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Underground Detector Will Sniff
Out Mysterious Ghost Particles
Dec 22, 2024 4:10 PM CST
Underground Detector Will Sniff Out Mysterious Ghost Particles
China finishing up work on a neutrino observatory
(Newser)
- Underneath a granite hill in southern China, a massive detector is nearly complete that will sniff out the mysterious ghost particles lurking around us. The Jiangmen Underground Neutrino Observatory will soon begin the difficult task of spotting neutrinos: tiny cosmic particles with a mind-bogglingly small mass. The detector is one...
Experiment Results Upend
Known Laws of Physics
Apr 7, 2021 11:54 AM CDT
Experiment Results Upend Known Laws of Physics
Researchers say the Standard Model doesn't explain what's happening with muons
(Newser)
- Preliminary results from two experiments suggest something could be wrong with the basic way physicists think the universe works, a prospect that has the field of particle physics both baffled and thrilled. The tiniest particles aren't quite doing what is expected of them when spun around two different long-running...
An Ancient Light Could
Undermine Physics
new study
Nov 29, 2020 3:25 PM CST
An Ancient Light Could Undermine Physics
'If it were real, it's big'
(Newser)
- There's an ancient light drifting across the universe that might just undermine particle physics as we know it, Science Alert reports. Scientists analyzing the cosmic microwave background—a faint remnant of the Big Bang—say they've spotted a twist in its light that could force a rethink beyond...
Physicists May Have Found Another New Particle
Dec 16, 2015 10:00 AM CST
Physicists May Have Found Another New Particle
More data is needed before hints can be confirmed
(Newser)
- First, scientists experimenting with CERN's Large Hadron Collider discovered the Higgs boson . Next came the possible discovery of pentaquarks . Now scientists may have detected a new, unknown particle. Working from June to mid-November, two teams from the European Organization for Nuclear Research, aka CERN, spotted excess pairs of gamma...
Stephen Hawking:
'God Particle'
Could Destroy
the Universe
Sep 7, 2014 4:05 PM CDT
Stephen Hawking: 'God Particle' Could Destroy the Universe
Physicist makes wry prediction about the Higgs Boson particle
(Newser)
- Stephen Hawking has already warned that aliens might wipe out the human race . Now another mild prediction: The Higgs boson or "God" particle could cause a "catastrophic vacuum delay" that undermines space-time and destroys the universe, reports the
Sunday Times
via CNET . How so? Well, the particle "...
CERN Wants
New Collider,
62 Miles Long
Feb 19, 2014 9:04 AM CST
CERN Wants New Collider, 62 Miles Long
Contraption could be 4 times size of Large Hadron Collider
(Newser)
- The Large Hadron Collider has only been in "full swing" for three years, notes a leading CERN physicist—but since planning for it began in 1983, it's already time to start thinking about what's next. In the case of the European particle physics organization, that means considering...
Scientists in Catfight
to Rename Higgs
Apr 23, 2013 6:21 AM CDT
Scientists in Catfight to Rename Higgs
Name makes Peter Higgs a 'rock star,' fellow theorist complains
(Newser)
- Amid rumors that this year's Nobel Prize for Physics will go to the Higgs boson theory, some scientists say the particle's name should be changed so that all the glory doesn't go to British physicist Peter Higgs. At a press conference last year to announce the particle'...
Now, Even More
Evidence of
Higgs Boson
Aug 1, 2012 11:37 AM CDT
Now, Even More Evidence of Higgs Boson
There's only a one-in-300 million chance it doesn't exist
(Newser)
- One of the teams hunting the Higgs boson at the Large Hadron Collider says it has pinned down the particle so conclusively that there's only a one-in-300 million chance it does not exist. When the team announced that it had discovered the Higgs on July 4, it said it...
Higgs Find
Kind of a
Letdown
OPINION
Jul 6, 2012 10:34 AM CDT
Higgs Find Kind of a Letdown
Could be Large Hadron Collider's last major discovery
(Newser)
- The discovery of the Higgs boson deserves applause—but it also brings a touch of sadness to at least one leading physicist. It's probably "the last major discovery that could be made in a particle accelerator in our generation," writes Stephen Wolfram at his blog . And instead...
Hawking
Out $100 Over
Higgs Discovery
Jul 5, 2012 1:00 AM CDT
Hawking Out $100 Over Higgs Discovery
He bet Michigan prof that particle would never be found
(Newser)
- The apparent discovery of the Higgs boson particle has come at a cost to Stephen Hawking: The world-renowned physicist has lost a $100 bet with Gordon Kane of Michigan University that it wouldn't be found. "It seems I have just lost $100," Hawking tells the BBC . "...
