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Peter Higgs, Nobel Prize winner in physics in 2013 for his work on this elementary particle, has died
British physicist Peter Higgs won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 2013 with Belgian François Englert. JONATHAN NACKSTRAND/AFP Physicist Peter Higgs died on Monday April 8, at the age of…
Research center: Cern is planning a new XXL particle accelerator – despite criticism of massive costs
The CERN research center operates the largest machine in the world in Geneva: the Large Hadron Collider. But in the future, a much larger particle accelerator will help provide new…
Particle accelerator in Switzerland: Is the FCC the new super machine of physics? – Knowledge
Physicists have long dreamed of a giant particle accelerator in Switzerland, the FCC. Now the plans are becoming more concrete. But nobody knows what such a device could discover –…
Particle research: Is this the new supermachine in physics?
Physicists have long dreamed of a giant particle accelerator in Switzerland, the FCC. Now the plans are becoming more concrete. But nobody knows what such a device could discover –…
Extremely energetic particle registered from space – knowledge
On May 27, 2021, a large detector system in the US state of Utah registered an unusual phenomenon: an extremely high-energy particle from the distant cosmos had penetrated the Earth’s…
Video: Nobel Prize in Physics goes to particle researchers in Munich, among others
The scientists Pierre Agostini, Ferenc Krausz and Anne L’Huillier were honored for their research on electrons in flashes of light. The scientists Pierre Agostini, Ferenc Krausz and Anne L’Huillier were…
Exposure through particle accelerators – this facility is intended to make China a chip superpower
Semiconductor production Exposure through particle accelerators – this facility is intended to make China a chip superpower ASML’s imagesetters dominate the market. Chinese scientists want to develop their own, completely…
One particle of light is enough to start photosynthesis – knowledge
How photosynthesis works should be familiar to many from their school days: carbon dioxide and water are turned into oxygen and sugar in plants with the help of sunlight, according…
Fine particle pollution under surveillance in Ile-de-France after the nights of violence
Paris and its suburbs are burning with anger. Since the death of Nahel, a 17-year-old young driver killed by police fire on Tuesday morning, the flame of spirits is renewed…
Particle accelerator in Darmstadt: The universe in the laboratory
in the middle As of: 02/21/2023 7:09 p.m A new, large particle accelerator is being built in Darmstadt. Unlike at CERN in Geneva, heavy particles are accelerated there. In addition…