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Take a look inside the most powerful physics machine on Earth
The LHC was shut down for two years to undergo upgrades. The revamped LHC, which opened in April, a…
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IIT-Madras To Unlock Biggest Mysteries Of The Universe With CERN
CERN has collaborated with IIT-Madras to solve the mystery of the Gods particle, and the India’s pr…
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CERN, the famous scientific lab where the web was born, tells us why it's ditching Microsoft and helping others do the same
Some of the projects aimed specifically at Microsoft alternatives are just now coming to fruition, …
Julie Bort
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CERN, the famous scientific lab where the web was created, is so unhappy with Microsoft's 10x price hikes that it's ditching all Microsoft software
So CERN is, very publicly, taking on a project to kick Microsoft out of its organization and find l…
Julie Bort
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Here's how scientists accelerate particles to 99.99% the speed of light
As electrons moving at nearly the speed of light go around turns, they lose energy in the form of r…
Ali Sundermier
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The LHC is the largest machine ever built by humans - here's the plan for an even bigger one
One, a whopping 50-mile-long circular particle accelerator with energy collisions nearly 10 times a…
Kelly Dickerson
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The search for supersymmetry: Come out, come out, wherever you are!
If Susy does not show up, though, it will not be the end of physics. In science, not finding someth…
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Here are all the new particles we might discover when the world's largest atom smasher turns back on
Supersymmetry predicts a partner particle for each particle in physics that we already know about. …
Kelly Dickerson
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Scientists just discovered 2 never-before-seen particles, and they're refining our understanding of fundamental physics
Baryons include familiar particles like protons and neutrons, which are held together by strong for…
Kelly Dickerson
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Scientists built the most powerful physics machine on earth to study the fate of our universe, and it may break the laws of physics
The heaping piles of scientific data generated from these powerful mash-ups, and seen by giant dete…
Jessica Orwig
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Particle X could be the biggest physics breakthrough in decades
"This is by far the most exciting thing that has happened in particle physics over the last three d…
Meghan Bartels
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Breakdown of the fastest spaceships in the history of science fiction
In the first half, the ships that travel slower than the speed of light are ranked by g-force: the …
Kelly Dickerson
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Here's how the fastest spaceships from all the different sci-fi universes stack up
In the first half, the ships that travel slower than the speed of light are ranked by g-force: the …
Kelly Dickerson
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8 of the recent Physics Nobel Prizes winners and their amazing findings!
Takaaki Kajita and Arthur B. McDonald most recent to win Nobel Prize in Physics for their discovery…
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Here's what the world's most powerful physics lab will be looking for when it turns back on
Such was the case during the LHC's first run from 2009 through 2012, and now, after two years of he…
Jessica Orwig
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Bill Nye told us which Isaac Asimov book inspired him as a child
Published in 1972, "The Left Hand of the Electron" was Asimov's 9th book. It's a collection of 17 n…
Jessica Orwig
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An unexpected force of nature could hold the key to unlocking the mysterious dark universe
In the experiment, the scientists studied the radioactive decay of an isotope called beryllium 8. A…
Ali Sundermier
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The Nobel Committee Can't Seem To Locate Prize Winner Peter Higgs
This isn't a total shocker. As The New York Times wrote on Monday: "Dr. Higgs - the J. D. Salinger …
Dina Spector
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Obama wants U.S. supercomputer capable of one quintillion calculations per second
To cope with the development costs and design challenges, the Obama initiative will combine the eff…
Jack Karsten, Darrell M. West
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The 10 most important things in the world right now
7. Lawyers in the trial of accused Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev will make their closing…