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Updated: 2012-12-20 20:23:18AdvertisementToday’s physics news: Mega-array reveals birthplace of giant stars; Cassini captures spectacle in Saturn’s shadow
Updated: 2012-12-20 11:11:01Here is our physics news for Thursday 20 December 2012. Mega-array reveals birthplace of giant stars The Atacama Large Millimetre Array (ALMA) has punched through a brick wall. ALMA has seen into the heart of a massive cloud of cold dust and gas near the Galactic Centre that, because it blocks visible light, had been [...]Our top 5 physics moments of 2012
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2012 has been a busy year for physics. With the impending end of the world (only a day to go now!) we thought we’d better get our round up of the year’s top physics moments in before it’s too late. No physics round up of 2012 could start with anything other than… we found the Higgs! In particle physics speak, [...]Advent Calendar 2012 December 14th YouTube
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Updated: 2012-12-19 21:02:59AdvertisementUS-CERN partnership to accelerate neutrino research
Updated: 2012-12-19 15:42:07
A new partnership between scientists from US institutions and CERN could improve results from neutrino experiments around the world. The scientists hope to use equipment at CERN to gain a more precise understanding of the process of creating a neutrino beam.Newswire: CERN - The first LHC protons run ends with new milestone
Updated: 2012-12-17 15:15:00Geneva, 17 December 2012. This morning CERN[1] completed the first LHC proton run. The remarkable first three-year run of the worldâs most powerful particle accelerator was crowned by a new performance milestone. The space between proton bunches in the beams was halved to further increase beam intensity.Quantum Diaries
Updated: 2012-12-17 11:29:24Quantum Diaries Thoughts on work and life from particle physicists from around the . world Home About Quantum Diaries Latest Posts All Blogs John Felde UC Davis USA View Blog Read Bio Latest Posts 2012.03.05 Fast Photosensors for Neutrino Physics 2011.11.22 Recent Events at UC Davis 2011.11.09 First Double Chooz Neutrino Oscillation Result USLHC USLHC USA View Blog Read Bio Latest Posts 2012.12.16 It’s a wrap : proton Run 1 ends 2012.12.16 Advent Calendar 2012 December 13th 2012.12.14 Advent Calendar 2012 December 12th Frank Simon MPI for Physics Germany View Blog Read Bio Latest Posts 2012.07.04 Plus Two 2011.12.14 After the talk is before the talk 2011.10.24 Breathe Flip Tanedo USLHC USA View Blog Read Bio Latest Posts 2012.07.19 The Post-Higgs Hangover : where’s the new physicsQuantum Diaries
Updated: 2012-12-17 11:29:23Quantum Diaries Thoughts on work and life from particle physicists from around the . world Home About Quantum Diaries Latest Posts All Blogs John Felde UC Davis USA View Blog Read Bio Latest Posts 2012.03.05 Fast Photosensors for Neutrino Physics 2011.11.22 Recent Events at UC Davis 2011.11.09 First Double Chooz Neutrino Oscillation Result USLHC USLHC USA View Blog Read Bio Latest Posts 2012.12.16 It’s a wrap : proton Run 1 ends 2012.12.16 Advent Calendar 2012 December 13th 2012.12.14 Advent Calendar 2012 December 12th Frank Simon MPI for Physics Germany View Blog Read Bio Latest Posts 2012.07.04 Plus Two 2011.12.14 After the talk is before the talk 2011.10.24 Breathe Flip Tanedo USLHC USA View Blog Read Bio Latest Posts 2012.07.19 The Post-Higgs Hangover : where’s the new physicsNewswire: International Linear Collider completes draft of its design report – handover ceremony on 15 December in Tokyo, Japan
Updated: 2012-12-15 06:01:00Tokyo, 15 December. The draft of the Technical Design Report (TDR) for the planned International Linear Collider ILC was handed over to Jonathan Bagger, the chair of the International Linear Collider Steering Committee (ILCSC), at an official ceremony in Tokyo, Japan, on 15 December. This draft is the product of many years of research and development and a series of in-depth technical reviews for the ILC, the potential next-generation particle collider to complement and advance beyond the physics of the Large Hadron Collider at CERN. The handing over of the TDR draft marks the ILC's major step towards the completion of its final design.CERN becomes first pure physics voice in UN chorus
