(Phys.org) —The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) has been shut down so that it can be upgraded, a process that is expected to take at least two years. Researchers on the project hope the upgrade will allow the facility to reach its full potential which was reduced following an accident that occurred shortly after the collider begin operating back in 2008. …read more
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An international team of physicists has proposed a revolutionary laser system, inspired by the telecommunications technology, to produce the next generation of particle accelerators, such as the Large Hadron Collider (LHC). …read more
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The subatomic particle whose discovery was announced amid much fanfare last year, is looking “more and more” like it could indeed be the elusive Higgs boson believed to explain why matter has mass, scientists said Wednesday. …read more
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(Phys.org) —Researchers working at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) have observed for the first time evidence of D-mesons oscillating between matter and antimatter. They describe their work, observations and the degree of certainty they’ve given their findings in their paper they’ve uploaded to the preprint sever arXiv, which has subsequently been accepted for publication in Physical Review Letters. …read more
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(Phys.org)—Although the LHC has often been called the largest machine in the world, that title may be more appropriately given to something much more familiar: power grids. Consisting of thousands of generators and substations linked across thousands of miles, these networks form the backbone of society in developed countries. Yet most of the grids that power our modern economy are based on technology from the 1960s, even though power demands have changed dramatically since then. As a result of the additional strain, power grids have been failing more often, causing billions of dollars in business losses. …read more
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Tune in this week for the latest episode of the Tech Fetish podcast, IGN‘s official technology and consumer electronics podcast. This week hosts Scott Lowe, Mark Ryan Sallee, and Justin Davis discuss the leaked PlayStation 4 controller prototype, Intel’s new set-top box, the Large Hadron Collider’s 2 year hiatus, HTC One pricing and release rumors, and more.
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The new year brings a new type of collision at the LHC: the accelerator will smash protons and lead nuclei together, allowing CMS and the other LHC experiments to study the cold nuclear matter we expect these collisions to produce. Although we caught a glimpse of these asymmetric proton-lead (pPb) collisions during a pilot run last September, the next four weeks will bring the first sustained pPb run and provide valuable data. Indeed the small data sample from 2012 already revealed interesting phenomena, and raised interest in this study.
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