Physics

More than powerful! German research computer QPACE is the most energy efficient in the world

At the 2009 Supercomputing Conference in Portland, Oregon (USA), the high-performance computer QPACE (QCD Parallel Computing on the Cell) was recognized today as the most energy-efficient supercomputer in the world.

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India scraps plan to build physics lab in tiger reserve

Indian officials have decided against a plan to built a Neutrino Observatory, an underground experimental physics laboratory, in Mudumulai Tiger Reserve, an area conservationists say serves as an important corridor for...

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From The Origin of Species to the Extinction of Self

By Paisarn Likhitpreechakul The Nation Published on November 24, 2009 Move over, Einstein. But among all branches of science, it is evolutionary biology - rather than his theory of relativity or modern physics' other main...

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Physicists Look to Discover the Secrets of Superconductivity

The Dresden High Magnetic Field Laboratory at the research centre Forschungszentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (FZD) provides highest magnetic fields for materials research. Here, physicists at the Walther Me...

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Obama Kicks Off Massive Science Education Effort

In a speech at the White House today, President Obama launched a new campaign, "Educate to Innovate," designed to get American students fired up about science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM). The full text of the...

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Quantum paths cross again

The letters QED stand for quod erat demonstrandum, which, in English, means that which was to be demonstrated. The abbreviation graces the ends of proofs, or so Ive been told. My math homework, however, has yet to produce the...

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LHC Team 'Knuckling Down to the Hard Work'

On Friday, the Large Hadron Collider was started again and researchers said over the weekend that they were pleased with their progress so far, noting that the particle collider had "done more in a few hours than it did in five...

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Large Hadron Collider

Large Hadron Collider makes first proton collisions The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) has produced first proton collisions. Large Hadron Collider By colliding particles in front of immensely powerful detectors, scientists hope to...

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LHC atom smasher back in business

GENEVA - The world's largest atom smasher made another leap forward Monday by circulating beams of protons in opposite directions at the same time in the US$10 billion machine after more than a year of repairs, organisers...

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Centre spikes ghost-atom study

New Delhi, Nov. 23: The environment ministry has rejected a proposal by Indian scientists for an underground laboratory beneath the Nilgiri hills to study ghost-like subatomic particles called neutrinos, delaying the pursuit of...

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