Radioactive decay keeps earth heated up
August 3rd, 2011 - 7:45 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Aug 3 (IANS) Nearly half of the earth's heat comes from the radioactive decay that can practically move mountains and sea floors and cause eruption of volcanoes.
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Indian scientists dismiss reports on ‘god particle’
May 1st, 2011 - 12:15 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, May 1 (IANS) Two Indian scientists have questioned reports that the long elusive sub-atomic Higgs boson or the "god particle" - a hypothetical particle believed to be a ... Read more...
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Scientists recreate more ‘mini Big Bangs’
December 5th, 2010 - 5:16 pm ICT by IANS
London, Dec 5 (IANS) Scientists have again recreated the primordial soup that existed in the galaxy just moments after the Big Bang using the Large Hadron Collider (LHC).The super-hot 'quark-gluon plasma' ... Read more...
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New evidence found for asymmetry between matter and antimatter
May 25th, 2010 - 4:55 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, May 25 (ANI): Scientists have found evidence for a significant violation of matter-antimatter symmetry in decays of B-mesons, which are exotic particles produced in high energy particle collisions.Physicists at Fermi National ... Read more...
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Anne Hathaway spends spare time studying physics
February 1st, 2010 - 5:11 pm ICT by ANI
London, Feb 1 (ANI): Hollywood actress Anne Hathaway is not a big fan of fashion magazines, instead she prefers studying books by legendary scientist Albert Einstein and physics textbooks in her ... Read more...
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Hathaway spends free time studying Einstein’s theories
February 1st, 2010 - 12:46 pm ICT by IANS
London, Feb 1 (IANS) No fashion magazines for Hollywood actress Anne Hathaway, rather she spends free time studying books on physics to enhance her knowledge on the universe.
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Nobel laureates decry delay in India’s mega science project (With Images)
September 25th, 2009 - 12:35 pm ICT by IANS
By K.S. Jayaraman
Bangalore, Sep 25 (IANS) Prominent scientists from around the world have called for "urgent action" by the Indian government to prevent any further delay in the construction of the ... Read more...
Posted in Environment |
Tevatron may discover ‘God particle’ by 2011
September 2nd, 2009 - 2:17 pm ICT by ANI
London, Sept 2 (ANI): The Large Hadron Collider's (LHC) delay in starting up has benefited the Tevatron collider near Chicago, with officials at the facility saying that they now have a ... Read more...
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Large Hadron Collider may start collisions by Christmas
August 8th, 2009 - 2:13 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, August 8 (ANI): Reports indicate that the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), the world's most powerful particle smasher, should yield its first data by Christmas, smashing protons at energies high enough ... Read more...
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Giant particle smasher to restart at half its designed energy
August 7th, 2009 - 12:33 pm ICT by ANI
London, August 7 (ANI): Reports indicate that the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), the world's most powerful particle smasher will restart in November at just half the energy the machine was designed ... Read more...
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Physicists set new limits on hypothetical new particles called the extra “Z-boson”
May 1st, 2009 - 3:20 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, May 1 (ANI): A group of physicists at the University of Nevada, Reno, US, are reporting a refined analysis of experiments on violation of mirror symmetry in atoms that sets ... Read more...
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Large Hadron Collider may one day discover nature’s fifth force
April 29th, 2009 - 2:04 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, April 29 (ANI): A group of physicists at the University of Nevada, Reno has analyzed data from the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) that could ultimately prove or disprove the possibility ... Read more...
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Scientists come one step closer in detection of fundamental building block of nature
March 20th, 2009 - 5:43 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, March 20 (ANI): An international team of scientists has come a step closer to understanding the Universe with the discovery of a fundamental building block of nature.The recent discovery ... Read more...
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Astronomers search for antimatter in colliding galaxies
November 1st, 2008 - 3:40 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Nov 1 (ANI): Astronomers have probed the collision of two large clusters of galaxies, using NASAs Chandra X-ray Observatory and Compton Gamma Ray Observatory , to search for evidence of ... Read more...
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Bose - the Indian behind the Big Bang experiment (Lead)
September 10th, 2008 - 7:17 pm ICT by IANS
London, Sep 10 (IANS) Of the three main past and present physicists behind the landmark proton-smashing experiment in Geneva Wednesday, one has a Nobel Prize, the other is waiting to find out ... Read more...
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Bose - the Indian behind the Higgs boson experiment
September 10th, 2008 - 5:56 pm ICT by IANS
London, Sep 10 (IANS) Of the three main past and present physicists behind the landmark proton-smashing quantum physics experiment in Geneva Wednesday, one has a Nobel Prize, the other is waiting to ... Read more...
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History’’s greatest scientific experiment to produce elusive ”God particle” underway
September 10th, 2008 - 5:35 pm ICT by ANI
Geneva, September 10 (ANI): The first beam in the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN was successfully steered today morning around the full 27 kilometers of the world''s most powerful particle ... Read more...
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Will the Big Bang test end the world on Wednesday?
September 7th, 2008 - 12:46 pm ICT by IANS
London, Sep 7 (IANS) If critics are to be believed, the end of the universe will begin coming Wednesday when a Welsh miner's son launches the world's biggest scientific experiment to know ... Read more...
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Dancing electrons could open way to new devices
July 26th, 2008 - 5:01 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, July 26 (IANS) Researchers have discovered a new way that electrons behave in materials, which could spur the development of futuristic electronic devices. A team led by N. Phuan Ong, professor ... Read more...
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Breakthrough may lead to new kinds of electronic devices
July 26th, 2008 - 12:57 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, July 26 (ANI): In a breakthrough study, researchers from Princeton University have found a new way electrons behave in materials, thus opening up avenues for developing to new kinds of ... Read more...
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Universes first stars could shed light on elusive nature of dark matter
June 25th, 2008 - 1:24 pm ICT by ANI
London, June 25 (ANI): A new research has suggested that the universes first stars, might still be around at the centre of the Milky way, in frozen form, and could provide ... Read more...
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Upgraded neutrino detector to search for signs of dark matter in our galaxy
January 17th, 2008 - 4:39 pm ICT by admin
London, Jan 17 (ANI): A report in New Scientist has said that the worlds biggest neutrino detector might be upgraded to search for signs of dark matter at the Suns core or ... Read more...
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Advanced equipments likely to shed new light on dark energy
December 2nd, 2007 - 2:09 pm ICT by admin
Washington, Dec 1 (ANI): A new study has shed light on the expected advances in the knowledge of dark energy that can be expected in the coming decade from a series of ... Read more...
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