Tag archive: CERN

Scientists have discovered why the infamous Higgs boson particle, also known as the “God particle,” has been so hard to find: it probably doesn't exist. This disappointing proclamation comes from scientists at CERN, who told the crowd at last week's Lepton-Photon conference in Mumbai, India, that their research shows a 95 percent probability that the hypothetical Higgs boson particle is nothing more than a figment of our… Read More

Trekkers, you can start blueprinting those warp drives now. Scientists have finally found antimatter, and it's emitted every time lightning strikes, reports the American Astronomical Society.  Antimatter, though usually the subject of science fiction, is the opposite of matter. In antimatter, protons have negative charges, electrons have positive charges, etc. Though lightning storms have been known to spur gamma-ray flashes, the Fermi… Read More

Today in news that should please Patrick Stewart, scientists have made big advancements in creating and containing antimatter, the substance needed to power a theoretical starship. Researchers at CERN, home of the Large Hadron Collider, say they have created 38 atoms of antihydrogen and kept them stable for one tenth of a second, more than any other lab. If that doesn't sound impressive, keep in mind that antimatter and matter, like… Read More

Rap and physics don’t often go together. But a video of a rap song made by scientists of the Large Hedron Collider (LHC) project at CERN has proved to be a massive YouTube hit, pulling in 2.5 million hits in two weeks, Vnunet reports. It was created by Alpinekat, actually Cern trainee Kate MacAlpine. She explained to Reuters: "I did a science rap when I was working at the American Physical Society last summer, before coming to… Read More