In the western United States, mule deer and pronghorn (animals that are similar to antelopes) undergo annual migrations that place them and drivers at risk for collisions when the animals cross busy roadways. A new study ...
Ecology
May 16, 2016
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Particle physicists around the world are currently on the edge of their seats awaiting information about the traces of a brand new particle that were found during the latest run of the Large Hadron Collider particle accelerator ...
General Physics
May 12, 2016
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Following its annual winter break, the most powerful collider in the world has been switched back on.
General Physics
May 11, 2016
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The most powerful particle accelerator in the world, CERN's Large Hadron Collider (LHC), is getting up to speed again after its annual winter break. After a switch-on in March and a period of fine-tuning, operators are ramping-up ...
General Physics
May 9, 2016
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The European Aviation Safety Agency is setting up a task force to examine the risk of collisions between drones and aircraft.
Other
May 4, 2016
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(Phys.org)—An international team of researchers has spotted the first instance of a high-energy neutrino collision from a source outside of the Milky Way, marking what they describe as a significant discovery. In their ...
At Aalborg University's Drone Research Lab, a new experimental setup with a motorized catapult and high-speed camera now documents in detail what happens when one of the popular small hobby drones hit objects or people. In ...
Engineering
Apr 13, 2016
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On Friday, the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) opened its doors to allow particles to travel around the ring for the first time since the year-end technical stop (YETS) began in December 2015. At 10.30 am, a first bunch was circulating ...
General Physics
Mar 30, 2016
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The proton sounds like a simple object, but it's not. Inside, there's a teeming microcosm of quarks and gluons with properties such as spin and "color" charge that contribute to the particle's seemingly simplistic role as ...
General Physics
Mar 28, 2016
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The concepts of rotation and angular momentum play a crucial role in many areas of physics, ranging from nuclear spectroscopy to molecular collisions and precision measurements. In a paper appearing in the leading physics ...
Quantum Physics
Feb 16, 2016
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