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Puzzling asymmetries in B decays hint at deviations from the Standard Model
(Phys.org) -- In a recently published paper, the LHCb Collaboration has reported on a possible deviation from the Standard Model. Theorists are now working to calculate precisely this effect and to evaluate ...
May 28, 2012 |
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Geoengineering: A whiter sky
One idea for fighting global warming is to increase the amount of aerosols in the atmosphere, scattering incoming solar energy away from the Earth's surface. But scientists theorize that this solar geoengineering could have ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
May 31, 2012 |
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Homing in on Higgs: Michigan researchers predict summer discovery (w/ Video)
(Phys.org) -- Whether the Higgs boson exists could be settled by the end of summer, say University of Michigan physicists involved in the search for the missing piece of particle physics' Standard Model.
Jun 01, 2012 |
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Science nugget: Catching solar particles infiltrating Earth's atmosphere
(Phys.org) -- On May 17, 2012 an M-class flare exploded from the sun. The eruption also shot out a burst of solar particles traveling at nearly the speed of light that reached Earth about 20 minutes after ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
May 31, 2012 |
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A new generation of acoustic measurements
NPL scientists have made the first measurements of airborne acoustic free-field pressures using a laser technique based on photon correlation spectroscopy.
May 29, 2012 |
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Advancing quantum computing
European researchers have made important advances in understanding the major stumbling block to realisation of quantum computers, a phenomenon known as decoherence.
May 30, 2012 |
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Building 45 payloads for balloon mission
Robyn Millan's lab is a little crowded at the moment. It overflows with electronics. And foam. And parachutes and aluminum frames and drills. Based at Dartmouth College in Hanover, NH, Millan and her students ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
May 30, 2012 |
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