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: Log in Email Password Remember me Your login is case sensitive I have forgotten my password Register now Activate my subscription Institutional login Athens login close My New Scientist Home News In-Depth Articles Blogs Opinion TV Galleries Topic Guides Last Word Subscribe Dating Look for Science Jobs SPACE TECH ENVIRONMENT HEALTH LIFE PHYSICS MATH SCIENCE IN SOCIETY Cookies Privacy CERN becomes first pure physics voice in UN chorus 22:45 14 December 2012 Physics Math Science In Society Lisa Grossman , physical sciences reporter Image : UN Photo Paulo Filgueiras If CERN observes the proceedings of the United Nations , will it change the outcome The international particle physics laboratory , based near Geneva , Switzerland , has been granted observer status in the General Assembly of theNewswire: CERN is granted the status of observer to the United Nations General Assembly
Updated: 2012-12-14 17:00:00Geneva, 14 December 2012. The United Nations General Assembly in New York today adopted a resolution granting CERN[1] observer status. This status gives the Organization the right to participate in the work of the General Assembly and to attend its sessions as an observer.Week 49 at the Pole
Updated: 2012-12-14 06:00:00Antarctica’s a cold continent, and all of the activities at the South Pole would not be possible without abundant sources of energy, which must be transported in. Since all supplies to the Pole come from McMurdo Station on the coast, the “South Pole Traverse” was developed as a viable option to reduce dependence on airlifts, which are routinely delayed due to inclement weather. The traverse is a compacted snow road extending almost 1000 miles from McMurdo to the South Pole. Here you can see the convoy (also referred to as the traverse) arriving with its wide loads. You might imagine its slow pace—it takes about 40 days to reach the Pole. The bottom photo clues you into the first image, the continent-shaped topper on a flagpole, not necessarily apparent from its close-up view.Ironing out an astrophysics problem
Updated: 2012-12-14 00:00:00
Space telescopes have greatly advanced our understanding of the universe, but they have also surfaced some new and puzzling problems. Recently scientists gained insight into a mismatch between theory and observation uncovered by space telescope research by using a ground-based X-ray technology that grew out of particle physics.A Moon With a View
Updated: 2012-12-13 21:34:01This weekend the Seattle Times published a lovely interview with Bill Anders, one of the Apollo astronauts. The article is full of interesting little tidbits, but I was most taken with his description of taking photos while his capsule orbited the moon: While he had been meticulously trained to photograph the moon, making pretty pictures [...]DOE grants CD-1 approval to LBNE project
Updated: 2012-12-12 16:11:23
The Long-Baseline Neutrino Experiment achieved a significant milestone this week.
The US Department of Energy on Monday granted Critical Decision 1 approval to the first phase of LBNE, which includes construction of a beamline at Fermilab and a near-surface far detector at the Sanford Lab in Lead, South Dakota. One of the largest proposed neutrino experiments in the world, LBNE will send neutrinos generated at Fermilab through 800 miles of earth to the South Dakota detector.Fundamental Physics Prize recognizes Higgs hunters
Updated: 2012-12-11 17:29:23
Many have speculated about which theorists the Nobel Committee might honor for the prediction of the Higgs boson, but it was the experimentalists involved in the search for the particle who received recognition today. Decay channel
Updated: 2012-12-11 16:07:37
Decay channels are the possible transformations a particle can undergo as it decays.
When a particle decays, it does not break into smaller bits; its energy does. Even fundamental particles—so named because they are the basic building blocks of matter that cannot be broken into smaller parts—can decay. Many particles in the Standard Model exist for only a limited time before decaying.
