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NEWS ABOUT: particle physics

particle physics stories: 9 news summaries
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 Physicists: 
 Bird From the Future 
 Damaged Collider 

Theory says the universe is sabotaging the big experiment

Nov 11, 09 4:50 PM CST
(Newser) - CERN’s Large Hadron Collider is having a tough time getting on its feet—construction delays, birds, etc.—but now two physicists have a novel theory about why: The experiment is so “abhorrent” to God, or nature, that the universe is conspiring to sabotage it. When scientists get... More »

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CERN • Large Hadron Collider • particle physics • Higgs boson • God particle • future • time travel • theoretical physics • Peter Higgs • Bech Nielsen

 Hadron Collider Hits New Snags 

CERN may run experiments through the winter to make up lost time

Jul 21, 09 2:10 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Large Hadron Collider has hit more delays, ZDNet reports, with experiments using the machine unlikely to restart until at least mid-November due to the discovery of two vacuum leaks. The agency overseeing the 17-mile atom-smasher buried under the French-Swiss border may take the unorthodox step of running its “... More »

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Switzerland • Big Bang • experiments • Alps • CERN • Large Hadron Collider • particle physics • God particle

(Newser) - The dirty fumes of leaded gas may have curbed global warming for a few decades in the 20th century, the New Scientist reports. Researchers in Washington state have found that lead particles are key to creating ice crystals, which help form clouds—which aid global cooling by reflecting sunlight back... More »

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climate change • global warming • sunlight • particle physics • gasoline

Rival Labs Fight Like Hell to Find 'God Particle'

US may catch elusive particle first while Europe does repairs

Feb 17, 09 10:24 AM CST
(Newser) - The US-based Fermilab is gaining ground on Europe's CERN in the race to discover the Higgs boson, the elusive prize of particle physics, reports the BBC. While the Large Hadron Collider in Switzerland remains out of order, Fermilab's facility in Chicago has been cranked up. At a recent conference, the... More »

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CERN • Large Hadron Collider • Fermilab • particle physics • Higgs boson • God particle

Physics Nobel to 3 Who Studied World's Origin

Work on 'broken symmetry' paved way for hadron collider

Oct 7, 08 7:48 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Nobel Prize for physics was awarded today to three researchers whose work on "broken symmetry" has clarified the origins of the universe. Their theories—a cornerstone of the so-called Standard Model of physics—explain how the world came into being after the Big Bang; although huge amounts... More »

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science • physics • Nobel Prize • Large Hadron Collider • particle physics

 Balky Collider Offline Into '09 

Lengthy repair times, and necessary winter maintenance, delay Large Hadron Collider

Sep 23, 08 3:52 PM CDT
(Newser) - A serious malfunction, and the necessarily slow progress of repairs, will keep the Large Hadron Collider from starting its first experiments until spring, the Times reports. A major problem Friday shut down the European atom-smasher, and officials said the heating, repair and recooling of the giant magnets would take 2... More »

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France • Switzerland • delay • repair • CERN • Large Hadron Collider • particle physics

 Atom Smasher Out 2 Months 

Experiments postponed; heating and recooling elements takes weeks

Sep 20, 08 10:53 AM CDT
(Newser) - It turns out that the glitch with the Large Hadron Collider is worse than originally thought and will keep the massive atom smasher out of commission for at least 2 months, the Telegraph reports. The collider, which seeks to replicate the Big Bang and solve mysteries of creation, began... More »

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science • repair • CERN • Large Hadron Collider • particle physics • particle collider

 Glitch Stalls Atom Smasher 


Sep 19, 08 12:40 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Large Hadron Collider, the $5-billion, 17-mile experiment seeking answers to the universe’s deepest mysteries, hit a snag within hours of its Sept. 10 launch, but its overseer did not report the malfunction for a week, the Daily Telegraph reports. A 30-ton transformer in the cooling system broke, causing... More »

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particle accelerator • Big Bang • universe • CERN • Large Hadron Collider • particle physics • God particle

 Huge Particle Collider 
 Ready for Debut 

Probably won't destroy universe

Sep 9, 08 11:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - Physicists across the world will spend the wee hours of tomorrow morning watching with bated breath as the world’s most expensive science experiment gets under way, the New York Times reports. At 3:30am Eastern, CERN’s Large Hadron Collider will switch on for the first time, sending... More »

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Switzerland • particle accelerator • dark matter • Geneva • CERN • Large Hadron Collider • particle physics • Higgs boson

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