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We're Living in a Space Cloud
Posted by Irene Klotz Wed Feb 1, 2012 02:14 PM ET | 0
Our solar system is traveling slowly through an interstellar cloud of gases. Read more
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Cold Plasma Layer Detected High Above Earth
Posted Fri Jan 27, 2012 02:00 PM ET | 0
Cold, electrically charged particles have long been suspected to exist tens of thousands of miles above the Earth's surface, and now satellites have detected such ions there for the first time. Read more
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Stephen Hawking, Defying Science, Turns 70
Posted Sun Jan 8, 2012 08:28 AM ET | 0
The renowned astrophysicist was once told he wouldn't live past his twenties. Read more
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Big Question for 2012: Is the Higgs Boson Real?
Posted by Ian O'Neill Tue Dec 13, 2011 05:28 PM ET | 0
After detecting "tentative hints" for its existence, physicists are confident that a definitive answer for whether or not the Higgs boson exists will come in 2012. Read more
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Has the Elusive Higgs Boson Been Spotted?
Posted Tue Dec 13, 2011 11:12 AM ET | 0
A glimpse of the mysterious particle may have been uncovered by the LHC, but physicists are careful not to call it a "discovery." Read more
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Rumors Erupt Over Higgs Boson Discovery
Posted by Ian O'Neill Wed Dec 7, 2011 03:54 AM ET | 0
After gazillions of particle collisions in the LHC and countless rumors of Higgs discoveries, we have... yet another rumor of a Higgs discovery. Read more
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Voyager Probes Give Us ET's View
Posted by Irene Klotz Thu Dec 1, 2011 02:05 PM ET | 0
The spacecraft are so far away that they can now measure previously obscured radiation from the Milky Way. Read more
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Faster-Than-Light Neutrinos Re-Tested: Same Result
Posted Fri Nov 18, 2011 01:17 PM ET | 0
CERN's OPERA experiment continues to clock the subatomic particles traveling faster than the speed of light. Read more
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Sweet Spot for Life's Chemistry Discovered
Posted by Irene Klotz Tue Nov 15, 2011 08:20 AM ET | 0
Astronomers home in on places ripe for formation of complex organic molecules. Read more
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Particle Physicists Learn Cancer-Fighting Tricks
Posted by Jennifer Ouellette Wed Nov 9, 2011 02:58 PM ET | 0
Particle physicists have developed useful simulation tools to help them predict the behavior of subatomic particles, with valuable applications in medical and space science to boot. Read more
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'Anyons' Could Blur the Boson-Fermion Gap
Posted by Jennifer Ouellette Sun Nov 6, 2011 05:18 AM ET | 0
Bosons and fermions are fundamental particles -- but the "anyon" could be the wild-child of the quantum world. Read more
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Can Mars Rover Beam Those Samples Over?
Posted by Irene Klotz Fri Nov 4, 2011 03:14 PM ET | 0
NASA is working to make the tractor beam, "Death Star" not included, a reality. Read more
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'Cosmic Metamaterial' to Zoom In on Early Universe
Posted by Jennifer Ouellette Thu Nov 3, 2011 03:09 PM ET | 0
Could the quantum vacuum of space act a bit like a metamaterial, creating a cosmic "superlens"? One physicist thinks so. Read more
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Bubble Chambers Aid Search for Dark Matter
Posted by Jennifer Ouellette Tue Nov 1, 2011 09:17 AM ET | 0
By tracing bubbles in a jar, physicist hope to detect the most mysterious stuff in the universe. Read more
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From the Wash to the Ocean
Posted by Emily Sohn Mon Oct 24, 2011 08:00 AM ET | 0
Synthetic fabrics in washing machines shed thousands of tiny bits of plastic that can end up in the oceans. Read more
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