Particle Physics

Landmark Paper In Particle Physics Lauded 120 Years Later

| Frank Wilczek | Posted 05.21.2012

Read More: Hendrik Antoon Lorentz, Proton, Neutron, Elementary Particle, Video, Atomic Theory, History of Science, Physics, Electron, Particle Physics, Science News

Electrons rule our world, but not so long ago they were only an idea. This month marks the 120th anniversary of a profound and influential creation, t...

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Human Bodies Are Pelted By Mysterious Particles, Research Suggests

Posted 04.29.2012

Read More: Video, Astrophysics, Dark Matter Particles, Particle Collision, Human Body, Physics, Particles, Particle Physics, Dark Matter, Universe, Science News

By: Charles Q. Choi Published: 04/27/2012 03:59 PM EDT on SPACE.com Invisible dark matter particles may regularly pass through our bodies, and d...

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Physicists Make Quantum Leaps In Particle Discovery

| Posted 04.15.2012

Read More: Quantum Physics, Einstein, Video, Paul Dirac, Majorana Fermion, Quantum Computer, Physics, Particle, Particle Physics, Ettore Majorana, Science News

In 1937, after the rise of quantum mechanics, Ettore Majorana, an Italian theoretical physicist, realized that the new physics implied the e...

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Oh Where, Oh Where Has My Little Higgs Gone?

Tony Phillips | Posted 05.28.2012

Read More: Quantum Physics, Homunculus, Peter Higgs, Schrodinger's Cat, Cern, Erwin Schrodinger, Physics, Neutrinos, Higgs Boson, Large Hadron Collider, Particle Physics, Quarks, Comedy News
Tony Phillips

They say crazy is as crazy does and few kinds of crazy do as much craziness as the kind embodied by particle physicists. I said it. They're crazy. The lot of 'em.

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Einstein Right Yet Again

Victor Stenger | Posted 04.24.2012

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Victor Stenger

The best lesson learned from the CERN affair is that scientists making what they think is a major discovery should hesitate before going public.

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Many Still Uncertain About Heisenberg's Uncertainty Principle

Posted 02.23.2012

Read More: Quantum Physics, Microscope, Measurement, Quantum Mechanics, Physics, Observer Effect, Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle, Uncertainty Principle, Werner Heisenberg, Particle Physics, Video, Science News

By: Clara Moskowitz, LiveScience Senior Writer Published: 02/21/2012 02:59 PM EST on LiveScience One of the most often quoted, yet least understoo...

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Laser Scientists Create Most Powerful Beam Ever

Posted 01.31.2012

Read More: Atomic X Ray, Video, Physics, Optics, Most Powerful Laser, X Ray Laser, Hottest Laser Ever, Laser, Stanford Laser, Slac, Particle Physics, X Ray, Atomic Laser, Science News

Laser researchers at Stanford University's SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory are beaming over a pair of research papers they've just published. ...

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WATCH: Ultrathin 'Atomic Wire' Could Spark New Computer Era

| John Matson | Posted 03.07.2012

Read More: Moore's Law, Video, Atom Wire, Nanotechnology, Nanowire, Electronics, Particle Physics, One Atom Wide, Silicon, Science News

By John Matson, Scientific American (Click here for original article.) There may be a bit more room at the bottom, after all. In 1959 physi...

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Straight Answers On The 'God Particle'

Posted 01.05.2012

Read More: God Particle, Boson, Peter Higgs, Higgs Exist, Higgs Doesn't Exist, Cern, Higgs Boson Applications, Physics, Particle Accelerator, Higgs Boson, Higgs Boson God, Subatomic Particles, The Universe, Particle Physics, Science Media, Science News

With all the media coverage of CERN's search for the Higgs Boson—sometimes called the 'God Particle'—it's hard to know what's really at stake. Are...

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Why I Have a Man Crush on the Large Hadron Collider

Marty Kaplan | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Science, Big Bang, Large Hadron Collider, Particle Physics, Healthy Living News
Marty Kaplan

In physicists' quest for the "God particle," mystics get a new machine .

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