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Particle physics is a branch of physics that studies the elementary constituents of matter and radiation, and the interactions between them. It is also called high energy physics, because many elementary particles do not occur under normal circumstances in nature, but can be created and detected during energetic collisions of other particles, as is done in particle accelerators. Research in this area has produced a long list of particles.

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mini black hole

Is Everything Made of Mini Black Holes?

Physics / General Physics

created May 18, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (54) | comments 56

(PhysOrg.com) -- In trying to understand how gravity behaves on the quantum scale, physicists have developed a model that has an interesting implication: mini black holes could be everywhere, and all particles ...


New experiments constrain Higgs mass

New experiments constrain Higgs mass (w/Videos)

Physics / General Physics

created Mar 13, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (6) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- The territory where the Higgs boson may be found continues to shrink. The latest analysis of data from the CDF and DZero collider experiments at the U.S. Department of Energy's Fermilab now ...


Making magnetic monopoles, and other exotica, in the lab

Making magnetic monopoles, and other exotica, in the lab

Physics / General Physics

created Feb 05, 2009 | popularity 3.9 / 5 (25) | comments 21

Physicist Shou-Cheng Zhang has proposed a way to physically realize the magnetic monopole. In a paper published online in the January 29 issue of Science Express, Zhang and post-doctoral collaborator Xiao-Liang ...


Probing Question: Could the Large Hadron Collider swallow the Earth?

Probing Question: Could the Large Hadron Collider swallow the Earth?

Physics / General Physics

created Jan 21, 2009 | popularity 2.6 / 5 (16) | comments 71

Nestled 570 feet beneath the Alps on the Swiss-French border is the world’s largest physics experiment — the Large Hadron Collider (LHC). Constructed for $8.8 billion by the European Organization for Nuclear ...





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Roadrunner supercomputer models nonlinear physics of high-power lasers

Physics / Plasma Physics

created Oct 28, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (4) | comments 1

For years scientists have struggled with the difficult physics of inertial confinement fusion. This is the attempt to compress a target capsule containing isotopes of hydrogen with high-powered lasers to high enough pressure ...


Exploring the standard model of physics without the high-energy collider

Exploring the standard model of physics without the high-energy collider

Physics / General Physics

created Aug 10, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (9) | comments 11

Scientists at the University of California, Berkeley, and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory in the US, have performed sophisticated laser measurements to detect the subtle effects of one of nature's most ...


A view of a superconducting solenoid magnet at the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) near Geneva

CERN atom-smasher restarts after 14-month hiatus: official

Physics / General Physics

created Nov 20, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (23) | comments 0

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.


NJIT receives funding to improve Big Bear Telescope, study solar energy

NJIT receives funding to improve Big Bear Telescope, study solar energy

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Nov 20, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (5) | comments 1

NJIT researchers are at work on many scientific and technological frontiers. The National Science Foundation has recently provided support that totals nearly $4.3 million for the diverse efforts of the following ...


Particles are back in the LHC

Particles are back in the LHC

Physics / General Physics

created Oct 26, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (30) | comments 2

During the last weekend (23-25 October) particles have once again entered the LHC after the one-year break that followed the incident of September 2008.


Researcher uses 100,000 degree heat to study plasma

Researcher uses 100,000 degree heat to study plasma

Physics / Plasma Physics

created Sep 02, 2009 | popularity 2 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Using one of the greatest sources of radiation energy created by man, University of Nevada, Reno researcher and faculty member Roberto Mancini is studying ultra-high temperature and non-equilibrium plasmas ...


Secrets behind high temperature superconductors revealed

Physics / Superconductivity

created Feb 22, 2009 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (23) | comments 29

(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists from Queen Mary, University of London and the University of Fribourg (Switzerland) have found evidence that magnetism is involved in the mechanism behind high temperature superconductivity.


Inner workings of photosynthesis revealed by powerful new laser technique

Inner workings of photosynthesis revealed by powerful new laser technique

Physics / General Physics

created Feb 05, 2009 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (15) | comments 3

Instant pictures showing how the sun's energy moves inside plants have been taken for the first time, according to research out tomorrow (Friday 6 February) in Physical Review Letters.


Stretching opens up possibilities for graphene

Stretching opens up possibilities for graphene

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Sep 28, 2009 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (13) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers say they have found a simple way to improve the semiconducting properties of the world’s thinnest material - by giving it a good tug.


Quantum Twist: Electrons Mimic Presence of Magnetic Field

Quantum Twist: Electrons Mimic Presence of Magnetic Field

Physics / General Physics

created Feb 12, 2009 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (12) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- An international team of scientists led by a Princeton University group recently discovered that on the surface of certain materials collective arrangements of electrons move in ways that ...



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