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US experiments find hint of a break in the laws of physics
At 9 pm India time on April 7, physicists at an American research facility delivered a shot in the arm to efforts to find flaws in a powerful theory that explains how the building blocks of the universe work. Physicists … Continue reading
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Tagged anomalous magnetic dipole moment, dark energy, dark matter, Fermilab Muon g-2, g-2 anomaly, Higgs boson, Large Hadron Collider, LHCb, muon dipole moment, Muon g-2, neutrino masses, New Physics, particle physics, physics beyond the standard model, Standard Model, Standard Model of particle physics, supersymmetry
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Good writing is an atom
The act of writing well is like an atom, or the universe. There is matter but it is thinly distributed, with lots of empty space in between. Removing this seeming nothingness won’t help, however. Its presence is necessary for things … Continue reading
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Tagged dark energy, electrons, galaxy, good writing, Hubble constant, neutrons, protons, science journalism, science writing, universe, vacuum, vacuum energy, void
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A new LHC: 10 things to look out for
Through an extraordinary routine, the most powerful machine built by humankind is slowly but surely gearing up for its relaunch in March 2015. The Large Hadron Collider (LHC), straddling the national borders of France and Switzerland, will reawaken after two years … Continue reading
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Tagged B0 mesons, collision energy, dark energy, dark matter, extra dimensions, Higgs boson, instantaneous luminosity, Large Hadron Collider, supersymmetry, weakly interacting massive particles
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EUCLID/ESA: A cosmic vision looking into the darkness
I spoke to Dr. Giuseppe Racca and Dr. Rene Laureijs, both of the ESA, regarding the EUCLID mission, which will be the world’s first space-telescope launched to study dark energy and dark matter. For the ESA, EUCLID will be the … Continue reading
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Tagged astrophysics, dark energy, dark matter, European Space Agency, Lagrange point
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Rubbernecking at redshifting
The interplay of energy and matter is simply wonderful because, given the presence of some intrinsic properties, the results of their encounters can be largely predicted. The presence of smoke indicates fire, the presence of shadows both darkness and light, … Continue reading
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Tagged cosmic microwave background radiation, dark energy, Einstein Field Equations, gravitational potential, gravitational redshift, Neil Turok, physical cosmology, Sachs-Wolfe effect, Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe
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