The Iranian government has signed an agreement that will allow its scientists to participate in experiments using the world's largest atom smasher, the Large Hadron Collider, being built at Europe's particle physics laboratory.
Physical sciences news // 20 June, 2001 08:51:15
Solving a 30-year-old scientific mystery, physicists have found the most convincing evidence yet that neutrinos - elusive subatomic particles that were thought to have no mass whatsoever - have a tiny wisp of heft after all.
Physical sciences news // 04 June, 2001 06:36:48
Five months after Japanese researchers stumbled upon a promising superconducting material, scientists on two continents have manipulated the material in ways that foreshadow its practical uses. Among them: high-tech medical diagnostics, more powerful computers and efficient electricity transmission.
Physical sciences news // 04 May, 2001 07:39:04
Using special laser beams, Scottish researchers have devised a system to use the slight force of light to spin microscopic particles, a development that may play an important role in micromachines and biological research.
Physical sciences news // 23 February, 2001 06:23:26
In a startling result, scientists have found that a common metal compound can carry electricity with virtually no resistance at a higher temperature than previously thought possible. The compound might become useful for building superfast computers.
Physical sciences news // 10 February, 2001 01:54:57
Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory, in collaboration with researchers from 11 institutions in the U.S., Russia, Japan, and Germany, has announced an experimental result that directly confronts the so-called Standard Model of particle physics.
Physical sciences news // 02 November, 2000 02:46:11
From simulations of tiny molecular structures to visions of supernovae millions of times bigger than Earth, NASA computer scientists will demonstrate supercomputing tools and innovations at an upcoming conference in Dallas.
Physical sciences news // 10 October, 2000 12:33:08
The winners of the Nobel Prize in Physics were announced on October 10 by the Nobel Institute in Sweden.
Physical sciences news // 25 September, 2000 06:56:42
Defying traditional laws of physics, researchers may have found a way to blast through imminent roadblocks on the highway to faster and smaller computers.
Physical sciences news // 19 September, 2000 06:35:09
With time running out for Europe's largest particle accelerator, a team of Wisconsin physicists may be tantalizingly close to being among the first to see the Higgs boson, the subatomic particle that is responsible for endowing all matter with mass.