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It’s definitely maybe the Higgs boson

March 14, 2013by Lindsey Reiser Leave a comment

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 […]

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Physics, Science News

A vortex of a different stripe

March 5, 2013by Lindsey Reiser Leave a comment

…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 […]

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How Things Work, Physics, Science in Chicago, Science News

Dismal future for nuclear physics in America

February 1, 2013by Lindsey Reiser Leave a comment

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, […]

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Physics, Science News, Technology

When is a kilogram not a kilogram?

January 7, 2013by Lindsey Reiser Leave a comment

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 […]

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How Things Work, Physics, Science News

Oily Christmas to all…

December 18, 2012by Lindsey Reiser 1 Comment

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 […]

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Physics, Technology, Weird Science

How paintball could save the planet

October 31, 2012by Lindsey Reiser Leave a comment

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 […]

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Physics, Science News, Space

When art and science collide

October 10, 2012by Lindsey Reiser Leave a comment

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 […]

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Physics, Science in Chicago

Harmonic oscillator Friday

September 28, 2012by Lindsey Reiser Leave a comment

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 […]

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Physics

When atomic scientists play with their building blocks

September 27, 2012by Lindsey Reiser Leave a comment

…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 […]

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Physics, Science News

Researchers looking to shine a light on the dark

September 20, 2012by Lindsey Reiser Leave a comment

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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Physics, Science News, Space

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