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Story Behind the Discovery of Higgs Boson

The story behind the discovery of the Higgs Boson, which is thought to explain why fundamental particles have mass, is being told by a team from Brunel University, London, at the Royal Society Summer Science Exhibition this week.

6 Jul 2013

Physicists Measure Strength of Alpha Electromagnetic Force on White Dwarf Star

UNSW physicists have studied a distant star where gravity is more than 30,000 times greater than on Earth to test their controversial theory that one of the constants of Nature is not a constant.

5 Jul 2013

Radio Bursts from Extreme Astrophysical Event at Cosmological Distances

The international research team, writing in the journal Science, rule out terrestrial sources for the four fast radio bursts and say their brightness and distance suggest they come from cosmological distances when the Universe was just half its current age.

5 Jul 2013

CERN to Open Installations to the Public in September

Geneva, 4 July 2013. From 27 to 30 September 2013, CERN1 is putting on a long weekend of events and activities as a way of sharing its research and discoveries with its community and the wider public.

5 Jul 2013

ESO’s Very Large Telescope Spots Distant Galaxy Snacking on nearby Gas

Astronomers using ESO’s Very Large Telescope have spotted a distant galaxy hungrily snacking on nearby gas.

5 Jul 2013

Researchers Detect Electronic Spin State of Graphene Using Spin-Polarized Metastable Helium Beam

Using a spin-polarized metastable helium beam, a research group of the Japan Atomic Energy Agency (JAEA) and the National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS) succeeded in detecting the electronic spin state of only the graphene contacted to a magnetic metal in devices.

5 Jul 2013

New Experimental Route May Help Avoid Assumptions in Key Quantum Entanglement Test

Researchers trying to take the assumptions out of a key test of quantum entanglement have a new experimental route to consider, thanks to a proposal from CQT scientists and their collaborators published 3 July in Nature Communications. Success in performing such a 'loophole free Bell test' would not only reinforce confidence in quantum theory but also enable some remarkable technology.

4 Jul 2013

Canadian Scientists Help Sort Voluminous Data to Confirm the Higgs Boson

One year after discovery, Prof. Colin Gay describes how Canadian scientists helped sort through mountains of data to help pinpoint the particle

4 Jul 2013

Cornell Physicists Design Key Component for International Linear Collider

The International Linear Collider (ILC), a global effort to build a particle accelerator that may unlock some of the universe’s deepest mysteries, has received pivotal insights from Cornell physicists: They have designed a key component of the proposed collider, called a damping ring, without which the ILC’s powerful particle collisions wouldn’t be possible.

4 Jul 2013