Tag Archives: Large Hadron Collider

CERN scientists claim discovery of new particles

Science is awesome! Where would we be without it? TGO Refer to story below. Source: Associated Press By FRANK JORDANS BERLIN (AP) — A new kind of subatomic particle called the pentaquark has been detected for the first time, the … Continue reading

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Three-decade quest backs physics’ ‘Standard Model’

Meanwhile, religious lunatics, Muslims of course, are beheading people because they belong to the wrong brand of Islam, as well as westerners for being infidels… The two extremes of mankind’s intellect at work; on the one hand you have science … Continue reading

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CERN’s revamped particle smasher ready to push physics into unknown

Where would we be as a species if it wasn’t for science? We would still be living in caves and hunting for food with primitive tools, much as our ancestors did tens of thousands of years ago. Yet here we are, trying … Continue reading

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Particle physics: Experiments give shape to Higgs

Interesting stuff… TGO Refer to story below. Source: Associated Press Paris (AFP) – Physicists on Sunday said they had learned more about the identity of the Higgs Boson, the elusive particle whose ground-breaking discovery was announced nearly two years ago. … Continue reading

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Elusive ‘Exotic Hadron’ Particles Confirmed

Interesting stuff… TGO Refer to story below. Source: LiveScience The existence of exotic hadrons — a type of matter that doesn’t fit within the traditional model of particle physics — has now been confirmed, scientists say. Hadrons are subatomic particles … Continue reading

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Story of the Biggest Experiment in History Caught on Film

Interesting stuff… TGO Refer to story below. Source: LiveScience By Tanya Lewis, Staff Writer  On July 4, 2012, scientists around the world waited with bated breath for the announcement that the long-awaited Higgs boson particle had been discovered. The finding … Continue reading

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Exotic Particles, Tiny Extra Dimensions May Await Discovery

Interesting stuff… TGO Refer to story below. Source: LiveScience By Katia Moskvitch, LiveScience Contributor February 7, 2014 11:32 AM LONDON — Exotic particles never before detected and possibly teensy extra dimensions may be awaiting discovery, says a physicist, adding that … Continue reading

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Bizarre Physics, Exomoons and Humanoids: Science Wishes for 2014

Interesting stuff… TGO Refer to story below. Source: LiveScience By Stephanie Pappas, Senior Writer December 31, 2013 8:31 AM Science breakthroughs in the past year include the discovery of new planets far beyond Earth’s solar system, the confirmation of an … Continue reading

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The Supercollider That Never Was

Wow, I had no idea that this was even in the works here in the United States. But I’m not surprised to find that once again the U.S., as a result of politics, failed to come through on what could … Continue reading

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Higgs boson, key to the universe, wins Nobel physics prize

Awesome!!! Interesting, isn’t it, how on the one hand there are scientists always pushing the envelope of human knowledge and our understanding of the universe, and on the other there are mental midgets with their superstitious religious beliefs, hell-bent on … Continue reading

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A Second Higgs Boson? Physicists Debate New Particle

Interesting stuff… TGO Refer to story below. Source: LiveScience By Stephanie Pappas, LiveScience Senior Writer | LiveScience.com – Sat, Apr 13, 2013 DENVER — The discovery of the Higgs boson is real. But physicists are cagey about whether the new … Continue reading

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Subatomic calculations indicate finite lifespan for universe

Interesting stuff… TGO Refer to story below. Source: Reuters By Irene Klotz | Reuters BOSTON (Reuters) – Scientists are still sorting out the details of last year’s discovery of the Higgs boson particle, but add up the numbers and it’s … Continue reading

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Atom smasher hiatus sets stage for more discovery

Interesting stuff to come from this incredible scientific endeavor… TGO Refer to story below. Source: Associated Press By JOHN HEILPRIN | Associated Press GENEVA (AP) — The world’s largest and most powerful atom smasher goes into a 2-year hibernation in … Continue reading

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A closer look at the Higgs boson

More interesting stuff… TGO Refer to story below. Source: Associated Press By FRANK JORDANS | Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Scientists working at the world’s biggest atom smasher near Geneva have announced the discovery of a new subatomic particle that … Continue reading

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How Does the Higgs Particle Give Things Mass?

Interesting stuff… TGO Refer to story below. Source: Live Science By Natalie Wolchover | LiveScience.com – Tue, Jul 3, 2012 The infamous Higgs particle has a weighty task: It grants all the other elementary particles their mass. Without it, they — we … Continue reading

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Long-Sought ‘God Particle’ Cornered, Scientists Say

This is fascinating! Hopefully within the next several years physicists will make the necessary discoveries to offer a “theory of everything” which describes, beyond the shadow of a doubt, how the universe came into being. On the other hand, for … Continue reading

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Is the New Physics Here? Atom Smashers Get an Antimatter Surprise

Science is awesome! Hopefully within the next decade or so physicists will be able to determine, with scientific proof and absolute evidence, the actual events which gave birth to the universe. That is, after all, life’s biggest question. TGO Refer … Continue reading

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Scientists re-create Big Bang in lab

This is awesome! TGO Refer to story below. Source: Yahoo News Photography: Associated Press By Liz Goodwin Mon Nov 8, 2:14 pm ET  Scientists say they have created a mini Big Bang using the world’s largest atom smasher, resulting in a temperature “a millions … Continue reading

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CERN scientists eye parallel universe breakthrough

This is fascinating! There is no doubt that the experiments being conducted at CERN will provide never-before imagined information regarding the formation of the universe and other currently unknown phenomena. As an alternative, for you religious folks out there, you … Continue reading

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Why We Exist: Matter Wins Battle Over Antimatter

For those of you interested in science, here is an article dealing with matter versus antimatter. An experiment performed on the particle accelerator provided the results. For all of you religious folks out there, don’t bother reading this; just continue … Continue reading

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Atom smasher will help reveal ‘the beginning’

This is fascinating stuff! The experiments carried out yesterday are a truly a remarkable achievement and a testament to science. This machine and the brilliant scientists who operate it will hopefully one day solve the age-old question: How did the … Continue reading

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Geneva atom smasher sets collision record

This is awesome!!! As religions continue to wallow in ignorance and superstition it’s good to know that science presses forward, always searching for a better understanding of the universe we live in and in doing so improving the human condition! … Continue reading

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Geneva atom smasher sets record for beam energy

Hopefully all future experiments will be successful and a great deal about dark energy, matter and ultimately the final piece of the puzzle, how the universe was created, will be established. TGO Refer to story below. Source: Associated Press By … Continue reading

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Big Bang experiment may reveal dark universe: CERN

This is so interesting… Hopefully these scientists will in fact discover dark matter, as it will lead to other discoveries and bring us closer to what may one day be a “theory of everything,” maybe even in the next decade … Continue reading

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