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Hopkins, Maryland help in worldwide hunt for elusive Higgs boson
Researchers from Hopkins and Maryland are among thousands of scientists engaged in the hunt for the Higgs boson, known popularly as the "God particle." Proof of its existence would answer fundamental questions about the nature of our existence....Tags: College Park (Prince George's, Maryland), Science, Higgs Boson Search, Colleges and Universities, University of Maryland, College Park
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Seeking the "God particle" -- books on the Higgs boson
Thousands of scientists around the world are hunting feverishly for the Higgs boson, a hypothesized subatomic building block that has been called the "God particle." And today, the groups announced they had come closer to identifying it, but were likely a...Tags: Higgs Boson Search
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Faster than light? Research will benefit America in ways we can't foresee
The news from the European Institute for Particle Physics is that Albert Einstein may have been wrong ("Faster than light", Sept. 23). The speed of light may not be insurmountable, and everything we think we know about the universe may be wrong. Of...Tags: Albert Einstein, Europe, Space Programs
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Japan mulls hosting global collider project - Nikkei
Reuters(Reuters) - The government has decided to solicit construction in Japan of the International Linear Collider (ILC), a next-generation particle accelerator that will allow physicists to explore rudimentary questions about the universe, the Nikkei said....Tags: Higgs Boson Search, National Government, Japan, Government
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College graduates getting a B.A. in IOUs
Funny MoneyIt's commencement season, which is the time when middle-aged crabs like me offer our sage wisdom to you, our graduating young'uns. We do this not only out of a sense of duty but also because we are deluded enough to think that you might just pay...Tags: The Detroit News, Credit and Debt, Apple iPhone, Colleges and Universities, Graduation
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Would an antimatter apple fall upward from the earth?
Scientists have figured out a technique to measure gravity's effects on antimatter, that mysterious stuff so beloved of Dan Brown fans and physicists alike. The achievement, made by the ALPHA collaboration at CERN's Large Hadron Collider near Geneva,...
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Cosmology's future lies with the dark side, Stephen Hawking says
Want to discover the next big breakthrough in cosmology? Turn to the dark side, says renowned theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking. “The missing link in cosmology is the nature of dark matter and dark energy,” Hawking said Tuesday night...
Tags: University of California, Santa Barbara, Higgs Boson Search, Science, Cosmology, Applied Physics
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“Eve of Destruction”: Reelz miniseries pits Steven Weber vs. global disaster
Channel Guide MagazineEve of Destruction (Part 1) Friday, April 12; (Part 2) Saturday, April 13 ReelzChannel, 8pm ET/5pm PT (with encore airings at 1am ET/10pm PT) Well, you just knew they weren't going to get away with all that Large Hadron Collider business and not spawn a... -
CERN: We've found 'a Higgs boson'; but is it predicted version?
Evidence indicates that the new particle discovered at the Large Hadron Collider is a Higgs boson, officials at the European Organization for Nuclear Research, also known as CERN, said Thursday. But whether it is the version of the Higgs boson...
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Physicists say they have found 'God particle'
GENEVA (AP) — The search is all but over for a subatomic particle that is a crucial building block of the universe. Physicists announced Thursday they believe they have discovered the subatomic particle predicted nearly a half-century ago, which...Tags: Nobel Prize Awards, Entertainment Events, Science
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Data reveal that the Higgs boson still looks like a Higgs boson
It seems increasingly likely that the subatomic particle ferreted out by physicists at the Large Hadron Collider near Geneva last year is indeed a Higgs boson, scientists said Wednesday after a day of talks at a physics conference in Italy. First...
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New Agers hope today brings new era
Doomsday hour is here, at least in much of the world, and so still are we. According to legend, the ancient Mayans’ long-count calendar ends at midnight Thursday, ushering in the end of the world. Didn’t happen. ‘‘This...Tags: Fiction, Authors, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Tourism and Leisure, Mexico
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