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US atom smasher may have found new force of nature (Update 4)

Data from a major US atom smasher lab may have revealed a new elementary particle, or potentially a new force of nature that could expand our knowledge of the properties of matter, physicists say.

Physics / General Physics

created Apr 06, 2011 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (65) | comments 106

What will the Large Hadron Collider reveal?

With its successful test run at the end of 2009, the Large Hadron Collider near Geneva, Switzerland, seized the world record for the highest-energy particle collisions created by mankind. We can now reflect ...

Physics / General Physics

created Jan 07, 2010 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (48) | comments 23

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

Large Hadron Collider gains pace: CERN

The world's biggest atom smasher is swiftly gaining pace as scientists seek to unravel the secrets of the universe, the European Organisation for Nuclear Research (CERN) said on Monday.

Physics / General Physics

created Jun 28, 2010 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (35) | comments 157

Large Hadron Collider smashes another record

The world's biggest particle collider set a new record early Monday, a feat that should accelerate the quest to pinpoint the elusive particle known as the Higgs Boson, a senior physicist said.

Physics / General Physics

created May 23, 2011 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (27) | comments 39

Before God particle, scientists must learn soul of new machine

After a huge success in first testing, followed by a very public meltdown last September, the Large Hadron Collider may be ready for action again as early as June.

Physics / General Physics

created May 26, 2009 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (19) | comments 31

Oh-My-God Particles

Cosmic rays are really sub-atomic particles, being mainly protons (hydrogen nuclei) and occasionally helium or heavier atomic nuclei and very occasionally electrons. Cosmic ray particles are very energetic ...

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Jun 13, 2011 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (15) | comments 11

Riddle of 'God particle' could be solved by 2012: CERN (Update)

Physicists said on Tuesday they believed that by the end of 2012 they could determine whether a theorised particle called the Higgs boson, which has unleashed a gruelling decades-long hunt, exists or not.

Physics / General Physics

created May 17, 2011 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (14) | comments 33

Particle physics is not just black holes and antimatter

Particle physics saves lives, connects continents through new channels of communication, helps us understand the world around us and inspires tomorrow's leaders.

Physics / General Physics

created May 28, 2009 | popularity 3.9 / 5 (14) | comments 2

Physicists closing in on 'God particle' (Update)

Experiments at the world's biggest atom smasher have yielded tantalising hints that a long-sought sub-atomic particle truly exists, with final proof likely by late 2012, physicists said Monday.

Physics / General Physics

created Jul 25, 2011 | popularity 3.9 / 5 (13) | comments 40

'God particle' out of hiding places: CERN chief

The elusive Higgs Boson, known as the "God particle", is -- if it exists -- running out of places to hide, the head of the mammoth experiment designed to find it said on Thursday.

Physics / General Physics

created Aug 25, 2011 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (11) | comments 20

German fails to prove atom-smasher will end world

A German woman fearing that Earth would be sucked into oblivion in a black hole failed on Tuesday in her court attempt to halt the world's most powerful atom-smasher.

Other Sciences / Other

created Mar 09, 2010 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (9) | comments 21

Tevatron retires: The era of big American physics about to end

The era of big American physics ends Friday with the retirement of the Tevatron particle accelerator, which has been recreating the Big Bang under four miles of Illinois prairie for 25 years.

Physics / General Physics

created Sep 26, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (6) | comments 16

Hints fade of elusive physics 'God particle'

International scientists searching to solve the greatest riddle in all of physics said Monday that signs are fading of the elusive Higgs-Boson particle, which is believed to give objects mass.

Physics / General Physics

created Aug 22, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 31