing the brain’s hidden networks into focus

December 9, 2025
Getting a clear look at the intricate connections between cells and structures throughout the brain has been a challenge for researchers exploring neurological conditions,...
Students using the capabilities of the APC. Credit: Yale Wright Laboratory/Victoria Misenti

Advancing the frontiers of physics at Wright Lab through advanced prototyping

December 9, 2025
The Advanced Prototyping Center (APC) at Yale Wright Laboratory (Wright Lab) has provided an advanced fabrication facility and design support for custom instrumentation...
Sierra Cantway at CERN

Cantway invited by CERN to support ALICE detector operations and present thesis work

December 9, 2025
Sierra Cantway, a graduate student in Yale Wright Lab’s Relativistic Heavy Ion Group (RHIG) was recently invited to spend three weeks at the European Center for Nuclear...

Lights, cameras — physics!

December 9, 2025
A new film documentary about faraway physics experiments includes a Yale-affiliated project in the South Pole. “Messengers,” directed by Jeffrey Zablotny, profiles three...
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