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South Pole Neutrino Detector Could Yield Evidences of String Theory
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Jan 26, 2006 |
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Researchers at Northeastern University and the University of California, Irvine say that scientists might soon have evidence for extra dimensions and other exotic predictions of string theory. Early results ...
Particle decay may point to New Physics
Oct 11, 2006 |
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A tiny flaw has caught the attention of physicists: the Standard Model (SM) predicts that the B meson mixing phase should be measured at nearly the same result using two different classes of decay modes. However, ...
Producing Dark Matter
May 02, 2006 |
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“Colliders have been the tool of choice for particle physicists to look at smaller and smaller particles. All a sudden we are realizing that we can use them not only to understand things at smaller scales, but for understanding ...
WMAP reveals neutrinos, end of dark ages, first second of universe
Mar 08, 2008 |
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NASA released this week five years of data collected by the Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe (WMAP) that refines our understanding of the universe and its development.
Fermilab experiment resolves long-standing neutrino question
Apr 11, 2007 |
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Scientists of the MiniBooNE experiment at the Department of Energy's Fermilab today announced their first findings. The MiniBooNE results resolve questions raised by observations of the LSND experiment in ...
Atomic Coilgun Halts Supersonic Beams
Mar 17, 2008 |
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By magnetically pulsing a sequence of 64 copper coils in an “atomic coilgun,” scientists have succeeded in stopping a supersonic neon beam in its tracks in just microseconds.
Physicists: After 30 years of study, rare particle confirms prediction
Mar 10, 2008 |
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High-energy physicists devoted to recreating the conditions at the beginning of the universe have for the first time observed a new way to produce those basic particles of atoms, protons and neutrons.
Designing a test of neutrinos as dark matter candidates
Jan 11, 2008 |
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One of the biggest mysteries of the universe deals with questions of dark matter. There are several experiments and models being designed all over the world to try and determine what would make good dark matter candidates. ...
Stars Fueled by Dark Matter Could Hold Secrets to the Universe
Nov 03, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The first stars in the universe may have been very different from the stars we see today, yet they may hold clues to understanding some of the mysterious features of the universe. These "dark ...
Einstein's relativity survives neutrino test
Oct 15, 2008 |
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Physicists working to disprove "Lorentz invariance" -- Einstein's prediction that matter and massless particles will behave the same no matter how they're turned or how fast they go -- won't get that satisfaction from muon ...
Sterile neutrinos and the search for warm dark matter
Sep 01, 2006 |
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Matteo Viel, a research fellow at the Institute of Astronomy in Cambridge, England, believes that particle physics and cosmology could be more compatible as scientists work toward understanding the origins ...
Did 'Dark Matter' Create the First Stars?
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Mar 15, 2006 |
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Dark matter may have played a major role in creating stars at the very beginnings of the universe. If that is the case, however, the dark matter must consist of particles called "sterile neutrinos". Peter Biermann ...
AMANDA's First Six Years
Feb 29, 2008 |
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The most recent results from the Antarctic Muon and Neutrino Detector Array, or AMANDA, located a mile under the ice at the South Pole, have yielded the most stringent prediction yet for the highest possible ...
Axions Not Cause of Unexpected Observation
Nov 20, 2007 |
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Scientists from France have shown that hypothetical axion-like particles cannot explain some unexpected observations in an Italian experiment carried out last year. Ruling out axions will likely subdue some ...
Scientists build an 'ice top' at the bottom of the world
May 23, 2007 |
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The University of Delaware is helping to build a huge "IceCube" at the South Pole, and it has nothing to do with cooling beverages.
