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Top physicist probes unintended acceleration after recalls

A prominent US physicist will lead a panel aiming to identify possible causes of unintended acceleration in vehicles on the heels of widespread problems that led Toyota to issue mass recalls.

Technology / Engineering

created Jun 23, 2010 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 2

Early results from the world's brightest X-ray source

The first published scientific results from experiments at SLAC's Linac Coherent Light Source are out. The report, published today in Physical Review Letters, is the first look at how molecules respond to ult ...

Physics / General Physics

created Jun 22, 2010 | popularity 4 / 5 (5) | comments 0

Study finds there may be multiple 'God particles'

(PhysOrg.com) -- Recent research in the US suggests there may be five versions of the theorized Higgs boson.

Physics / General Physics

created Jun 16, 2010 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (40) | comments 110 | with audio podcast report

New measurements from MINOS experiment suggest a difference in a key property of neutrinos and antineutrinos

(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists of the MINOS experiment at the Department of Energy's Fermi National Accelerator laboratory today announced the world's most precise measurement to date of the parameters that govern ...

Physics / General Physics

created Jun 14, 2010 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (17) | comments 9 | with audio podcast

Particle collision thought to replicate Big Bang forces, may help explain how things exist

By the logic of science, things simply shouldn't exist. The best scientific minds of several generations have reasoned that shortly after the Big Bang created the universe, matter and antimatter should have wiped each other ...

Physics / General Physics

created Jun 02, 2010 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (22) | comments 30

Honda to install brake override systems on all models

Honda Motor said Thursday it is installing brake override safety systems in all of its same-name and Acura-brand vehicles in the future to improve car safety in the wake of recent recalls.

Technology / Engineering

created May 27, 2010 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (5) | comments 9

MRacing sets acceleration record at SAE event

(PhysOrg.com) -- Rocketing from zero to 75 mph in 3.766 seconds, the University of Michigan's MRacing Formula SAE team set an SAE Collegiate Design Series record in acceleration at the event held at Michigan ...

Technology / Engineering

created May 19, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Scientists find evidence for significant matter-antimatter asymmetry

(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists of the DZero collaboration at the Department of Energy’s Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory announced Friday, May 14, that they have found evidence for significant violation ...

Physics / General Physics

created May 18, 2010 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (41) | comments 86 | with audio podcast

Inside Science Of Iron Man 2

When Iron Man 2 opens in theaters this Friday, you probably won't notice the science consultant who helped bring real science into the world of science fiction.

Other Sciences / Other

created May 05, 2010 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (11) | comments 13 | with audio podcast

Neutrinos: Clues to the Most Energetic Cosmic Rays

(PhysOrg.com) -- ARIANNA, a proposed array of detectors for capturing the most energetic cosmic rays, is being tested in Antarctica with a prototype station built last December on the Ross Ice Shelf by a Berkeley ...

Physics / General Physics

created Apr 20, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (9) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Giant natural particle accelerator discovered above thunderclouds

(PhysOrg.com) -- A lightning researcher at the University of Bath has discovered that during thunderstorms, giant natural particle accelerators can form 40 km above the surface of the Earth.

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Apr 14, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (12) | comments 3

New high-speed integrated circuit for world's biggest physics experiment is fastest of its kind

A new high-speed integrated circuit to reliably transmit data in the demanding environment of the world's largest physics experiment is the fastest of its kind.

Technology / Engineering

created Apr 08, 2010 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (8) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Nuclear missing link created at last: Superheavy element 117 (Update)

(PhysOrg.com) -- A collaboration of Russian and US physicists has finally created element 117 - a superheavy element made of atoms containing 117 protons that is roughly 40% heavier than lead.

Physics / General Physics

created Apr 06, 2010 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (28) | comments 3 | with audio podcast

UA Physicists Charged Up About Record Collisions in Large Hadron Collider

(PhysOrg.com) -- Now the research begins for the team of University of Arizona physicists who built pieces of the largest scientific instrument ever, the Large Hadron Collider.

Physics / General Physics

created Mar 30, 2010 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (8) | comments 0

Vanderbilt sets up 1 of 8 virtual control rooms for LHC in US

On Tuesday, Mar. 30, the world's most powerful particle accelerator is scheduled to begin slamming subatomic particles together at record energies and recording the consequences of the micro-explosions that ...

Physics / General Physics

created Mar 30, 2010 | popularity 3 / 5 (3) | comments 1