Physics
New Particle Throws Monkeywrench in Particle Physics
[/caption] The hits just keep on coming from Department of Energy's Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory. So far this month, the lab…
Fermilab Putting the Squeeze on Higgs Boson
[/caption] Scientists at the Department of Energy’s Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory have achieved the world’s most precise measurement of the…
Fermilab Scientists Discover Rare Single Top Quark
[/caption] Scientists at Fermilab have observed particle collisions that produce single top quarks, a 1 in 20 billion find. This…
Is There a Mysterious Black Hole Constant?
[/caption]If you found yourself in the unfortunate situation of orbiting a black hole, you may be in for a rather…
Powerful Fusion Laser to Recreate Conditions Inside Exoplanets
[/caption]We've all heard that the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) will collide particles together at previously unimaginable energies. In doing so,…
Repaired too Late? Tevatron May Beat LHC in Hunt for Higgs Boson
[/caption]The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) is billed as the next great particle accelerator that will give us our best chance…
Stellar Jets are Born Knotted
[/caption] Some of the most beautiful structures observed in the Universe are the intricate jets of supersonic material speeding away…
The Journey of Space Exploration: Ex-Astronaut Views on NASA
[/caption]It reads like the annual progress report from my first year in university. He lacks direction, he's not motivated and…
CERN Aims for LHC Restart in September, First Collisions in October
[/caption]It may seem that the delay is getting longer and longer for the restart of the LHC after the catastrophic…
More Faults Found in LHC, But No Further Delay to Start-up
[/caption]In September 2008, the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) suffered a catastrophic quench, triggered by a faulty connection in the electronics…