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CERN – The Big Bang Machine
With the much heralded switch on of the Large Hadron Collider, scientists can begin investigating conditions comparable to those at the beginning of time.
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The Large Hadron Collider Finally Starts Up
In what The Guardian has called the most ambitious experiment, the Large Hadron Collider, the largest particle accelerator, is about to start up after a 20 year wait.
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CERN Large Hadron Collider to Restart Late 2009
Damage to CERN's Large Hadron Collider from the mishap shortly after it opened in September, 2008 required extensive repairs. The LHC will restart in late 2009.
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Can the CERN LHC Destroy Earth?
A calculation of the total energy density produced by protons in the Large Hadron Collider at CERN shows it is not likely to destroy Earth.
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What Happened to the CERN Large Hadron Collider
Shortly after the CERN Large Hadron Collider accelerated its first protons, an accidental liquid He leak caused some magnets to warm up and necessitated repairs.
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A Brief History of the Internet
The Internet began as a small operation in the Department of Defense but many great thinkers and developers have come to make it what it is today.
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Engineering the Large Hadron Collider
The Large Hadron Collider is the world's largest machine, used to learn more about the tiniest particles of matter.
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World's Biggest Gun Set to Fire September 2008
Straddling the Franco-Swiss border near Geneva, 50 meters underground and an astonishing 17 miles long; the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) is easily the World's biggest gun.
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Antimatter Does Exist but Not as Shown in Movies
Does antimatter exist - and can it be harnessed by both physicists and novelists?
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How Might The Universe Have Begun?
Prof Frank Close of the University of Oxford continues his journey into the world of particle physics.
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Martinus Veltman - Particle Physics and Gauge Theories
Martinus Veltman shared the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1999 for his work in building the mathematical model that predicted the properties of sub-atomic particles.
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Are Scientists Closing in on the Higgs Boson?
Scientists with the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory say their machine has a 50% chance of discovering the particle which is believed to give mass to the universe.
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Design Museum Shows – Ergonomics Real Design
Design Museum shows in 2010 will feature the science of ergonomics, the Brit Insurance Designs of the Year and Sustainable Futures, a display of "green" design projects.
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Linear and Circular Accelerators
Particle Accelerators form an enormous part of physical discovery, and as such, they are constantly getting bigger, better, and (much) more expensive.
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Understanding Bosons and Fermions
The Higgs boson, aka the god particle, which physicists hope to detect with the new LHC, is the holy grail of modern particle physics. What are bosons and fermions?
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Duc Thuan: The Box and its freedom
a review of Vietnamese net artist Duc Thuan's work
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Finding the God Particle
Scientists hope to solve the mystery of matter by mimicking conditions that existed just a fraction of a second after the Big Bang.
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Voyages of Discovery Part 2
A fortress, a poet and a king
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Sunshine
Sunshine, starring Cillian Murphy, is a visually stunning and absorbing movie. Despite some weak points, this British film is entertaining and thought-provoking.
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The Large Hadron Collider
On September 10th, 2008 the Large Hadron Collider, a colossal scientific experiment both financially and ambitiously, successfully began in a tunnel beneath Switzerland.
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The Universe in a Nutshell
Stephen Hawking followed up A Brief History of Time with a book that took on the other aspect of his work, space, bringing theoretical physics within reach of the layman.
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Fundamental Particles
What are the smallest constituents or basic building blocks of all matter?
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'The Origins of the Future' Review
The latest book by notable science writer John Gribbin explores the frontiers of scientific research toward the end of the first decade of the twentieth century.
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Dan Brown's The Lost Symbol is Published
Popular author Dan Brown caused controversy with his 2003 book The Da Vinci Code, made into a movie in 2006. The Lost Symbol is his third book featuring Robert Langdon.
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Dangers of Using the Internet
Because the Internet is uncontolled and uncensored, there is a potential for severe damage to one's computer if "safe" computing is not practiced.
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Discoveries in Physics 2008
Among the wealth of physics discoveries in 2008 editors and science writers of the American Institute of Physics and the American Physical Society has selected ten.
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Niels Bohr, Physicist
Brief biography and philosophy of Niels Bohr, famous for the atomic structure model, the foundation of quantum mechanics.
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Ripley's Believe it or Not 2010, Strange Reality
Leroy Ripley was fascinated by the oddities of everyday life. He created the Ripley brand of museums, books radio and tv shows. This a book review of the 2010 Annual.
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Scientist Werner Heisenberg
Werner Karl Heisenberg's brief bio. He laid the foundations of Quantum Mechanics, and formulated the 'Uncertainty Principle' and 'Matrix Mechanics.'
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Tevatron Racing LHC to the Finish
Fermilab's Tevatron is trying to make more scientific news before Europe's huge Large Hadron Collider completes repairs and begins operations again in the Spring of 2009.
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Wormholes
A Wormhole is a theoretical shortcut through spacetime that connects two distant locations.
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3 Improv Games for Team-Building
The art of "improv," making up funny scenes as the actors go along, makes for excellent team building activities that develop cooperation and communication.
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History of Internet and WWW Revisited
A rewind and brief history of Internet and the World Wide Web, WWW Inventor Tim Berners-Lee, the early Internet players, ISPs, the Net now, broadband and wireless.
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