Higgs Boson Teams:
We've Found a Particle
Jul 4, 2012 7:56 AM CDT
Higgs Boson Teams: We've Found a Particle
New particle looks just like long-sought boson
(Newser)
- To cheers and standing ovations from scientists, the world's biggest atom smasher claimed the discovery of a new subatomic particle today, calling it "consistent" with the long-sought Higgs boson. CERN's director said the newly discovered subatomic particle is a boson, but he stopped just shy of claiming...
Hottest Temp Ever Created
by Man: 7
Trillion
Degrees
Jun 28, 2012 1:41 PM CDT
Hottest Temp Ever Created by Man: 7
Trillion
Degrees
Physicists produced it during quest to learn more about Big Bang
(Newser)
- A team of New York physicists has managed to smash gold ions into a quark-gluon plasma much like the one believed to have existed in the milliseconds after the Big Bang—and in the process broken the Guinness World Record for the hottest man-made temperature ever recorded. The plasma hit...
Neutrons Jump
Into Mirror
Universe:
Scientists
Jun 16, 2012 3:05 PM CDT
Neutrons Jump Into Mirror Universe: Scientists
Magnetic field seems to induce particle vanishings
(Newser)
- A universe right next door may be stealing our neutrons, or at least giving them quickie vacations, Science Daily reports. A pair of theoretical physicists in Italy came to this conclusion after analyzing the "loss rate" of certain neutrons in a French experiment. The vanishings seemed to depend on...
Einstein Safe:
Neutrinos Do Not
Break Light Speed
study says
Mar 16, 2012 4:06 PM CDT
Einstein Safe: Neutrinos Do Not Break Light Speed
New experiment shows particles at identical speed with light
(Newser)
- Einstein's theory apparently remains untouchable, and flabbergasted theoretical physicists can cease hyperventilating: Neutrinos
do not
exceed the speed of light, but they
do
appear to travel at the same speed as light, according to the results of a recent experiment. The new data confirm Einstein's foundational ideas and...
Large Hadron Collider Observes First New Particle
Dec 22, 2011 7:54 AM CST
Large Hadron Collider Observes First New Particle
Chi-b (3P) will help scientists understand nuclear forces
(Newser)
- It’s no God particle, but it’s exciting nonetheless: For the first time since it opened in 2009, the Large Hadron Collider has made a clear observation of a new particle. Chi-b (3P), as it is called, will help scientists gain a better understanding of the strong nuclear forces...
CERN Gets Closer,
but No Higgs Boson Yet
Dec 13, 2011 10:14 AM CST
CERN Gets Closer, but No Higgs Boson Yet
Teams spot promising bumps, but can't prove particle exists
(Newser)
- CERN's much-hyped presentation of its latest Large Hadron Collider results proved to be a bit of a letdown today, as two teams of scientists both admitted that, despite some "tantalizing hints," they hadn't located the elusive Higgs boson yet. They did, however, narrow down where it...
'God Particle'
Hunters Set to
Bare Results
Today
Dec 13, 2011 6:26 AM CST
'God Particle' Hunters Set to Bare Results Today
Physicists' understanding of the universe is at stake
(Newser)
- Christmas may be about to come early for the world's physicists. Two competing teams of scientists who have been sifting through data from CERN's Large Hadron Collider will give a progress report today. Scientists caution that there won't be any firm answer on whether the Higgs boson...
2nd Test Finds
Faster-Than-Light
Particles
Nov 18, 2011 9:02 AM CST
2nd Test Finds Faster-Than-Light Particles
Result backs up much-hyped, and much criticized, earlier experiment
(Newser)
- The international physics team OPERA (Oscillation Project with Emulsion Tracking Apparatus) has managed to recreate the result that shocked the physics world , again detecting a batch of subatomic particles moving faster than the speed of light, the
Washington Post
reports. The "positive outcome of the test makes us more...
Two Labs Close In
on 'God Particle'
Jul 25, 2011 5:11 AM CDT
Two Labs Close In on 'God Particle'
CERN, Fermilab find 'bumps' in data that could be Higgs boson particle
(Newser)
- Science teams in
both
Europe and America are reporting promising new data in the hunt for the elusive Higgs boson particle —the so-called "God particle" believed to give mass to matter that remains the only particle predicted by the Standard Model of physics that has not yet been...
Fermilab Finds
Possible
'New Particle'
Apr 6, 2011 7:28 AM CDT
Fermilab Finds Possible 'New Particle'
It might be new version of the Higgs boson, or something else entirely
(Newser)
- Fermilab may have found a brand new elementary particle. The Illinois lab will today announce a strange blip in its data that could represent either a new, unexpected form of the fabled Higgs boson particle, or some entirely new force of nature, the
New York Times
reports. “Nobody knows...
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