Aug 03 2011

Higgs Field Makes a Cameo on ‘Eureka’

Tag: Particle Physics,Particles — Jennifer Ouellette @ 10:55 pm
Is Eureka's "Higgs field disruptor" a realistic interpretation of physics? Probably not, but it makes for some great sci-fi.

Jul 27 2011

Flurry of New Results Narrow Range for Higgs

Tag: Large Hadron Collider,Particle Physics,Particles — Jennifer Ouellette @ 12:45 am
While much of North America was roiling in the summer heat over the weekend, the search for the elusive Higgs boson was also heating up.

Jul 05 2011

Fermilab’s MINOS Experiment Also Sees Neutrino Quick-Change

Tag: Cosmology,Laboratories,Particle Physics,Particles — Jennifer Ouellette @ 5:14 am
Physicists continue to close in on the mystery of neutrino oscillation -- the process by which one type of neutrino morphs into another as it travels through space.

Jun 30 2011

Roller Pen Writes Electronic Circuitry

Tag: Apps,Batteries,Business,Computers,Devices,Electronic Art,Electronics,Engineering,Experiments,High School,How to Draw,Light,Materials,Materials Science,Nanotech,Paper,Particles,RFID,Science,Soldiers,Storage,Technology,Video,Windows — Alyssa Danigelis @ 2:41 pm
The rollerball pen dispenses conductive silver ink, enabling electrical circuits to be drawn directly on paper and other surfaces.

Jun 26 2011

Physicists Observe Neutrino Quick-Change in Japan

Tag: Cosmology,Particle Physics,Particles — Jennifer Ouellette @ 12:41 am
There was big news on the neutrino front last week, when the Japanese T2K (Tokai to Kamioka) experiment announced the first evidence of a rare form of neutrino oscillation.

Jun 14 2011

Curb Soot and Smog to Keep Earth Cool, Says UN

Tag: Africa,Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing,Animals,Arctic Regions,Asia,Cars,Climate,Climate Change,Coal,Cooking,Death and Dying,Earth,Environment,Exhaust and Emissions,Fossil Fuels,Glaciers,Global Warming,Heat Waves,Heating,Lung Cancer,NASA,Organic,Parks and Forests,Particles,Pigs,Rice and Grains,Science,Scientists,The Sun,Vehicles,Video,Waste — Discovery News - Top Stories @ 1:21 pm
Sharply reducing emissions of soot and smog could play a critical role in preventing Earth from overheating.

Jun 11 2011

Tevatron’s DZero Sees No Evidence of New Particle

Tag: Laboratories,Particle Physics,Particles — Jennifer Ouellette @ 6:04 am
As excitement grows for a possible new particle discovery, a second Fermilab Tevatron experiment contradicts the new findings. So, who is in error?

Jun 06 2011

Record Smashed: Antimatter Trapped for 16 Minutes

Tag: Big Bang,Hydrogen,Large Hadron Collider,Nuclear Science,Particle Physics,Particles,Universe — Discovery News - Top Stories @ 7:02 pm
Super-chilled antihydrogen atoms have been collected and stored 5,000 times longer than any previous attempt.

Jun 05 2011

Fermilab’s ‘Bump Hunters’ See Hints of New Particle

Tag: Laboratories,Particle Physics,Particles,Physics,Standard Model — Jennifer Ouellette @ 10:16 pm
Physicists at Fermilab's Tevatron particle accelerator have detected the potential signal from an unpredicted new particle. Is this a sign of "new physics"? Or is it a dud?

May 24 2011

LHC Smashes Particle Collision Record

Tag: Large Hadron Collider,Particle Physics,Particles,Physics,Quantum Physics,Standard Model — Discovery News - Top Stories @ 5:38 am
The rate of particle collisions in the world's largest particle accelerator has multiplied 10-fold in the space of a month.
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