[Updated/corrected, April 22, 2015] The worldâs most powerful particle accelerator â the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) â is scheduled to restart in March of 2015, after a two year hiatus for repairs and upgrades (and data analysis). The machine is located at CERN (in Switzerland) the largest and most prestigious high energy physics laboratory in
Remember String Theory? It was perhaps Physicâs most elegant, if unproven, candidate for a Theory of EverythingâŚOK, then, hereâs a creative challenge: Could you come up with a viral video concept based on String Theory? Well, you might start by expounding on it to the tune of one of the most popular songs in rock
(Two news stories covering recent research in quantum physics: a rare particleâs decay is validated for the first time, confirming predictions in the Standard Model of QT [but dimming hopes of more exotic particles, for now]; and, new research on exotic forms of matter called cuprates seems to indicate a âholographic dualityâ hidden beneath the
It was perhaps particle physicsâ most elegant and aesthetically appealing theory of (almost) everything: Super Symmetry (SUSY). SUSY, a type of gauge theory developed over the past thirty years, was an ambitious attempt to integrate elementary particle physics with a broader theoretical understanding of the cosmos â an attempt to approach a âTheory of Everything.â
