Science news articles about 'atomic particles'

  • Study finds new properties in non-magnetic materials

    ... 90 different point group symmetries because their atomic particles have magnetic spins, which can be imagined as tiny ... energy and space. "The oxygen atoms don't rotate all the way around like a loop ...
  • UI researchers make first measurements of the solar wind termination shock

    ... to play an important role in the acceleration of cosmic rays, which are very energetic atomic particles that continually bombard Earth. The most energetic cosmic rays, which are potentially hazardous ...
  • Large Hadron Collider - May The "Z*" Be With You?

    ... finally ready to go. If all goes according to plan, the superconducting magnets in the collider will zap atomic particles around the 17-mile tunnel at roughly the speed of light. Then the scientists ...
  • UC Santa Barbara has key role in Large Hadron Collider project

    ... complex array of instruments for detecting subatomic particles. The device weighs more than 12,000 tons ... high-energy collisions can create sub-atomic particles from energy, Stuart adds, "If we are lucky ...
  • Uncovering the real dirt on granular flow

    ... that drive on mostly sand or dirt roads. Beyond vehicle applications, researchers could use such simulations to study atomic particles, pebble-bed nuclear reactors, pressure in silos, and crystals in ...
  • Early-warning system to prevent another LHC shutdown

    ... testing their theories about the fundamental nature of matter and searching for exotic new sub-atomic particles such as the Higgs boson, which is thought to give all the matter in the universe its ...
  • Physicists discover important step for making light crystals

    ... to force the atoms into a very orderly arrangement. The researchers are trying to trap atomic particles called fermions, which have an internal angular momentum called spin. When fermions are hot, ...
  • The day the universe froze

    ... and these excitations could appear as exotic, never-seen-before sub-atomic particles. "One of the things that is very unsatisfying about many of the existing explanations for dark energy is that ...
  • "Big Bang" collider set for autumn restart: CERN

    GENEVA (Reuters) - The giant sub-atomic particle collider built to reproduce "Big Bang" conditions is set to restart this autumn, the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) said on Friday.
  • Atomic Particles Help Solve Planetary Puzzle

    (PhysOrg.com) -- A University of Arkansas professor and his colleagues have shown that the Earth's mantle contains the same isotopic signatures from magnesium as meteorites do, suggesting that the ...
  • CERN restarts Big Bang collider for biggest test yet

    GENEVA (Reuters) - Scientists are restarting a giant sub-atomic particle collider built to reproduce "Big Bang" conditions, the European Organisation for Nuclear Research (CERN) said on Friday.
  • Large Hadron Collider Restarts, Physicists Elated

    ... again zooming around the world's most powerful particle accelerator, the Large Hadron Collider, where ... run experiments to collect data on fundamental atomic particles. The work searches for new states ...

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