Read more particle physics stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/34437/particle-physics.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 13:41:39 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73815/physicists-bird-from-the-future-damaged-collider.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagCERN’s Large Hadron Collider is having a tough time getting on its feet—construction delays, birds, etc.—but now two physicists have a novel theory about why: The experiment is so “abhorrent” to God, or nature, that the universe is conspiring to sabotage it. When scientists get close to revving...http://www.newser.com/story/73815/physicists-bird-from-the-future-damaged-collider.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 11 Nov 2009 16:50:33 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/64950/hadron-collider-hits-new-snags.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe Large Hadron Collider has hit more delays, ZDNet reports, with experiments using the machine unlikely to restart until at least mid-November due to the discovery of two vacuum leaks. The agency overseeing the 17-mile atom-smasher buried under the French-Swiss border may take the unorthodox step of running its “Big...http://www.newser.com/story/64950/hadron-collider-hits-new-snags.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 21 Jul 2009 14:10:02 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/56617/leaded-gas-may-have-slowed-climate-change.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe dirty fumes of leaded gas may have curbed global warming for a few decades in the 20th century, the New Scientist reports. Researchers in Washington state have found that lead particles are key to creating ice crystals, which help form clouds—which aid global cooling by reflecting sunlight back...http://www.newser.com/story/56617/leaded-gas-may-have-slowed-climate-change.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 19 Apr 2009 19:49:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/51003/rival-labs-fight-like-hell-to-find-god-particle.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe US-based Fermilab is gaining ground on Europe's CERN in the race to discover the Higgs boson, the elusive prize of particle physics, reports the BBC. While the Large Hadron Collider in Switzerland remains out of order, Fermilab's facility in Chicago has been cranked up. At a recent conference, the...http://www.newser.com/story/51003/rival-labs-fight-like-hell-to-find-god-particle.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 17 Feb 2009 10:24:56 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/39339/physics-nobel-to-3-who-studied-worlds-origin.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe Nobel Prize for physics was awarded today to three researchers whose work on "broken symmetry" has clarified the origins of the universe. Their theories—a cornerstone of the so-called Standard Model of physics—explain how the world came into being after the Big Bang; although huge amounts of matter...http://www.newser.com/story/39339/physics-nobel-to-3-who-studied-worlds-origin.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 07 Oct 2008 7:48:39 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/38201/balky-collider-offline-into-09.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA serious malfunction, and the necessarily slow progress of repairs, will keep the Large Hadron Collider from starting its first experiments until spring, the Times reports. A major problem Friday shut down the European atom-smasher, and officials said the heating, repair and recooling of the giant magnets would take 2...http://www.newser.com/story/38201/balky-collider-offline-into-09.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 23 Sep 2008 15:52:01 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/37970/atom-smasher-out-2-months.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagIt turns out that the glitch with the Large Hadron Collider is worse than originally thought and will keep the massive atom smasher out of commission for at least 2 months, the Telegraph reports. The collider, which seeks to replicate the Big Bang and solve mysteries of creation, began to...http://www.newser.com/story/37970/atom-smasher-out-2-months.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 20 Sep 2008 10:53:48 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/37849/glitch-stalls-atom-smasher.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe Large Hadron Collider, the $5-billion, 17-mile experiment seeking answers to the universe’s deepest mysteries, hit a snag within hours of its Sept. 10 launch, but its overseer did not report the malfunction for a week, the Daily Telegraph reports. A 30-ton transformer in the cooling system broke, causing tests...http://www.newser.com/story/37849/glitch-stalls-atom-smasher.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 19 Sep 2008 12:40:10 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/36979/huge-particle-collider-ready-for-debut.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagPhysicists across the world will spend the wee hours of tomorrow morning watching with bated breath as the world’s most expensive science experiment gets under way, the New York Times reports. At 3:30am Eastern, CERN’s Large Hadron Collider will switch on for the first time, sending particles racing through...http://www.newser.com/story/36979/huge-particle-collider-ready-for-debut.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 09 Sep 2008 11:00:00 CDT