UI physicists pleased with atom-smasher's progress
A world record is great, but University of Illinois physicists working on the world's biggest atom-smasher are just thrilled that the $10 billion machine is working so well. The Large Hadro...
The Champaign News-Gazette,
Thu Dec 03 05:04:36 PST 2009
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Physicists race to publish first results from LHC
Researchers working on ALICE, one of six experiments at the Large Hadron Collider, have pipped their rivals to the post in writing up results from the accelerator's first proton collisions
New Scientist,
Fri Dec 04 13:26:56 PST 2009
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The Large Hadron Collider produces first physics results
... results have come out of the European Organization for Nuclear Research's (CERN) Large Hadron Collider (LHC). Physicists from the University of Birmingham played a key role in analyzin...
Astronomy,
Fri, 04 Dec 2009 21:28:06 GMT
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Physicists assemble world's smallest snowman
Very short, and just 10 µm wide The National Physics Laboratory has deployed a range of techniques to create the world's smallest snowman - a diminutive fellow just 10 µm across, or "1/5th ...
The Register,
Fri Dec 04 06:48:26 PST 2009
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ClimateGate ---
... it by saying that it is normal practice among scientists. You know and we know that that is simply untrue. Physicists are not expected to cheat.) We have asked the APS management to pu...
Almanac,
Fri, 04 Dec 2009 19:47:06 GMT
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Scientists Take Theoretical Research on 'Nasty' Molecule to Next Level
Some atoms don't always follow the rules. Take the beryllium dimer, a seemingly simple molecule made up of two atoms that University of Delaware physicists Krzysztof Szalewicz and Konrad Pa...
Newswise,
Fri Dec 04 14:26:50 PST 2009
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Physicists assemble world's smallest snowman
The National Physics Laboratory has deployed a range of techniques to create the world's smallest snowman - a diminutive fellow just 10 A m across, or "1/5th the width of a human hair". The...
The Register,
Fri, 04 Dec 2009 14:33:37 GMT
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World's Smallest Snowman PHOTO: Lab Makes Snowman Smaller Than A Human Hair (VIDEO...
What's Your Reaction? Physicists at the National Physical Laboratory have created the world's smallest snowman using a variety of sophisticated techniques and advanced research equipment.
The Huffington Post,
Fri Dec 04 09:58:26 PST 2009
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Laser 'simulator' mimics magnetic fields
Physicists in the US have become the first to use laser light to make neutral, ultracold atoms behave like charged particles in a magnetic field - even though the atoms have no charge.
Optics.org,
Thu, 03 Dec 2009 09:18:54 GMT
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Research funding cuts could jeopardise UK nuclear power programme
Physicists warn that slashing grants for nuclear physics research would undermine plans to build nuclear power stations Britain's plans to rebuild its ageing nuclear power infrastructure co...
Guardian Unlimited,
Fri Dec 04 05:21:46 PST 2009
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UNL supercomputer keeping tabs on particle accelerator
Like the mass of faithful fans heading to Texas for Saturday's football showdown, thousands of high-energy physicists from around the world are harnessing the power of Red.
Daily Nebraskan,
Thu, 03 Dec 2009 08:00:00 GMT
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Mysterious "strange" stars may rival black holes for weirdness
Think black holes are strange? Understandable considering these powerhouses of the universe (many times heavier than our sun) are collapsed stars with gravity so strong that even light cann...
USA Today,
Fri Dec 04 15:35:32 PST 2009
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Turbulence around heat transport
... transport increases exponentially. When the turbulence is very strong, the exponential growth decreases twofold. Physicists from the Max Planck Institute for Dynamics and Self-Organiza...
EurekAlert!,
Thu, 03 Dec 2009 05:00:00 GMT
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Physicists fear CERN costs are threat to nuclear energy research in Britain
London, December 1 : Reports indicate that physicists in Britain fear that the country's entire programme of nuclear research is under threat from a budget crisis at CERN, which could leave...
New Kerala,
Tue Dec 01 01:55:25 PST 2009
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World's largest atom smasher breaks power record
... 1 TeV held by the Chicago-area Fermilab since 2001, according to the European Organization for Nuclear Research. Physicists measure the energy of the hair's-width beams, not their spee...
KESQ-TV Palm Desert,
Wed, 02 Dec 2009 19:41:43 GMT
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Laser Light Used To Create Synthetic Magnetism
For the first time, physicists have used laser light to create "synthetic magnetism," an exotic condition in which neutral atoms suddenly begin to behave as if they were charged particles i...
PhotonicsOnline,
Thu Dec 03 22:47:30 PST 2009
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First Thursday Offers Window Shopping, Beer and String
... about strings being active, wrapping and connecting and the term string theory popped into my head," said Hill. "Physicists are discovering that objects aren't as separated as we think...
Boise Weekly,
Wed, 02 Dec 2009 12:00:00 GMT
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UNL supercomputer keeping tabs on particle accelerator
By: Teresa Lostroh Like the mass of faithful fans heading to Texas for Saturday
The Daily Nebraskan,
Thu Dec 03 20:16:35 PST 2009
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Worlds in collision: Cooperation revives the European atom-smasher
... will test the technology in unprecedented ways. The fireworks will yield information about the subatomic level. Physicists from the University of Pittsburgh and Carnegie Mellon Univers...
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette,
Wed, 02 Dec 2009 11:34:13 GMT
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The Science Behind Marvel Comics' New Cosmic Tale
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SPACE.com via Yahoo! News,
Fri Dec 04 07:01:18 PST 2009
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