Discovery of rare decay narrows space for new physics
After a quarter of a century of searching, physicists have discovered a rare particle decay that gives them an indirect way to test models of new physics.
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Jul 19, 2013
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Large Hadron Collider achieves 2011 data milestone
Today at around 10:50 CEST, the amount of data accumulated by Large Hadron Collider experiments ATLAS and CMS clicked over from 0.999 to 1 inverse femtobarn, signalling an important milestone in the experiments' quest for ...
General Physics
Jun 19, 2011
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'Faster-than-light' particles spark science drama
Oh Albert. Did you get it wrong? In 2011, physics was shaken by an experiment which said the Universe's speed limit, enshrined by Einstein in his 1905 theory of special relativity, could be broken.
General Physics
Dec 9, 2011
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New way to produce antimatter-containing atom discovered
(PhysOrg.com) -- Physicists at the University of California, Riverside report that they have discovered a new way to create positronium, an exotic and short-lived atom that could help answer what happened to antimatter in ...
General Physics
Jul 11, 2011
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'God particle' discovery poses Nobel dilemma
On July 4, scientists announced they had discovered a new particle that may be the fabled Higgs boson, an exploit that would rank as the greatest achievement in physics in more than half a century.
General Physics
Oct 7, 2012
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3 Questions: Steven Nahn on the elusive Higgs boson
(PhysOrg.com) -- Troubles at the Large Hadron Collider have led some physicists to suggest the Higgs boson is sabotaging its own discovery. Nahn explains why he disagrees.
General Physics
Oct 19, 2009
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Probing Question: Could the Large Hadron Collider swallow the Earth?
Nestled 570 feet beneath the Alps on the Swiss-French border is the world’s largest physics experiment — the Large Hadron Collider (LHC). Constructed for $8.8 billion by the European Organization for Nuclear Research ...
General Physics
Jan 21, 2009
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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.
General Physics
May 23, 2011
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CERN physicists break record for hottest manmade material
(Phys.org) -- Apparently discovering a Higgs-like particle isn’t enough for the physicists working at the CERN facility, now another team working with the LHC has broken the record for the hottest manmade material ever. ...
First atoms reported smashed in Large Hadron Collider (Update)
Two circulating beams on Monday produced the first particle collisions in the world's biggest atom smasher, the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), three days after its restart, scientists announced.
General Physics
Nov 23, 2009
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