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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.

Physics / General Physics

created Jun 01, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (8) | comments 25 | with audio podcast

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 ...

Physics / General Physics

created May 28, 2012 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (11) | comments 34 | with audio podcast

MAJORANA, the search for the most elusive neutrino of all

(Phys.org) -- In a cavern almost a mile underground in the Black Hills, an experiment called the MAJORANA DEMONSTRATOR, 40 kilograms of pure germanium crystals enclosed in deep-freeze cryostat modules, will ...

Physics / General Physics

created May 17, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (9) | comments 17 | with audio podcast

Two new excited states of the Lambda-b beauty particle observed by LHCb

In beautiful agreement with the Standard Model, two new excited states of the Λb beauty particle have just been observed by the LHCb Collaboration. Similarly to protons and neutrons, Λb is composed of three qua ...

Physics / General Physics

created May 17, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 5

London faces up to 'greenest' Games pledge

London has pledged to host the greenest Olympic Games ever staged, but it could take years before the promises start to flower.

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created May 15, 2012 | popularity 2 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Lawmakers optimistic about cyber bill prospects

(AP) -- House Republicans and Democrats expressed optimism Friday about sending a cybersecurity bill to President Barack Obama this year despite significant disagreements with the Senate and the White House. ...

Technology / Internet

created Apr 27, 2012 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 2

House OKs cybersecurity bill despite veto threat

The House ignored Obama administration objections Thursday and approved legislation aimed at helping stop electronic attacks on critical U.S. infrastructure and private companies.

Technology / Internet

created Apr 27, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 4

House moves ahead with cybersecurity bill (Update)

(AP) -- House Republicans are pushing ahead with legislation to protect the nation's critical infrastructure and corporations from electronic attacks despite Obama administration objections that the legislation fails to ...

Technology / Internet

created Apr 26, 2012 | popularity 3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Do the Milky Way's companions spell trouble for dark matter?

(Phys.org) -- Astronomers from the University of Bonn in Germany have discovered a vast structure of satellite galaxies and clusters of stars surrounding our Galaxy, stretching out across a million light years. ...

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Apr 25, 2012 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (15) | comments 15 | with audio podcast

States face challenges to improve writing standards

Far too many K-12 students have inadequate writing skills, and the current efforts to improve instruction in the United States may be more challenging than anticipated, research from Michigan State University shows.

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Apr 17, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 3

US journalist resigns amid cloud of plagiarism: report

A Washington Post writer whose blog posts triggered editor's notes for "serious factual errors" and what was described as a "significant ethical lapse" has resigned from the newspaper.

Technology / Internet

created Apr 17, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

US students need new way of learning science

American students need a dramatically new approach to improve how they learn science, says a noted group of scientists and educators led by Michigan State University professor William Schmidt.

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Apr 05, 2012 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (20) | comments 42

Data breach put 1.5M numbers at risk

(AP) -- A company that processes credit card transactions said Monday that as many as 1.5 million card numbers were compromised in a data breach early last month.

Technology / Business

created Apr 02, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Whole Foods to stop sale of unsustainable seafood

(AP) -- Whole Foods Market said Friday that it will stop selling fish caught from depleted waters or through ecologically damaging methods, a move that comes as supermarkets nationwide try to make their seafood ...

Biology / Ecology

created Mar 30, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

TDK launches eSSD series: Single chip Solid State Drives (SSD)

TDK Corporation has developed the eSSD series, a single chip 3Gbps SSD with serial ATA interface that uses multi-chip technology to integrate the TDK SSD controller GBDriver RS3 with NAND type flash memory ...

Electronics / Hardware

created Mar 23, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (3) | comments 2