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Why God Particle Is A Perfect Name For The Higgs Boson

1:30PM December 19, 2011 | Jesus Diaz

I prefer to call it The Force — a particle that “surrounds us and penetrates us” binding the galaxy together — but Czech physicist Luboš Motl makes a good case as to why the Higgs boson should be called the God Particle. More »


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Caltech Shatters Internet Speed Record: 186 Gbps

4:40AM December 15, 2011 | Andrew Liszewski

As if I couldn’t hate my ISP any more, researchers at the SuperComputing 2011 conference set a new internet speed record transferring data with a combined rate of 186 Gbps, 67 Gbps faster than the previous record set in 2009. More »


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Scientists Still Chasing The Force, Getting Closer

2:54AM December 14, 2011 | Jesus Diaz

After much excitement, the Force has not been found. But don’t be sad, my fellow nerds. Scientists may have not found evidence of the Higgs boson yet, but they have discovered “tantalising hints” that may indicate its presence. More »


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Scientists Are About To Find The Force

1:00PM December 9, 2011 | Jesus Diaz

If confirmed next week, this will be the biggest news in the history of physics since the birth of the Theory of Relativity: CERN scientists may have already found evidence of the existence of the elusive Higgs boson. THE FORCE, dudes: More »


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Nikola Tesla Predicted Faster-Than-Light Particles in 1932

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5:00AM September 25, 2011 | Logan Booker

With Einstein’s universal speed limit in a jumble after CERN did what it does best, it appears Nikola Telsa could have saved the international science organisation some trouble. It’s a well-known fact the Serbian engineer was way ahead of his time. But close to 80 years? That’s quite a prediction. More »


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Table-Top Atom-Smasher Does Amazing Things In A Small Package

5:20AM August 24, 2011 | Brent Rose

How cool is this? Scientists at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Easy Bay represent!) have created an atom-smasher that could fit on your kitchen table. Why should the Large Hadron Collider guys have all the fun? More »


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CERN Needs YOUR Help To Discover The Elusive God Particle

8:55AM August 10, 2011 | Adrian Covert

CERN are the multi-national keepers of the Large Hadron Collider, which is the most powerful particle accelerator on the planet. But they need your help in their quest to find the Higgs Boson particle, otherwise known as the God Particle. More »


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9 Laboratories That Created The Modern World

9:30AM August 6, 2011 | Oobject.com

Sure Frankenstein’s lab had that green guy and Dr. Weird’s housed a gigantic mecha-bunny but these labs! These lairs of some of sciences greatest minds have given the world electricity, television, the Internet, and LSD! More »


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What’s Really Going On With The Latest Higgs Boson Rumour?

4:20AM April 26, 2011 | Alasdair Wilkins

Rumours are again swirling that the Higgs boson, the missing subatomic particle of the Standard Model, has been found at last. But where did these reports come from, and should we believe them? Let’s take a look at the evidence. More »


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Antimatter Trapped For The First Time

9:40AM November 18, 2010 | Jesus Diaz

Get ready for that warp drive spaceship, because we are now one step closer to it. After creating antihydrogen in their antiproton decelerator, scientists at CERN have been able to trap antimatter for the first time in history. More »