lhc
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CERN Spots Higgs-Like Particle, Now Let The Head-Scratching Begin
Physicists working at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN, Geneva, have announced the observation of a new particle widely thought to be the elusive Higgs boson.
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Atom Crash Produces Hottest Man-Made Temperature Ever
An atom-smasher called the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC) has just snagged a Guinness World Record for reaching the hottest man-made temperature ever — 250,000 times hotter than the centre of the sun.
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What Would Happen If You Put Your Hand In The LHC’s Beam?
A while back, Sixty Symbols asked a bunch of physicists what they thought would happen if you were to place your hand in the particle beam at the LHC and… none of them knew. Now they’ve done some digging and found the answer.
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The Higgs Boson Is Still Missing, But The LHC Just Found Its First New Particle
Since it was opened in 2009, the LHC has been helping prove whether the Higgs boson exists or not. Scientists are not there yet, but they have just found the LHC’s first new particle: Chi-b 3P.