News tagged with particles
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 ...
A line on string theory
Nov 12, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A Harvard theoretical physicist has discussed with scientists at the Large Hadron Collider in Switzerland the possibility that they may discover a theorized "stau" particle, with a lifetime ...
Creating a six-qubit cluster state
Nov 02, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Many scientists believe that quantum entanglement is required in order for effective quantum computing. Entanglement takes place when there is a connection that exists between two objects - even when they ...
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.
Crashing the size barrier
Nov 18, 2009 |
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Like surfers on monster waves, electrons can ride waves of plasma to very high energies in a very short distance. Scientists have proven that plasma acceleration works. Now they're developing it as a way to ...
Magnetic monopoles detected in a real magnet for the first time
Sep 03, 2009 |
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Researchers from the Helmholtz Centre Berlin, in cooperation with colleagues from Dresden, St. Andrews, La Plata and Oxford, have for the first time observed magnetic monopoles and how they emerge in a real ...
Dark Matter May be Easier to Detect than Previously Thought
Aug 10, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The Milky Way, like many other galaxies, is thought to be embedded in massive, lumpy amounts of dark matter that release gamma rays and other emissions. Although at first these emissions seem ...
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 ...
Small nanoparticles bring big improvement to medical imaging
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Nov 18, 2009 |
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If you're watching the complex processes in a living cell, it is easy to miss something important—especially if you are watching changes that take a long time to unfold and require high-spatial-resolution ...
How Size Matters For Catalysts: Study Links Size, Activity, Electronic Properties
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Nov 05, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- University of Utah chemists demonstrated the first conclusive link between the size of catalyst particles on a solid surface, their electronic properties and their ability to speed chemical ...
Freezing: a phenomenon that 'jumps'
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Nov 16, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The freezing of suspensions of particles is not always a uniform phenomenon; in certain conditions it leads to a modification of the redistribution of particles and the growth of crystals.
Physicists Propose a Method to Observe Dirac Monopoles
Jul 28, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- For decades, scientists have been intrigued by the hypothetical existence of magnetic monopoles - particles with only a north or south magnetic pole, thus having a nonzero magnetic charge. ...
Possible Fifth Force Would Make Direct Detection of Dark Matter Unlikely
Mar 26, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- No one knows exactly what a “fifth force” might be, but studies have shown that, if a long-range fifth force does exist, it could have surprising effects on the universe’s structure formation. ...
Particles are back in the LHC
Oct 26, 2009 |
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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.
Research gives new insights into 4 billion year-old meteorites
Nov 12, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists have gained new insight into the makeup of ancient meteorites called Carbonaceous Chondrites, in research published in the October edition of the journal Earth Science and Planetary Le ...
