Particle Physics : Science World Report

Oct 10, 2014 08:32 AM EDT

New Subatomic Particle Sheds Light on Fundamental Force of Nature

Scientists have discovered a new subatomic particle that could shed light on the fundamental force of nature that binds the nuclei of atoms. The particle will provide greater understanding of the strong reaction that's found within the protons of an atom's nucleus.

Dec 10, 2013 07:10 AM EST

The Problem with Time Travel: Physicists Tackle Cloning Quantum Information in the Past

The Doctor from "Doctor Who" isn't the only one who deals with time travel. Physicists have also tackled the idea. Now, scientists have found that it would be theoretically possible for time travelers to copy quantum data from the past.

Oct 09, 2013 11:51 PM EDT

Could the Higgs Nobel Be the End of Particle Physics?

The 2013 Nobel Prize in Physics has been awarded to François Englert and Peter Higgs for their work that explains why subatomic particles have mass. They predicted the existence of the Higgs boson, a fundamental particle, which was confirmed last year by experiments conducted at CERN’s Large Hadr...

Jul 29, 2013 04:32 PM EDT

Standard Model of Physics Confirmed Again by CERN Rare Process Observations

This year's European Physical Society High-Energy Physics conference, which came to an end at July 24, was packed with results from the Large Hadron Collider.

Jun 14, 2013 09:37 PM EDT

The International Linear Collider is Coming - Why Do We Need It?

On Wednesday, a team of around 2,000 scientists and engineers from three hundred universities around the world (the Linear Collider Collaboration) published the ILC Technical Design Report. The report describes the physics case to build the new collider, as well as the accelerator’s design and the...

May 30, 2013 02:10 PM EDT

Deep Underground Germanium Detectors Deployed to Solve Antimatter Imbalance Mystery

Oak Ridge National Laboratory has begun delivery of germanium-76 detectors to an underground laboratory in South Dakota in a team research effort that might explain the puzzling imbalance between matter and antimatter generated by the Big Bang.

May 28, 2013 04:25 PM EDT

European Commission And CERN Support Major Research Facility in The Middle East

The European Commission and CERN have today agreed to support the construction of SESAME (Synchrotron-light for Experimental Science and Applications in the Middle East), one of the most ambitious research facilities in the Middle East.

Apr 26, 2013 10:46 PM EDT

IceCube Observatory in Antarctica Confirms Detection of Most Energetic Neutrinos Ever

The IceCube neutrino observatory, a particle detector encompassing a cubic kilometer of ice at the South Pole that records the interactions of the nearly massless sub-atomic particle, recorded a very rare event never seen before. IceCube searches for neutrinos from the most violent astrophysical sou...

Apr 03, 2013 12:13 PM EDT

Antimatter and Dark Matter Hunters Publish First Results of Space Experiment AMS

The antimatter hunter AMS-2, a module on the International Space Station, is searching for the missing pieces of our Universe. The international team running the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer (AMS) today announced the first results in its search for dark matter, hinting at a new phenomenon and reveali...

Mar 31, 2013 01:59 PM EDT

NOvA Neutrino Particle Detector in Minnesota Records First 3D Tracks of Ghost Particles

The first completed section of the NOvA neutrino detector in Minnesota has recorded its initial three-dimensional images of particles. Compiled from data from cosmic rays, these landmark recordings mark a significant milestone in the NOvA neutrino experiment.

Jan 16, 2013 05:29 PM EST

LHC to go Beyond Specifications With Lead-Proton Collisions

Just one month before a two-year maintenance shut down of the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), a team of scientists prepares to go beyond the design specification of the world's largest particle accelerator and collide protons with heavy lead ions.

Jan 02, 2013 03:30 PM EST

CERN's Large Hadron Collider will take a 2 year break after Higgs boson

Following a spectacular year 2012, CERN's Large Hadron Collider, the largest and most powerful particle accelerator ever built, will stop operation after January 2013 for nearly 2 years of maintenance.