News articles tagged with 'accelerator'
Cluster encounters a natural particle accelerator
— 1 Feb 2011 21:24 | AstronomyESA's Cluster satellites have flown through a natural particle accelerator just above Earth's atmosphere. The data they collected are unlocking how most of the dramatic displays of…
Theoretical breakthrough: Generating matter and antimatter from the vacuum
— 9 Dec 2010 16:24 | PhysicsUnder just the right conditions - which involve an ultra-high-intensity laser beam and a two-mile-long particle accelerator - it could be possible to create something out of nothing,…
CERN observes melted nuclear matter for the first time
— 30 Nov 2010 21:44 | PhysicsThe experiments at CERN have entered a new phase and have obtained the first results. In the giant particle accelerator, LHC, collisions have until now been with protons. The new experiments…
Chemical element 114: A first at GSI
— 23 Jun 2010 11:39 | ChemistryAt GSI Helmholtzzentrum fuer Schwerionenforschung, an international team of scientists succeeded in the observation of the chemical element 114, one of the heaviest elements created…
Giant natural particle accelerator above thunderclouds
— 14 Apr 2010 09:22 | AstronomyA lightning researcher at the University of Bath has discovered that during thunderstorms, giant natural particle accelerators can form 40 km above the surface of the Earth. On Wednesday…
University of Minnesota physicists play role in Large Hadron Collider research
— 31 Mar 2010 09:28 | PhysicsThe Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN in Geneva, Switzerland, launched a new era for particle physics today when the first particles collided at the record energy of seven trillion…
Giant 'microscope' trained on glass transition
— 23 Mar 2010 13:09 | TechnologyThe National Science Foundation has awarded $1.65 million to a project led by Washington University in St. Louis physicist Ken Kelton to build an electrostatic levitation chamber that…
Physicists seek to keep next-gen colliders in 1 piece
— 6 Oct 2009 18:22 | PhysicsControlling huge electromagnetic forces that have the potential to destroy the next generation of particle accelerators is the subject of a new paper by a University of Manchester physicist…
Spallation Neutron Source sees first target replacement
— 27 Jul 2009 17:28 | TechnologyHaving outlasted all expectations of its service life, the original mercury target of the Spallation Neutron Source (SNS), the Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science's record-setting…
QUIET team to deploy new gravity-wave probe in June
— 16 May 2009 13:37 | PhysicsA tiny fraction of a second following the big bang, the universe allegedly experienced the most inflationary period it has ever known. During this inflationary era, space expanded faster…