Items tagged with particle

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Quantum Effect Directly Observed Saturday, February 14th, 2009 - 12:31:41 - Anuradha Menon A research team has succeeded in gaining an in-depth insight into an unusual phenomenon. The researchers succeeded for the first time in directly... read more

Can the LHC Swallow Earth? (Another Look) Friday, January 23rd, 2009 - 10:31:54 - Anuradha Menon Nestled 570 feet beneath the Alps on the Swiss-French border is the world’s largest physics experiment — the Large Hadron Collider. Constructed for... read more

Tiny Gold Particles to Treat Cancer Friday, January 2nd, 2009 - 18:21:01 - Anuradha Menon Using tiny gold particles and infrared light, MIT researchers have developed a drug-delivery system that allows multiple drugs to be released in a... read more

Leaks Found in Earth's Magnetic Shield Thursday, December 18th, 2008 - 14:37:46 - Anuradha Menon Earth's magnetic field, which shields our planet from particles streaming outward from the Sun, often develops two holes that allow the largest... read more

New Detector Will Aid Search For Dark Matter Friday, December 12th, 2008 - 14:22:08 - Anuradha Menon Several research projects are underway to try to detect particles that may make up the mysterious "dark matter" believed to dominate the universe's... read more

Holograms and Nano-Assemble Devices Thursday, December 4th, 2008 - 18:35:01 - Anuradha Menon Researchers at Purdue University have developed a technique that uses a laser and holograms to precisely position numerous tiny particles within... read more

LHC Repairs Underway Sunday, November 23rd, 2008 - 14:00:47 - Iddo Genuth Two months after an electrical fault put CERN’s brand new Large Hadron Collider (LHC) out of action, the first damaged sections of the machine are... read more

Small Satellite Takes on Large Thunderstorms Wednesday, November 19th, 2008 - 14:07:09 - Anuradha Menon Firefly, it's called, this new small satellite mission sponsored by the National Science Foundation (NSF). It's designed to help solve the mystery of... read more

When A Good Nanoparticle Goes Bad Wednesday, November 12th, 2008 - 12:59:49 - Anuradha Menon Researchers at Cornell University recently made a major breakthrough when they invented a method to test and demonstrate a long-held hypothesis that... read more

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