When a particle decays, it transforms into collections of less massive particles whose combined energy adds up to the energy of the original particle.Newswire: CERN - Fundamental Physics Prize Foundation Announces Physics Frontiers and New Horizons in Physics Prizes Along with Two Special Prizes
Updated: 2012-12-11 15:00:00Two $3,000,000 special Fundamental Physics Prizes have been awarded to Stephen Hawking and to seven scientists who led the effort to discover a Higgs-like particle at CERN's Large Hadron Collider. The winner of the 2013 Fundamental Physics Prize will be announced at a ceremony at CERN[1] on March 20, 2013This Week’s Hype
Updated: 2012-12-10 20:45:29Space.com has a new story entitled Space Bursts Provide Insight to Theory of Everything, which has been picked up elsewhere as “evidence for string theory”. For instance Physicists Find New Evidence Of A ‘Theory Of Everything’ In The Wreckage Of … Continue reading →Newswire: Kavli IPMU - Strict Limit on CPT Violation from Gamma-Ray Bursts
Updated: 2012-12-07 15:00:00Kenji Toma (Osaka Univ.), Shinji Mukohyama (Kavli IPMU, Univ. of Tokyo), Daisuke Yonetoku (Kanazawa Univ.) and their colleagues have used the photon polarization in three distant gamma-ray bursts detected by Japanese spacecraft as evidence that the polarization did not rotate during its long journey. This lack of rotation puts the most stringent constraints yet on the violation of a fundamental symmetry. This work is going to be published and highlighted in Physical Review Letters.Media Advisory: ILC Global Design Effort - International Linear Collider to take next step
Updated: 2012-12-06 17:00:00The Global Design Effort and ILC Research Directorate, the international planning team for the International Linear Collider (ILC), will hand over the draft of the ILC Technical Design Report (TDR) to its internal oversight board ILC Steering Committee (ILCSC) in an official ceremony to be held in Akihabara, Tokyo, Japan on 15 December 2012 at 14:00 h JST. This marks the first step towards the completion of the final design for the ILC project.Budget woes force rethink of proposed flagship physics experiment in Italy
Updated: 2012-12-06 16:33:36
In its infancy, the universe was made of nearly equal parts matter and antimatter. Yet matter overwhelmingly dominates today. Scientists design experiments that examine the conditions of the early universe to investigate why.
An international collaboration of scientists proposed to build one such project, a particle collider that would specialize in creating B mesons, in Italy over the next several years. However, last week the Italian government withdrew funding for the project, citing the country's weakened economic state.Newswire: CERN - Second Open Competition for Collide@CERN-Geneva Residency Award announced today
Updated: 2012-12-06 15:00:00CERN[1] and the City and Canton of Geneva today announce the second open call for entries in the Collide@CERN-Geneva[2] award. This year, the award funded by the City and Canton of Geneva, will be made specifically in film. The competition is open to film makers and screenwriters who work in any area of film making - including documentary, fiction, drama, animation and feature film.Scientists propose new projects to unravel dark energy secrets
Updated: 2012-12-05 17:39:38
About 5 billion years ago the universe underwent a crucial transition. The gravitational tug that pulled together the matter in the universe was overwhelmed by a different, repulsive phenomenon. As a result, the universe began to expand at an accelerating rate.
Scientists have given that phenomenon a name: dark energy. However, they can say with confidence only what it does, not what it is, where it comes from, or why it’s pushing galaxies apart at an ever more rapid speed.Week 48 at the Pole
Updated: 2012-12-05 06:00:00There won’t be too many more shots of this South Pole marker. Each year, on the first of January, a ceremony is held in which a special new marker is placed at the spot of the current geographic South Pole. Since the polar ice sheet is continuously moving, at an approximate rate of 10 meters per year, there is no fixed spot on the icy plateau that corresponds to the actual, or geographic, South Pole. (However, there is a ceremonial South Pole location that is stable, marked by a different fixture and surrounded by the flags of the Antarctic Treaty nations.) Both spots are great for taking photos, and with the sun out 24 hours a day you can even take photos at midnight, as evidenced below.Newswire: Berkeley Lab - Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation Gives a Big Boost to BigBOSS
Updated: 2012-12-04 17:25:00A $2.1 million grant from the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation to the University of California at Berkeley, through the Berkeley Center for Cosmological Physics (BCCP), will fund the development of revolutionary technologies for BigBOSS, a project now in the proposal stage designed to study dark energy with unprecedented precision. BigBOSS is based at the U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab).Crystals show promise as particle pilots in LHC
Updated: 2012-12-03 18:47:06
A new system that would use bent crystals to remove errant particles in the Large Hadron Collider passed a major test last month by surviving a barrage of protons at high energy.Mu2E: Exploring Lepton Flavour Violation At Fermilab
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Updated: 2012-11-30 18:00:00
When Virginia high school teacher Deborah Roudebush teaches physics, she doesn't exactly follow the book.
In one of her more memorable lessons, she gives her students a stopwatch and a ruler and sets a toy pig flying around the classroom. The students must use their tools to determine the speed of the pig in two different ways.
