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The Large Hadron Collider Discovers Antimatter Behaving Oddly in New Class of Particles
Mysterious Antimatter Physics Discovered at the Large Hadron Collider The LHCb experiment has observed a new difference between matter and antimatter in particles called baryons By Clara Moskowitz edited by Lee Billings Baryon particle illustration. Matter and antimatter are like mirror opposites: they are the same in every respect except for their electric charge. Well,…
Large Hadron Collider Physicists Turn Lead into Gold—For a Fraction of a Second
Physicists Turn Lead into Gold—For a Fraction of a Second Scientists at Europe’s famous particle collider briefly created gold ions from lead in a modern twist on the alchemical goal By Elizabeth Gibney & Nature magazine LHC experiments don’t create large gold nuggets — but some particles within a beam of lead ions can turn…
Breakthrough Prizes Awarded to Obesity-Drug Pioneers and Large Hadron Collider Physicists
Obesity-Drug Pioneers and Large Hadron Collider Physicists win $3-Million Breakthrough Prizes Advances recognized by science’s most lucrative awards include high-energy physics experiments and groundbreaking weight-loss treatments By Zeeya Merali & Nature magazine The Breakthrough prize trophy’s design is inspired by imagery from science, including black holes, seashells and the structure of DNA. Five scientists who…