Atomic and Molecular Physics
Single-atom transistor busts the records
Feb 19, 2012 13:11 EST
Researchers in Australia said on Sunday they had made with pinpoint accuracy a working transistor consisting of a single atom, marking a major stride towards next-generation computing.
Scientists excited by Big Bang machine experiments
Sep 22, 2010 11:19 EDT
Scientists excited by experiments with $10B Big Bang machine, see discoveries coming soon. Scientists say the Large Hadron Collider may be on the verge of its first scientific breakthroughs.
Atom smasher scientists spot new discovery: CERN
Sep 22, 2010 04:19 EDT
Scientists at the world's biggest atom smasher said Tuesday they appeared to have discovered a previously unobserved phenomenon in their quest to unravel the deepest secrets of the universe.
Atom smasher scientists spot potential new discovery: CERN
Sep 21, 2010 13:38 EDT
Scientists at the world's biggest atom smasher said Tuesday they appeared to have discovered a previously unobserved phenomenon in their quest to unravel the deepest secrets of the universe.
Atom smasher scientists spot potential new discovery: CERN
Sep 21, 2010 12:21 EDT
Scientists at the world's biggest atom smasher said Tuesday they appeared to have discovered a previously unobserved phenomenon in their quest to unravel the deepest secrets of the universe.
Budget cuts force CERN to shut accelerators for year
Sep 17, 2010 12:32 EDT
GENEVA (Reuters) - Europe's particle research center CERN unveiled budget cuts Friday that will force it to temporarily close its accelerators for a year in 2012, but said its flagship "Big Bang" machine will mainly be unaffected.
Antimatter detector to catch last shuttle to space
Aug 25, 2010 16:48 EDT
US Air Force takes charge of $2 billion antimatter detector en route for last shuttle to space. A $2 billion machine that will jump-start the search for antimatter and other phenomena was loaded onto a massive U.S. Air Force plane Wednesday for the final leg of its journey on Earth before it catches the last scheduled shuttle flight into space.
Space-based detector could find anti-universe
Aug 25, 2010 14:48 EDT
GENEVA (Reuters) - A huge particle detector to be mounted on the International Space Station next year could find evidence for the anti-universe often evoked in science fiction, physicists said on Wednesday.
Major budget cuts to slow world's biggest atom smasher: CERN
Aug 25, 2010 13:56 EDT
European budget cuts at the world's biggest atom smasher are set to slow down its quest to unlock the deepest secrets of the universe, management and staff warned on Wednesday.
Major budget cuts to slow world's biggest atom smasher
Aug 25, 2010 11:14 EDT
European demands for budget cuts at the world's biggest atom smasher will slow down its quest to unlock the deepest secrets of the universe, management and staff warned on Wednesday.
Space detector prepares to scour universe for secrets
Aug 25, 2010 10:47 EDT
A huge physics detector that will scour outer space for clues to the origins of the universe began the first stage of its voyage to the International Space Station at Geneva airport on Wednesday.
Major budget cuts to slow world's biggest atom smasher: CERN
Aug 25, 2010 08:11 EDT
Major budget cuts at the world's biggest atom smasher over the next five years are set to slow down its quest to unlock the deepest secrets of the universe, management and staff warned on Wednesday.
Higgins, last AP bureau chief in Iran, dies at 66
Aug 12, 2010 18:30 EDT
Alexander Higgins, last AP bureau chief in Iran and longtime leader in Geneva, dies at 66. Alexander G. Higgins, who covered the U.S. Embassy siege in Tehran as The Associated Press' last bureau chief in Iran and served as a longtime AP bureau chief in Geneva, has died. He was 66.
Scientists inch towards finding "God particle"
Jul 28, 2010 11:21 EDT
PARIS (Reuters) - Scientists working with particle accelerators in Europe and the United States said on Monday they may be closing in on the elusive Higgs Boson, the "God particle" believed crucial to forming the cosmos after the Big Bang.
Quark by quark, atom smasher closing in on 'God particle'
Jul 26, 2010 16:22 EDT
The world's biggest atom smasher has scaled up in power even faster than hoped for and may soon unlock some of the universe's deepest secrets, scientists said Monday at a top physics conference.
Big Bang investigators want new atom smasher
Jul 26, 2010 10:26 EDT
Buoyed by atom smasher success, physicists want a bigger, better one with global funds. Scientists behind the European particle collider aimed at uncovering the secrets of the universe pushed Monday to build an even bigger machine ? with money and partners from around the world.
Protons smaller than previously thought: report
Jul 07, 2010 14:59 EDT
Scientists lobbed a bombshell into the world of sub-atomic theory on Wednesday by reporting that a primary building block of the visible Universe, the proton, is smaller than previously thought.
Protons smaller than previously thought: report
Jul 07, 2010 13:46 EDT
Scientists lobbed a bombshell into the world of sub-atomic theory on Wednesday by reporting that a primary building block of the visible Universe, the proton, is smaller than previously thought.
University of Hawaii approves giant telescope
Jun 28, 2010 22:34 EDT
University of Hawaii board approves proposal to build world's largest telescope on Mauna Kea. The University of Hawaii Board of Regents unanimously approved a plan Monday to build the world's largest telescope at Mauna Kea's summit.
University of Hawaii approves giant telescope
Jun 28, 2010 19:25 EDT
University of Hawaii board approves proposal to build world's largest telescope on Mauna Kea. The University of Hawaii Board of Regents unanimously approved a plan Monday to build the world's largest telescope at Mauna Kea's summit.
