particle accelerators
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These Are The Machines Solving The Biggest Mysteries In Physics
Despite the stereotype of a lone, wild-haired Einstein working tirelessly at a chalkboard, today’s biggest discoveries in physics come from huge collaborations of scientists working on enormous apparatuses that can cost billions of dollars, often located in the most extreme places on Earth. After all, it’s just the fabric universe they’re trying to understand.
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Supernova Could Have Left Radioactive Dust In Antarctic Ice
Scientists found evidence of dust produced in nearby supernovae hiding under a 500kg of Antarctic snow, according to new research.
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Surprising Accelerator Finding Could Change The Way We Think About Neutron Stars
Neutron stars are having a renaissance, as far as space objects go. These ultra-dense collapsed stars are the source of last year’s most important astrophysical discovery, and they could supply the universe with much of its gold and other heavier elements. But, confusingly, many of their most important properties may not come from the neutrons…
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Moore Foundation Gives Stanford $13.5 Million To Build ‘Accelerator On A Chip’
Today’s particle accelerators are massive machines, but physicists have been working on shrinking them down to tabletop scales for years. Now the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation has awarded a $US13.5 million grant to Stanford University to develop a working “accelerator on a chip” the size of a shoebox over the next five years.