Topic: Physics
Atom smasher ramped up in quest for secrets of universe
AFP Global Edition
Scientists are restarting the world's most powerful atom-smasher over coming days, the European Organisation for Nuclear Research (CERN) said Sunday, as they prepare a new campaign to explore the secrets of the universe. The 3.9 billion euro (5.6 billion dollars) Large Hadron Collider (LHC) was shut down ...
Origin of key cosmic explosions unraveled
AFP American Edition
<div><p>Astronomers who have long used supernovas as cosmic mile markers to help measure the expansion of the universe now have an answer to the nagging question of what sparks the massive stellar explosions.</p><p>"These are such critical objects ...
Hottest temperature ever heads science to Big Bang
Reuters US Online Report Science News
<div><p>WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Scientists have created the hottest temperature ever in the lab -- 4 trillion degrees Celsius -- hot enough to break matter down into the kind of soup that existed microseconds after the birth of the universe.</p><p>They used ...
"Big Bang" collider may reveal mystery particle
Reuters US Online Report Science News
<div><p>GENEVA (Reuters) - Scientists operating the "Big Bang" particle collider at CERN could solve the mystery of what gives mass to matter during a nearly two-year non-stop run lasting until late 2011, a spokesman said on Wednesday.</p><p>James Gillies ...
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