LHC revamp promises huge power boost for `God particle` follow-up

Last Updated: Thursday, January 2, 2014, 10:54

Large Hadron Collider (LHC) is set for a massive power boost, paving its way for a dramatic follow-up to "God particle".

Soon, new power plant to turn unwanted carbon dioxide into electricity

Last Updated: Friday, December 13, 2013, 10:41

Scientists are developing a new kind of geothermal power plant that will lock away unwanted carbon dioxide (CO2) underground and use it as a tool to boost electric power generation by at least 10 times compared to existing geothermal energy approaches.

Professor Peter Higgs collects Nobel Prize for `God particle`

Last Updated: Tuesday, December 10, 2013, 23:54

Professor Peter Higgs has received his Nobel prize for physics at a ceremony in Stockholm.

Scientists unravelling mysteries of Earth`s Van Allen radiation belts

Last Updated: Thursday, December 5, 2013, 12:25

Researchers are unravelling the longstanding mysteries surrounding the Van Allen radiation belts that circle Earth.

Edinburgh University to offer free Higgs boson course online

Last Updated: Thursday, September 19, 2013, 21:31

Students around the world who want to know more about the ‘god particle’ or ‘Higgs boson’ can smile as they can now learn for free though online about the mysterious work of particle physicist Professor Peter Higgs.

Large Hadron Collider helps confirm ultra-rare particle decay

Last Updated: Thursday, July 25, 2013, 20:36

Scientists have confirmed the ultra rare phenomena of decay in particle physics, which is found just thrice in every billion collisions at the LHC.

New breakthrough in dark matter mystery

Last Updated: Sunday, July 21, 2013, 16:10

Researchers on two separate Large Hadron Collider (LHC) experiments have succeeded in finding the evidence of the process, which scientists have been seeking for 25 years.

New tests back concept for particle physics: CERN

Last Updated: Friday, July 19, 2013, 21:09

Tests at the world`s biggest collider have provided the most exhaustive confirmation to date of the Standard Model, a four-decade-old conceptual framework for fundamental particles, CERN said Friday.

CERN scientists create smallest lab-made drop of liquid

Last Updated: Saturday, May 18, 2013, 14:55

Physicists in Switzerland may have created the smallest drops of liquid ever made in the lab.

New laser system to produce gen-next LHCs

Last Updated: Friday, March 29, 2013, 18:34

Physicists have proposed a revolutionary new laser system to produce the next generation of particle accelerators, such as the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) which aided the discovery of a Higgs Boson last year.

New LHC study puts `the end` to antimatter `flip`

Last Updated: Friday, March 1, 2013, 16:32

For the first time, researchers at the Large Hadron Collider have observed particles called D-mesons flipping from matter into antimatter and back.

`God particle` collider switches off for 2 year break

Last Updated: Friday, February 15, 2013, 13:03

Physicists at CERN, the European nuclear research center, have turned off the particle beams of the Large Hadron Collider for a two-year repair period.