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.
Did scientists running the massive Large Hadron Collider finally discover what Einstein eloquently hypothesised was the “mind of God” for the last 30 years of his life? Possibly, yes, if a memo leaked this week turns out to be legitimate.
The Large Hadron Collider is more than just the world’s coolest/most dangerous science experiment — it’s also producing a frankly ridiculous amount of data. I mean, you may think it’s a long way down the road to Geneva, but that’s just peanuts to the LHC.
Thought Hawaiians were relaxed types? Not Walter Wagner, who got so worked-up over the implications of the Large Hadron Collider he fought it in court – the US court. Naturally, he was told to pipe down and take it overseas.
What kind of particle smasher will succeed the Large Hadron Collider? It might seem premature to be asking that already, but it was one of the questions discussed at the International Conference on High Energy Physics in Paris, France.
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When we’re not using the Large Hadron Collider to smash particle beams together or daydream about time travel, we might as well turn it into a musical instrument right? Great! Except that its tunes are purely hellspawn.
