Journal
Written here, not anywhere else.
Essays, working notes, explainers, teaching material and short films from the laboratory. None of it is peer reviewed; all of it is what we actually think.
What a detector actually measures
A ground-level walk through the chain that turns an interaction in a crystal into a number on a plot — and the places where that chain quietly lies to you.
Notes on building a shielded bench
Everything we got wrong the first time we assembled a moderator stack, written down so the next person gets a shorter path.
The case for small laboratories
Why a handful of people with a clear question and good instruments can still move a field, and what that model gives up in exchange.
Inside the calibration run
A short film following one week of source calibration, from cold start to the first usable spectrum.
A first course in counting statistics
The handful of ideas an undergraduate needs before their first shift on a detector, with worked examples you can run yourself.
Six months of open lab notebooks
What changed when we started publishing the raw notebook alongside the paper, including the parts we were nervous about.
Stay in touch
A short letter, roughly monthly.
New writing, project updates and the occasional invitation to an open lab day. No other use of your address.
Work with the lab
Have a problem that needs an instrument built around it?
We take on a small number of collaborations and sponsored projects each year, alongside the work we fund ourselves.