"There's no set value for pig speed," Roudebush says. "I'm teaching them to develop methods and test those methods. That's how scientists do it."Newswire: ASPERA - European research agencies create sustainable entity for astroparticle physics
Updated: 2012-11-30 05:12:00ASPERA - Brussels - 30 November 2012. European funding agencies for astroparticle physics celebrate today the successful work of the ASPERA European funded network and the launch of the newly founded APPEC, the Astroparticle Physics European Consortium.Freshening Up
Updated: 2012-11-29 16:09:12You may have noticed that all the Discover blogs now have a new look. (One that is still being tweaked, so don’t expect to see my headshot up there for very long.) In fact the whole site has been updated, so there may have been some issues in page loading times and so on. All [...]Week 47 at the Pole
Updated: 2012-11-29 06:00:00It’s official—Sven and Carlos, IceCube’s winterovers for the past year, have left the Pole. Here they are smiling for the camera before leaving, while below you can see from Carlos’s body language as he walks toward the plane that leaving is not a happy event. Nevertheless, they’ll have countless memories from their time as winterovers, guaranteed from the many photos they took to document their experiences. Felipe, just starting his winterover duty, can add playing the drums at the Pole to his list of memories-in-progress.Newswire: INFN - INFN Revises Its Flagship Project
Updated: 2012-11-28 05:12:00The results of the international committee appointed by the the MIUR (Ministry of University and Research) for the costing review of the SuperB flagship project were examined yesterday by the Minister of Research, Francesco Profumo. The Minister had discussed those results with the management of the INFN and later with that of Cabibbolab.Stellar black widows entrap companion stars
Updated: 2012-11-28 00:00:00
In its four years in orbit, the Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope has found a cosmos teeming with points of gamma-ray light. Newly discovered gamma-ray sources run the gamut from the expected, like supernova remnants and active galactic nuclei, to the surprising, like gamma rays from the sun or Earth-bound lightning strikes.Fermilab's first physics slam a smash hit
Updated: 2012-11-21 13:58:48
On Friday night, Nov. 16, about 1000 people came out to Fermilab to see five physicists duke it out... with science.
The occasion was the laboratory's first ever . A physics slam is kind of like a poetry slam—the five contestants were given 12 minutes each to explain a complex particle physics concept to an auditorium filled with laymen. And they had to do it in the most entertaining way they could, because audience applause determined the winner.Week 46 at the Pole
Updated: 2012-11-21 06:00:00A nice halo sets a peaceful scene from the Pole, but it has been anything but quiet around there these days. Planes landing and taking off. Summer people arriving, winter people leaving. Hugs and photos.A bouquet of options: Higgs factory ideas bloom
Updated: 2012-11-20 16:38:20
If you hurl two oranges together at close to the speed of light, there’s going to be a lot of pulp. But, somewhere in the gooey mess will be the rare splinters left over from two seeds colliding.
The Large Hadron Collider at CERN works in a similar way. Protons, each made of quarks and gluons, collide and produce other particles. Roughly once every 5 billion proton collisions, everything aligns and a Higgs-like boson pops out.Web Tour
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Launch tour »Newswire: SLAC - BaBar Experiment Confirms Time Asymmetry
Updated: 2012-11-19 05:12:00Time's quantum arrow has a preferred direction, new analysis showsCMS And ATLAS: Higgs To Tau Pairs!
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Updated: 2012-11-13 05:10:00Berkeley Lab scientists and their Sloan Digital Sky Survey colleagues use quasars to probe dark energy over 10 billion years in the pastWeek 45 at the Pole
Updated: 2012-11-12 06:00:00The time has come for the changing of the guard. IceCube’s next two winterovers, Felipe Pedreros Bustos and Blaise Kuo Tiong, have landed at the Pole.What Makes Particles Unstable ?
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Updated: 2012-11-09 06:00:00With the first planes of the summer season come an influx of new faces and fresh products for the South Pole station. Remember, this is the first time in over 8 months that anyone new has been able to arrive at the Pole. That changes the atmosphere. Twenty-nine people got there just in time for a Halloween party. The more the merrier.Newswire: CERN - Second Prix Ars Electronica Collide@CERN laureate announced
Updated: 2012-11-08 05:10:00Linz/Geneva 8 November 2012. The second Prix[1] Ars Electronica[2] Collide@CERN[3] was today awarded to the 65-year-old American artist, Bill Fontana[4].