Everyday physics, and your own particle accelerator

The most high-profile physics subfield is high-energy and particle physics, where physicists try to break down atoms to find the smallest possible ingredients that make up everything — by literally ramming stuff together as fast as they can with particle accelerators like the Large Hadron Collider, the world’s largest in Switzerland. Why does this matter? Breaking things down is how we learned what goes on inside atoms, and how electrons work. That knowledge underpins all modern electronics as well as nuclear technology. Plus, almost every one of us has a particle accelerator at home: a microwave, or an old-style CRT TV — the kind used before LCD became mainstream.

ADVERTISING: Advertorial — Symptoms as warning signals

We have many warning signals in our lives: fire alarms to warn us of smoke or fire, indicator lights in our cars that tell us something isn’t working right, alarm clocks that warn us if we’re sleeping too late for a scheduled event, kitchen timers that alert us to the time something has been on the stove or in the oven and may burn if we don’t take action, even a traffic signal has a yellow light warning us that the red light is about to flash.

CdAEDC/Jobs Plus annual meeting on Sept. 7

Focus will be 'Building for the Future'

The Coeur d’Alene Economic Development Corporation/Jobs Plus, Inc., has scheduled its annual meeting on Sept. 7. "Building for the Future" is the theme of the meeting scheduled 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. at The Coeur d'Alene Resort.

What to expect when your horse is expecting

Witnessing the birth of an animal can be a beautiful experience, but it can also be stressful or even scary if things do not go as planned.

It's ice cream time at Twin Lakes Schoolhouse

Annual fundraiser at historical building is from 2-4 p.m. Saturday

The Twin Lakes Community Schoolhouse Foundation is hosting its seventh annual ice cream social at the 102-year-old, one-room schoolhouse at 10017 W. Twin Lakes Road from 2-4 p.m. Saturday.

MLP kens her kennings

Want to learn something you didn’t know you knew?

Seright's customer appreciation day Saturday

Seright’s Ace Hardware customer appreciation day is 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Post Falls store, 1604 E. Seltice Way.

Karen Larane Bennett, 74

Karen Larane Bennett, 74, of Liberty Lake, Washington passed away peacefully at home on August 1, 2022, with family and loved ones by her side.

THE CHEAP SEATS with STEVE CAMERON: Soccer, it's growing here too

We should be giving footy its due.

THE FRONT ROW with TREVAN PIXLEY: Six months, and counting at The Bee

The last six months in Sandpoint have taught me a lot of things.

Community, sheriff's office rally for deputy

Support for deputy who suffered a paralyzing stroke

When Yvonne Cress woke up with a headache and vision loss in one eye, the 35-year-old deputy sheriff and new mom wrote off her symptoms as a migraine. Then her speech became slurred and she lost her balance. Yvonne’s husband, Dan, rushed her to the hospital, where scans confirmed that she’d had a stroke. The blood clot was inoperable and couldn’t be treated with medication. The stroke paralyzed the right side of Yvonne’s body. “It turned things upside down overnight,” Dan said.

The really big weekend

Art on the Green, Taste of Coeur d'Alene, Street Fair attract crowds on opening day

Big weekend

Coming in for a pit stop

Sebastian’s Coffee and Pastries opens in Cd'A

Business bits for Aug. 7.

Healing the homeless

Heritage Health outreach worker dedicates his life to helping others

Heritage Health outreach worker dedicates his life to helping others

The little things make a big difference

Ron McIntire has received many awards and much recognition for his public service and prolific philanthropy.

MY TURN: Time to return to individual thinking

The CDA Press informative five-part series on social media was a most accurate description. The writer, Mr. Black, asks if we should be concerned that we are viewing inaccurate information if not outright lies on social media?

Pfizer buying spree continues with $5.4B hematology deal

Pfizer Inc.'s vaccine and treatment brought in more than $16 billion combined just in the recently completed second quarter.

COVID cases on the rise

The positivity rate in the Panhandle Health District was at 18.15 percent as of Saturday, Aug. 6. The health district has been reporting between 200-400 cases per week for over a month. As of Thursday, there were 22 people hospitalized with COVID-19 at Kootenai Health.

'Love isn’t dividing our city'

Anonymous letter writer criticizes 'North Idaho Rejects Hate' campaign

Several businesses in downtown Coeur d'Alene received letters signed "J.H. and family" criticizing them for having North Idaho Rejects Hate signs in their windows.

Justice Department asks judge to pause Idaho abortion ban

The Justice Department sued Idaho last week