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Aug 01, 2012 (SPX)

Phase transitions between different states of matter can be associated with a specific type of excitation called the "Higgs excitation". This phenomenon has now...

AMS experiment marks one year in space

Jul 30, 2012 (SPX)

CERN1 has marked the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer's first year in space with a visit from the crew of the shuttle mission, STS-134, that successfully delivered A...

How to build a middleweight black hole

Jul 25, 2012 (SPX)

A new model shows how an elusive type of black hole can be formed in the gas surrounding their supermassive counterparts. In research published in the Monthly N...

A wrinkle in space-time

Jul 24, 2012 (SPX)

Mathematicians at UC Davis have come up with a new way to crinkle up the fabric of space-time - at least in theory. "We show that space-time cannot be locally f...

Disorderly conduct is a quantum experience

Jul 24, 2012 (SPX)

A new experiment conducted at the Joint Quantum Institute (JQI) examines the relationship between quantum coherence, an important aspect of certain materials ke...

Hot nuclear matter

Jul 23, 2012 (SPX)

A review article appearing in the journal Science describes groundbreaking discoveries that have emerged from the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC) at the ...

Physicist bemoans lack of science classes

Jul 21, 2012 (UPI)

Noted British physicist Brian Cox says so many young people are interested in a career in science there is a shortage in college classes to meet the demand. Cox...

Time in Space, A Space in Time

Jul 20, 2012 (SPX)

There are only so many hours in a day, as many people lament while trying to fit in everything they hope to accomplish for work, family and fun. It seems like e...

A roll of the dice

Jul 12, 2012 (SPX)

Many of the predictions we make in everyday life are vague, and we often get them wrong because we have incomplete information, such as when we predict the weat...

Belching black hole proves a biggie

Jul 10, 2012 (SPX)

Outbursts of super-hot gas observed with a CSIRO radio telescope have clinched the identity of the first known "middleweight" black hole, Science Express report...

SciTechTalk: If it's the Higgs, now what?

Jul 08, 2012 (UPI)

With the July 4th announcement of the possible -- wait, make that probable -- no, actually, make that the almost certain confirmation of the existence of the Hi...

A new particle has been discovered - chances are, it is the Higgs boson

Jul 05, 2012 (SPX)

The long and complicated journey to detect the Higgs boson, which started with one small step about 25 years ago, might finally have reached its goal. This was ...

CERN experiments observe particle consistent with long-sought Higgs boson

Jul 05, 2012 (SPX)

At a seminar held at CERN1 as a curtain raiser to the year's major particle physics conference, ICHEP2012 in Melbourne, the ATLAS and CMS experiments presented ...

Higgs hunters declare victory - as significant as DNA discovery

Jul 05, 2012 (SPX)

Professor Sir Peter Knight, President of the Institute of Physics (IOP), has asserted that the discovery of the Higgs is as significant to physics as the discov...

New Taiwanese centre to probe origins of universe

Jul 03, 2012 (AFP)

Taiwan opened a space research control centre Tuesday, as part of an ambitious international project aimed at exploring the origins of the universe. Facilities ...

Hidden Portals in Earth's Magnetic Field

Jul 03, 2012 (SPX)

A favorite theme of science fiction is "the portal" - an extraordinary opening in space or time that connects travelers to distant realms. A good portal is a sh...

Tevatron scientists announce their final results on the Higgs particle

Jul 03, 2012 (SPX)

After more than 10 years of gathering and analyzing data produced by the U.S. Department of Energy's Tevatron collider, scientists from the CDF and DZero collab...

Making the shortest light bursts leads to better understanding of nature

Jul 03, 2012 (SPX)

An attosecond is a ridiculously brief sliver of time - a scant billionth of a billionth of a second. This may seem too short to have any practical applications,...

'Leap second' wreaks Internet havoc

Jul 02, 2012 (AFP)

An adjustment of a mere second in the official global clock sent dozens of websites crashing in an incident reminiscent of the Y2K bug over a decade ago. The "l...

Tevatron offers Higgs boson data

Jul 02, 2012 (UPI)

Scientists say data from the U.S. Energy Department's Tevatron collider offer the strongest indication to date for the long-sought Higgs particle. The Tevatron ...