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El Reg's LHC visit - Deleted Scenes
The Register - 88 Minutes ago
The Large Hadron Collider - the gigantic underground double-barrelled particle cannon assembled by top boffins deep beneath the Franco-Swiss border - is to start up again 'around the 20th' of this month.
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'Baguette' problem halts work on Large Hadron Collider
3 News - 11 Hours ago
The Large Hadron Collider suffered yet another setback this week when a bird dropped a piece of bread onto it.
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Signature of antimatter detected in lightning
Science News Online - 11 Hours ago
Fermi telescope finds evidence that positrons, not just electrons, are in storms on Earth Text Size Antimatter lightningDuring two recent lightning storms, the Fermi telescope found evidence that positrons,
Antimatter Signature Detected in Lightning US News
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Carbon Atmosphere Discovered on Neutron Star
SpaceRef - 11 Hours ago
Source: NASA HQ Evidence for a thin veil of carbon has been found on the neutron star in the Cassiopeia A supernova remnant. This discovery, made with NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory, resolves a 10-year
Carbon swaddles baby neutron star PhysicsWeb
A Baby Neutron Star, Swaddled in a Carbon Atmosphere Discover Magazine
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Solar winds triggered by magnetic fields
SpaceRef - 11 Hours ago
Solar wind generated by the sun is probably driven by a process involving powerful magnetic fields, according to a new study led by UCL (University College London) researchers based on the latest observations
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Earnings Preview: Electronic Arts
Sun Herald - 7 Hours ago
NEW YORK -- Video game publisher Electronic Arts Inc. reports earnings for its fiscal second quarter, which ended in September, on Monday after the market closes. The following is a summary of key developments
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Dark-matter test faces obstacles - Premium content
Nature - 12 Hours ago
The detected material mass of the matter in the Universe is so small (the average density of all substance in the Universe is approximately p=10^-30 g/sm^3) that it cannot ââ?¬Ë?closeââ?¬â?¢ the Universe
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Moscow warns of new Iran sanctions over nuclear dispute
France24 - 20 Hours ago
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, seen here has warned that new sanctions against Iran cannot be excluded if there is no movement forward in the standoff over its nuclear drive. AFP - New sanctions against
Iran sanctions likely if no progress on nuclear issue - Medvedev Russian Information Agency Novosti
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Bird beats big bang with bit of baguette
The Age - 21 Hours ago
The tunnel in the Large Hadron Collider. Photo: CERN GENEVA : THE $6.5 billion machine designed to recreate the conditions present at the beginning of time had to be switched off after a bird dropped
A bit of bread dropped by a bird grinds â??Big Bang Machineâ?? to a halt Topnews.in
Big bang goes phut as bird drops baguette into Cern machinery Guardian.co.uk
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Nothing But Net: The Physics of Free Throws
Innovations Report - 21 Hours ago
To get a swish rather than a brick, you need the best possible conditions for releasing the basketball from your hand, say Drs. Chau Tran and Larry Silverberg, mechanical and aerospace engineers at NC
Nothing But Net: The Physics of Free-Throw Shooting PhysOrg.com
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Scientists use lasers to put a shine on metals
Malaysia Sun - 11/7/2009
Washington, November 7 : Researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute for Laser Technology ILT in Aachen, Germany, have developed a way of automating the polishing work on metals, by using lasers. Polishing
Lasers Put A Shine On Metals Science Daily
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Quantum computing: Rise of machines
Times of India - 11/7/2009
Armed with the silicon chip, humans are generating an enormous amount of data every second. Monthly internet traffic is about 8 billion gigabytes and the size of the whole Internet is about 500 billion
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New path for DNA damage from nano-particles: study
China Post - 11/7/2009
1:50 pm TWN, By Marlowe Hood, AFP PARIS -- Scientists reported Thursday that nano-particles used in medical applications can indirectly damage DNA inside cells by transmitting signals through a protective
