Search results for particle tracks
Better track leads to new particles
Dec 07, 2006 |
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In particle accelerators new particles often arise as a result of collisions between elementary particles. However the track left by these particles is often difficult to trace. Dutch researcher Thijs Cornelissen ...
First particles observed in Large Hadron Collider
Aug 26, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Glasgow scientists, working at CERN, have observed the first particles in the Large Hadron Collider during preliminary tests ahead of the switch-on next month.
Better Way to Measure Particle Shape Proves Popular
Sep 08, 2009 |
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Tiny particles are pivotal to climate change, public health, and nanotechnology. A significant fraction of these particles are aspherical, yet scientists must routinely assume the particles are spherical to ...
Large Hadron Collider could test hyperdrive propulsion
Oct 09, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The world's most powerful particle accelerator, the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), could be used to test the principles behind hyperdrive, a possible future form of spacecraft propulsion that could drive spacecraft ...
Superstring theory useful for experimental physics
Oct 30, 2009 |
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Superstring theory aims to explain the laws of physics from extremely small strings in various states. Theoretical superstring theory is therefore normally not considered to be particularly relevant for practical ...
CERN atom-smasher restarts after 14-month hiatus: official
Nov 20, 2009 |
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The world's biggest atom-smasher, shut down after its inauguration in September 2008 amid technical faults, restarted on Friday, a spokesman for the European Organisation for Nuclear Research said.
A 'New Dimension' at the LHC
Jul 22, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Later this year, the world's largest and most powerful particle accelerator, the Large Hadron Collider near Geneva, Switzerland, will begin operating, sending beams of protons hurling around circular tracks ...
Tracing ultra-fine dust
Oct 05, 2009 |
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Limit values for fine dust emissions are based on total particle weight. It is the ultra-fine particles, however, that are particularly harmful to health. A new technique separates them by size and identifies ...
The ATLAS Pixel Detector
Sep 03, 2008 |
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With the Large Hadron Collider start-up only weeks away, SLAC researchers working on the LHC are feeling the excitement. SLAC has been involved in designing and building the ATLAS (A Toroidal LHC ApparatuS) ...
All done with mirrors: Microscope tracks nanoparticles in 3-D
Mar 10, 2008 |
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A clever new microscope design allows nanotechnology researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) to track the motions of nanoparticles in solution as they dart around in three ...
Blood Brothers: Particles Form Strong Bonds in Blood Vessels (w/ Video)
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Sep 16, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Functionalized nano- and microscale particle systems have become a key component in biomedical applications, from drug delivery to prosthetics. Their small size and potential for modification and functionalization ...
School classroom air may be more polluted with ultrafine particles than outdoor air
Dec 22, 2009 |
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The air in some school classrooms may contain higher levels of extremely small particles of pollutants — easily inhaled deep into the lungs — than polluted outdoor air, scientists in Australia and Germany ...
Before God particle, scientists must learn soul of new machine
May 26, 2009 |
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After a huge success in first testing, followed by a very public meltdown last September, the Large Hadron Collider may be ready for action again as early as June.
Engineer Discovers Why Particles Like Flour Disperse on Liquids
Nov 16, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Even if you are not a cook, you might have wondered why a pinch of flour (or any small particles) thrown into a bowl of water will disperse in a dramatic fashion, radiating outward as if it ...
Chemist creates trapping technique for nanoparticles
Aug 17, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A chemist at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (UWM) has developed a kind of invisible fence for trapping and controlling particles as small as a single virus or large protein.
