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Cern scientists reporting from the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) have claimed the discovery of a new particle consistent with the Higgs boson. The particle has been the subject of a 45-year hunt to explain how matter attains its mass. Both of the Higgs boson-hunting experiments at the LHC see a level of certainty in their data worthy of a "discovery". More work will be needed to be certain that what they see is a Higgs, however. The results announced at Cern (European Organization for Nuclear Research), home of the LHC in Geneva, were met with loud applause and cheering. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-18702455 http://press.web.cern.ch/press/PressReleases/Releases2012/PR17.12E.html

2012-07-04 15:29:00 Author: Ayneh Posts: 2454

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Even if they did discover the Higgs boson (Hopefully, it is about time, their predictions may have turned out correct about when they would discover it) there is still much left to be researched.

2012-07-04 17:40:00 Author: tanrockstan34 Posts: 1076

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Im hoping they're right but not getting hopes up too quickly..

2012-07-04 18:44:00 Author: Bremnen Posts: 1800

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Now we'll just have to wait...and wait...

2012-07-04 22:46:00 Author: Kalawishis Posts: 928

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It was only a "matter" of time until this Particle was found I'm just glad that their experiments match with the math behind it otherwise all of our quantum physics equations would be flawed D; Hopefully we will all know why mass exists in the near (maybe) future

2012-07-05 00:04:00 Author: Unknown User

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Cern scientists reporting from the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) have claimed the discovery of a new particle consistent with the Higgs boson. The particle has been the subject of a 45-year hunt to explain how matter attains its mass. Higginbotham must be proud. :hero:

2012-07-05 05:24:00 Author: Kaboosh99 Posts: 359

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so what is the Higgs boson anyway, in simple terms?

2012-07-07 09:54:00 Author: Gavin Posts: 338

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so what is the Higgs boson anyway, in simple terms? Pardon my ignorance in the area, but I think this describes it in layman's terms: You know that there's atoms, and the atoms have electrons, protons and neutrons. You might know that these particles are formed by even smaller particles, like up quarks and down quarks. You also know that matter attract matter (gravity). But why? A guy named Peter Higgs suggested that a particle was responsible to give mass to matter, and named it Higgs Boson and also described its behavior. But no particle with that behavior was ever found, until now, when scientists crashed protons into each other in the LHC and one of the "debris" described the same behavior as the Higgs Boson. Kern/Ayneh, you are authorized to kill me if you feel like.

2012-07-07 13:41:00 Author: gdn001 Posts: 5891

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They discovered it like a 'boson!' (sorry I had to say it) Still, I hope what they discovered is concrete, and that the researches have been worth.

2012-07-07 14:58:00 Author: ViniciusBR11 Posts: 546

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Unrelated, but gonna pop this here too... Dark matter filament found, scientists say Astrophysicists say they have discovered one strand of the long-elusive dark matter filaments, thought to connect galaxies and help shape the universe. The mysterious stuff called dark matter is thought to act as the spider silk for the cosmic web of the universe. But although it makes up most of the matter in the universe, scientists have been able to find only clumps of it in the web's galaxy-filled "nodes," not along the gossamer threads that are thought to help give the universe its structure. Now, after much searching and with a little luck, an international team of astrophysicists has discovered a dark matter filament connecting two clusters of galaxies about 2.7 billion light-years away. The discovery, published online Wednesday by the journal Nature, catapults these filaments from sound theory to observable fact. "I have to say the evidence is pretty strong," said Manoj Kaplinghat, a theoretical astrophysicist at UC Irvine who was not involved in the study. "There have been other claims that have sort of gone away, but this one looks like the best one I've seen. As far as I can tell, this really is the first." http://articles.latimes.com/2012/jul/04/science/la-sci-dark-matter-filament-20120705

2012-07-07 22:22:00 Author: Ayneh Posts: 2454

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is it just me that heard about some scandinavian guys that made a blob of anti-matter? and is it also just me that's thinking "scandinavia does loads and barely gets any recognition, and I bet in the upcoming sci-fi-meets-reality phase they'll be the first in there"?

2012-07-07 22:39:00 Author: Gavin Posts: 338

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Well, I've heard from somewhere (can't remember where from) that if you can find a way to get rid of the Higgs Boson, you'll get anti-gravity. So one day in the future you may see this on the road: http://www.gamingexaminer.com/wp-content/uploads/Wipeout2.jpg

2012-07-08 01:24:00 Author: Kaboosh99 Posts: 359

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anti-gravity. on the road We'll need some new terminology.

2012-07-08 01:29:00 Author: Rabid-Coot Posts: 6728

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We'll need some new terminology. Yes. Yes we do. *strokes chin thoughtfully* How about... Super Awesome Flying/Levitating Vehicle Track Road Thing? Or SAwFLeViTraRoT for short. Decision has been made. Good day people.

2012-07-08 04:20:00 Author: Kaboosh99 Posts: 359

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Why not make this the science thread?

2012-07-08 13:07:00 Author: SnipySev Posts: 2452

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