New pathway for DNA damage from nano-particles Manila Bulletin
Nano 'signals' may damage DNA South China Morning Post
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LHC stops Frenchman's repatriation
The Nation Pakistan - 11/7/2009
RAWALPINDI - Lahore High Court (LHC) Rawalpindi bench Friday issued stay orders regarding the repatriation of a French national J. Luck. The court also directed the Ministry of Interior not to repatriate
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Bird breaks the LHC
Telegraph - 11/6/2009
The Large Hadron Colliders woes have taken a faintly comic turn after the huge particle accelerator got broken by a piece of bread dropped by a passing bird. The Large Hadron Collider (left) and its arch-nemesis
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Carbon nanotube body armor to be developed in extended U.S. Army contract
ASM International - 11/6/2009
Nanocomp Technologies, Inc., a developer of advanced performance materials and component products from carbon nanotubes (CNTs), today announced it has been awarded an extension to its existing development
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Kenya plans nuclear plant in next five years: PM
Yahoo! Green - 15 Hours ago
NAIROBI (AFP) - Kenya "We want to establish a nuclear plant. We want to start with a plant of the average of between 1,000 and 2,000 Megawatts Odinga said nuclear power was one option Kenya was considering
Kenya plans nuclear plant in five years Qatar Peninsula
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J�¼lich Neutron Scientists Inaugurate Unique Device In The US
Medical News Today - 19 Hours ago
A unique large-scale research device from J�¼lich has gone into operation in the USA. At the strongest neutron source in the world, the spallation source SNS in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, Forschungszentrum
Medical News: J�¼lich Neutron Scientists Inaugurate Unique Device In The US BioFind
Jlich Neutron Scientists Inaugurate Unique Device In The US Medical News Today
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Govt in push for new nuclear plants
Yahoo! Green - 23 Hours ago
LONDON (AFP) - The country could face a serious energy crisis Energy and Climate Change The new planning proposals are designed to stop nuclear proposals getting bogged down for years in legal wrangles.
Britain in push for new nuclear plants Space Daily
Gov't in push for new nuclear plants (AFP) Yahoo! News
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LHC forms body to probe Queens Road closure
Daily Times - 11/7/2009
LAHORE: Lahore High Court Chief Justice (CJ) Khawaja Muhammad Sharif on Friday formed a three-member committee to probe the barricading of Queens Road â?? outside the Central Police Office (CPO). The
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Bread Dropped By Bird Causes Problems for LHC
Universe Today - 11/7/2009
Yes, this headline appears to be true. A bird dropping a piece of bread onto outdoor machinery has been blamed for a technical fault at the (LHC) this week which saw significant overheating on parts of
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Found: Theoretical Supernova Actually Exists
Universe Today - 11/7/2009
Astronomers have identified a type of supernova that appears to be a type predicted in theory but never actually observed before. Two years ago Lars Bildsten from UC Santa Barbara and his colleagues predicted
New type of supernova explosion reported; predicted by theoretical physicists at PhysOrg.com
New Type Of Supernova Explosion Reported Red Orbit
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Quantum gas microscope offers glimpse of quirky ultracold atoms
Innovations Report - 11/7/2009
HomeReports Physics and Astronomy Content Research creates a readout system for quantum simulation and computation Physicists at Harvard University have created a quantum gas microscope that can be
Quantum gas microscope created Harvard University Gazette
A quantum gas microscope for detecting single atoms in a Hubbard-regime optical Nature
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Nothing But Net: The Physics Of Basketball Free Throws
Science Daily - 11/7/2009
Pay attention, Shaq: Two North Carolina State University engineers have figured out the best way to shoot a free throw -- a frequently underappreciated skill that gets more important as the game clock
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LHC CJ provided bulletproof car
Daily Times - 11/7/2009
LAHORE: The Punjab government has provided a bulletproof car to Lahore High Court (LHC) Chief Justice Khawaja Muhammad Sharif. Sources said the step has been taken in the wake of countryâ??s deteriorating
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