Scientists Have Measured the ‘Color’ of Antimatter for the First Time
It’s a finding three decades in the making. Continue reading Scientists Have Measured the ‘Color’ of Antimatter for the First Time
Tag Archives: CERN
Military Surplus Repurposed for High Energy Physics
Performing high-energy physics experiments can get very expensive, a fact that attracts debate on public funding for scientific research. But the reality is that scientists often work very hard to stretch their funding as far as they can. This is why we need informative and entertaining stories like Gizmodo’s How Physicists Recycled WWII Ships and Artillery to Unlock the Mysteries of the Universe.
The military have specific demands on components for their equipment. Hackers are well aware MIL-SPEC parts typically command higher prices. That quality is useful beyond their military service, which lead to how CERN obtained large quantities …read more
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Physicist Mary Gaillard Has Spent Over Three Decades Fighting For Women in Science
She was Berkeley’s first tenured female physics professor, and she’s still fighting for equality. Continue reading Physicist Mary Gaillard Has Spent Over Three Decades Fighting For Women in Science
Hackaday Links: December 18, 2016
You can fly a brick if it has offset mass and you can fly a microwave because it breaks the law of the conservation of momentum. A paper on the EM Drive was recently published by the Eagleworks team, and the results basically say, ‘if this works, it’s a terrible thruster that shouldn’t work’. Experts have weighed in, but now we might not have to wait for another test in the Eagleworks lab: China will fly an EM Drive on their space station. Will it work? Who knows.
The ESP32 is just now landing on workbenches around the globe, and …read more
Watch the Robot That Patrols the Large Hadron Collider
TIM stalks the tunnels of the LHC. Continue reading Watch the Robot That Patrols the Large Hadron Collider
This Is What It’s Like to Be Inside the World’s Largest Particle Accelerator
The Dark Cloud of High-Energy Physics
The LHC ‘nightmare scenario’ came and went and, here we are, still doing science. Continue reading The Dark Cloud of High-Energy Physics
CERN Has an Actual, Literal ‘Animal Shelter’ for Computer Mice
This is the best thing I’ve ever seen, ever. Continue reading CERN Has an Actual, Literal ‘Animal Shelter’ for Computer Mice