Hadron Collider breakthrough as beams collide
Scientists at the Large Hadron Collider managed to make two proton beams collide at high energy Tuesday, marking a "new territory" in physics, according to CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Research.
The $10 billion research tool has been accelerating the beams since November in the LHC's 17-mile tunnel on the border of Switzerland and France.
The beams have routinely been circulating at 3.5 TeV, or teraelectron volts, the highest energy achieved at the LHC so far, according to CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Research.
…
Sutton compared the experiments to Christopher Columbus sailing for the New World in 1492, when he knew what he was looking for but didn't know what he might find.
"It's going into a new energy region," she said. "It's a new territory in particle physics, so we're really just standing on the threshold of that, which is exciting for everybody here, of course."
- Bill Gates Reviews “for The Love Of Physics” – By Walter Lewin
Some of my favorite online videos are physics lectures by Walter Lewin of MIT. They’re posted at MIT OpenCourseWare and Academic Earth, and they’re brilliant. Lewin is an incredible teacher who’s passionate about the beauty of physics and its power...
- New Frontline Documentary About Fukushima
Found via The Big Picture. Nuclear Aftershocks is a new FRONTLINE documentary, airing…. January 17, at 10:00 pm Eastern. About halfway through Nuclear Aftershocks, a new FRONTLINE documentary about the physical and social fallout of the Fukushima...
- Vaclav Smil's “energy Myths And Realities” - A Review
Found via Chris Martenson.Vaclav Smil, professor of Environment and Environmental Geography at the University of Manitoba in Winnipeg, has written a new book called “Energy Myths and Realities.” In the book, he looks at a number of things he considers...
- Cern Fires Up New Atom Smasher To Near Big Bang
It has been called an Alice in Wonderland investigation into the makeup of the universe - or dangerous tampering with nature that could spell doomsday. -Whatever the case, the most powerful atom-smasher ever built comes online Wednesday, eagerly anticipated...
- Known And Unknown Unknowns
The world’s largest machine is about to open for business. It will, however, only scratch the surface of the universe-WELL, it is about to happen. After more than a decade, SFr10 billion ($10 billion) and a lot of nail-biting, the first protons should...