New data is bringing scientists much closer to proving that a particle discovered in the Large Hadron Collider last year is the elusive Higgs boson. Scientists with the collider said they have analyzed two and a half times more data than ...
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The Large Hadron Collider, which discovered what is believed to be the elusive Higgs boson, is being shut down for a two-year overhaul. The shutdown began Wednesday, according to CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Research, which ...
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Scientists may be preparing to announce Wednesday that they've found proof that the God particle,considered a key to understanding the great mysteries of the universe,exists. If that's the case,scientists will have taken a huge step in ...
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Some very techie words have been very popular this year. And just to prove it, the Oxford American Dictionaries announced its Word of the Year, along with a techy-flavored list of runner-ups this week. So, drum roll, please. The Word of ...
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Wrapping up the Large Hadron Collider's first three years of work, scientists are nearly positive they've found the elusive Higgs boson, also known as the "God particle." Scientists at CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Research, ...
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Computerworld - Physicists trying to understand dark matter, anti-matter and the origin of the universe say the key to these great mysteries may lie with the discovery of a sub-atomic particle, whether it's the elusive Higgs boson or not. ...
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It has been a big year for some tech luminaries, with several of them getting a nod from editors picking Time Magazine's Person of the Year. Calling him the "architect of the New America," President Barack Obama Wednesday was named Time's ...
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Scientists at CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Research, announced that they have observed a particle that might turn out to be the long-sought Higgs boson, or "God particle," thought to be part of the explanation for why matter ...
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IDG News Service-CERN scientists announced on Wednesday that they observed a particle that strongly resembles the long-sought after Higgs boson,the final missing ingredient in the standard model of particle Physics. The scientists ...
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