CERN

An “Elemental” Explanation of Dark Matter

Atoms, string theory, dark matter, dark energy... there's an awful lot about the Universe that might make sense on paper…

8 years ago

Will Antimatter Obey Gravity’s Pull?

What goes up must always come down, right? Well, the European Laboratory for Particle Physics (CERN) wants to test if that…

9 years ago

The Face of Creation

The latest autotuned installment in John D. Boswell's Symphony of Science series waxes melodic about the particle-smashing science being done…

9 years ago

Stephen Hawking and CERN LHC Team Each Win $3 Million Prize

Stephen Hawking visited the Large Hadron Collider's underground tunnel at Europe's CERN particle physics research center in 2006. Hawking and…

9 years ago

Physicists Closing in on Understanding the Primordial Universe

Photo of the ALICE detector at CERN. Photo courtesy of CERN. Slamming barely nothing together is bringing scientists ever-closer to…

9 years ago

Ping-Pong Particles: What the Higgs Does

Unless you've been hiding under a chondrite for the past week you've heard the news from CERN regarding the discovery…

9 years ago

Higgs-like Particle Discovered at CERN

Physicists working at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) have announced the discovery of what they called a “Higgs-like boson” --…

9 years ago

What’s a Higgs Boson, Anyway?

With the science world all abuzz in anticipation of tomorrow's official announcement from CERN in regards to its hunt for…

9 years ago

What is CERN?

Here's another great video from Sixty Symbols featuring professor Ed Copeland giving his entertaining description of CERN, the "Mecca for…

9 years ago

Neutrinos Obey The Speed Limit, After All

[/caption] Neutrinos have been cleared of allegations of speeding, according to an announcement issued today by CERN and the ICARUS…

10 years ago