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Fermilab’s Claim Of New Subatomic Particle Discredited By Rival Team

9:00AM June 14, 2011 | Adrian Covert

Fermilab believed they hit the motherlode this past April after findings from the Tevatron particle accelerator suggested a new subatomic particle was out there. A second, independent group has analysed that same data and claim there is no new particle. More »

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570MP Camera Is The Mother And Father Of All Cameras

1:29AM January 14, 2010 | Jesus Diaz

Dark energy Peeping Toms rejoice, because – if the thing actually exists – Fermilab has created the gadget to catch it, a $US35 million car-sized digital camera with 74 CCD sensors in it. It will take 570-megapixel photos of the Universe.

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Large Hadron Collider “Light” Will Half-End World In November

12:30AM August 10, 2009 | Jack Loftus

While we doubt the loud sex is the real reason for CERN’s LHC-related woes, we are certain of one thing this morning: The “world-ending” LHC (citation: ill-informed ignoramuses) LHC will restart at half-strength in November. More »

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Postponed LHC Restart Could Wrestle ‘God Particle’ Discovery From CERN

3:05PM February 18, 2009 | Elaine Chow

Scientists are racing to to discover the Higgs boson particle first. That’s right – CERN isn’t the only one looking, and its Large Hadron Collider might be upstaged by a U.S. accelerator yet.

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