It’s definitely maybe the Higgs boson
Scientists at CERN now say they have definitely found the Higgs boson… sort of. The European Organization for Nuclear Research – CERN – stated today that the research gathered last […]
Category Archives: Physics
A vortex of a different stripe
…or rather, a different configuration. University of Chicago researchers Dustin Kleckner and William Irvine created a vortex that’s the first of its kind to be seen in a lab: A […]
Dismal future for nuclear physics in America
You can collide all the gold particles you want, you won’t make them multiply into gold bars. That’s too bad for the particle collider at Brookhaven National Laboratory in Upton, […]
When is a kilogram not a kilogram?
The standard kilogram is not simply a number. It’s an object; a 130-year-old cylinder of platinum and iridium that weighs exactly one kilogram, has 40 replicas, and is stored in […]
Oily Christmas to all…
You can’t hang ornaments on these trees, but they’re beautiful enough on their own. Artist Sachiko Kodama used science to create slick black conifers made of ferrofluid, liquid laced with ferromagnetic […]
How paintball could save the planet
We all know what will happen if a apocalypse-heralding asteroid comes hurtling toward Earth. Bruce Willis and his rag-tag team of oil rig workers join forces with NASA and detonate […]
When art and science collide
Pablo Picasso means a lot to Chicago. How many school children have used his giant sculpture in Daley Plaza as a jungle gym, or how many protests and rallies have […]
Harmonic oscillator Friday
Let’s close out the week with some physics…and a fun, hypnotizing video. Ordinarily, metronomes remind me of boring, interminable piano lessons (which were all the more painful because I hardly ever […]
When atomic scientists play with their building blocks
…they can sometimes create a new element. That seems to be the case in Japan, where researchers at RIKEN Nishina Center for Accelerator-Based Science say they’ve created element 113, a missing […]
Researchers looking to shine a light on the dark
If you ever watch CSI, Law & Order, or any other such show or film involving detective work, you’ll notice there’s always some guy or gal with a camera. They’re […]
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