The Large Hadron Collider detectors began recording high-energy collisions with an unprecedented energy of 13.6 TeV. The Large Hadron Collider again supplies proton collisions to experiments, this time with an unprecedented energy of 13.6 TeV, marking the beginning of the third set of data the accelerator needs for physics. A thunderous applause erupted in the[{” … Read more
Infographics: The Rise of Storytelling Humanity is creating more data than ever before, and more of that data is publicly available. Although “data is the new oil” has almost become a cliché, the impact that the abundance of data has on the world is undeniable. All of the world’s most valuable companies rely heavily on … Read more
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 public domain New research by a scientist at the Milner Center for Evolution at the University of Bath suggests that “selfish chromosomes” explain why most human embryos die very early. The study, published in PLoS Biologywhich explains why fish embryos are fine, but unfortunately human embryos often do not survive, has implications for … Read more
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 public domain New research by a scientist at the Milner Center for Evolution at the University of Bath suggests that “selfish chromosomes” explain why most human embryos die very early. The study, published in PLoS Biologywhich explains why fish embryos are fine, but unfortunately human embryos often do not survive, has implications for … Read more
Astronauts on space missions lasting longer than six months suffer decades of bone loss, much of which can be irreversible, a new study has found. The finding could pose a serious challenge for future manned missions to Mars. For missions lasting six months or more, astronauts’ exposure to the microgravity of space causes them to … Read more
swallow me hole The Large Hadron Collider first began smashing subatomic particles together in 2010, sparking a wave of panic over scientists accidentally ushering in the apocalypse. Nervous critics said the experiments these scientists conducted with the LHC could create a small black hole, suck up everything around it and eventually engulf the entire world. … Read more
The Compact Muon Solenoid Detector at the Large Hadron Collider. Credit: CERN Ten years ago this week, two international collaborations of groups of scientists, including a large contingent from Caltech, confirmed that they had found conclusive evidence for the Higgs boson, an elusive elementary particle first predicted in a series of papers published in the … Read more
Ready, stable, go: The race to discover new physics returns today as the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) is re-ignited, firing heavy ion particles at each other at 99.99% the speed of light to create a state of primordial matter to create that has not been seen since just after the Big Bang. The Large Hadron … Read more
The Compact Muon Solenoid Detector at the Large Hadron Collider. Credit: CERN Ten years ago this week, two international collaborations of groups of scientists, including a large contingent from Caltech, confirmed that they had found conclusive evidence for the Higgs boson, an elusive elementary particle first predicted in a series of papers published in the … Read more
Paris, the capital of France, is awash with history; it is home to the Eiffel Tower, the Arc de Triomphe, Notre-Dame and the Louvrethe the world’s most visited museum (opens in new tab)† But despite the city’s wealth of cultural hotspots, architectural delights and excellent restaurants (it currently has more than 90 Michelin one star … Read more