Scientists discover new trigger for immense North Atlantic Ocean spring plankton bloom

On this July 4th week, U.S. beachgoers are thronging their way to seaside resorts and parks to celebrate with holiday fireworks. But across the horizon and miles out to sea toward the north, ...

Eureka! Cern announces discovery of Higgs boson 'God particle'

It was a breakthrough that took almost half a century of deep thought, more than 30 years of painstaking experimentation and a massive £2.6bn machine. Yesterday, scientists said they believed ...

New boson discovered, probably Higgs

Numbers are yet to be crunched and the data analysis goes on, but one thing appears to be certain: scientists at CERN have discovered a new boson, and it's probably the Higgs particle, the missing ...

Truimph at Cern as Large Hadron Collider scientists announce discovery of Higgs boson 'God particle'

Scientists have made the crucial breakthroughs that have allowed them to announce the discovery of a new subatomic particle that could be the final piece in the jigsaw explaining why all matter ...

Eureka! Physicists celebrate evidence of particle

To cheers and standing ovations from scientists, the world's biggest atom smasher claimed the discovery of a new subatomic particle Wednesday, calling it "consistent" with the long-sought Higgs ...

Hello, Higgs Boson: LHC's New Particle Looks Like the Real Thing

How 'Higgsy' is this particle? More work needs to be done "We have discovered a new particle," CERN director general Rolf Heuer said Wednesday morning. "A boson. Most probably a Higgs boson." ...

Swirling Currents Fuel Huge Ocean Blooms

Eddies create beautiful green patterns in the North Atlantic.

CERN announces Higgs boson discovery: "I think we have it"

Early this morning, CERN held a press conference to announce the latest results from its quest to find the Higgs boson, the very last unobserved particle that makes up the Standard Model of ...

What is the Higgs boson particle and why does it matter?

Professor John Womersley of the Science and Technology Facilities Council takes on the unenviable task of explaining the significance of the findings at Cern.

CERN says newly discovered particle is consistent with Higgs boson

Scientists announced today that the Higgs boson -- or a new subatomic particle like it -- appears to indeed be real. The hunt for the Higgs boson has been an intense one, for its absence could ...

Higgs Boson announcement from Cern: as it happened

Updates from Cern as scientists say they believe they have found they much sought-after Higgs boson particle.

Arise Sir Peter: Give Professor Higgs a knighthood, say colleagues

British scientist who theorised Higgs boson should be knighted following discovery, physicists say.

CERN discovers Higgs-like boson

But is the new particle the Higgs as we know it?

Higgs boson researchers: We've spotted 'new boson'

Scientists at CERN ...

Particle 'Consistent' With Higgs Boson Discovered

A boson that resembles the Higgs has been detected by two Large Hadron Collider experiments.

CERN: We have found the God particle

Scientists at CERN in Switzerland have announced the discovery of a new elementary particle, the first new particle since the Z boson was discovered way back in 1983.

Cern Higgs Boson announcement: LIVE

Live updates from Cern as the latest findings in the Large Hadron Collider's search for the Higgs boson are revealed.

Physicists Ecstatic Over Possible Higgs Particle Discovery

Fourth of July "fireworks" start early for some with an explosive "God particle" announcement.

New Particle at World's Largest Atom Smasher is Likely Higgs Boson

Physicists have found strong evidence that the Higgs boson exists.

Cern Higgs announcement: live

Live updates from Cern about the latest findings in the Large Hadron Collider's search for the Higgs boson.

Unexplored Possible Climate Balancing Mechanism

Effect of CO2 levels on phytoplankton. Story submitted by Don Healy This article opens up a whole new vista into the relationship between CO2 levels, oceanic plant growth and the complex relationships ...

Trigger Found for Immense Plankton Bloom

Whirlpools swirl across the surface of the North Atlantic Ocean sustaining phytoplankton in the ocean's shallower waters where they can get plenty of sunlight to fuel their growth, keeping them ...

CERN Finds Higgs Boson

New experiments observed a particle consistent with the long-sought Higgs boson.

Higgs Boson Hysteria ? but no fireworks on the 4th of July

From CERN, another science press release with a “could” and “preliminary” caveat. Sigh. I expected fireworks. It is encouraging though. 5 sigma isn’t anything to ...

CERN: We have observed evidence of a boson particle

CERN has officially announced that it has observed evidence of the formerly theoretical boson particle. The search for the Higgs boson particle has been one of the key experiments for the Large ...

Picture of a new particle

This is what a new boson looks like

The Demi God Particle

The ATLAS and CMS experiments at CERN today presented their latest results in the search for the long-sought Higgs boson. Both experiments see strong indications for the presence of a new particle, ...

Scientists discover trigger for immense Atlantic plankton bloom

In what's known as the North Atlantic Bloom, an immense number of phytoplankton burst into color, first "greening" then "whitening" the sea as one species follows another. According to recent ...

Eddies, not sunlight, spur annual bloom of tiny plants in North Atlantic

On a recent expedition to the inhospitable North Atlantic Ocean, scientists at the University of Washington and collaborators studying the annual growth of tiny plants were ...

North Atlantic Phytoplankton Bloom Triggered By Eddies

redOrbit Staff & Wire Reports - Your Universe Online Scientists studying the annual growth of tiny plants in the North Atlantic Ocean have discovered that this year?s growth spurt began ...

Researchers Explore Ways to Develop Fundamentally Different Electronics

By Will Soutter After years of extensive research activities, researchers and technologists are exploring the ways for measuring and controlling matter in order to develop basically different...

UWM: The Future of Water is Here

From solutions for urban aquaculture to new centers for Great Lakes genomics and water policy, go inside the largest academic research institution on the Great Lakes - the UW-Milwaukee School ...

Eddies, not sunlight, spur annual phytoplankton bloom in North Atlantic

Researchers have long believed that the longer days and calmer seas of spring set off an annual bloom of plants in the North Atlantic, but scientists have now discovered that warm eddies fuel ...

CERN Experiments Observe Particle Consistent with Long-Sought Higgs Boson

At a seminar held at CERN today as a curtain raiser to the year's major particle physics conference, ICHEP2012 in Melbourne, the ATLAS and CMS experiments presented their latest preliminary ...

How Atomic Scale Devices Are Transforming Electronics

After more than a decade of research advances, we are learning to measure and manipulate matter to create fundamentally different electronic devices. Three experts discuss what makes those devices ...

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New Particle Discovery Could Be The Elusive Higgs Boson

Lawrence LeBlond for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online The Fourth of July is a day of celebration for millions of people all across America, celebrating the birth of a nation. But in Geneva, ...

Latest results from ATLAS Higgs search

On July 4, 2012, the ATLAS experiment presented a preview of its updated results on the search for the Higgs Boson. The results were shown at a seminar held jointly at CERN and via video link ...

Voyage of discovery sights what could be the Higgs: Canadians key part of historical science breakthrough

Early this morning (July 4, 2012), the ATLAS and CMS particle-physics experiments at the LHC accelerator at CERN presented their latest results in the hunt for the Higgs boson with thousands ...

Search for Higgs boson at Large Hadron Collider reveals new particle

Physicists on experiments at the Large Hadron Collider announced today (July 4, 2012) that they have observed a new particle. Whether the particle has the properties of the predicted Higgs boson ...

Higgs Boson-like Particle Discovered in CMS and ATLAS Data!

Yes, the Higgs boson has been discovered… or, to put it more accurately, something that looks like a Higgs boson has been discovered. But is it a Higgs boson? There’s a very high ...