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Capturing elusive anti-atoms

May 28, 2015
For the first time, scientists at CERN have measured the charge of an anti-atom to high precision. Dr William Bertsche, part of the ALPHA collaboration, tells us more. What is...

Rare particle decay found

May 21, 2015
After the four years of analysis of LHC data, scientists at CERN have detected a rare decay of a particle known as B0s particle. Scientist from the CMS and LHCb...

Metamaterial hails efficient wireless power transfer

May 13, 2015
By using metasurfaces rather than antennas, scientists created an electromagnetic energy collector that can achieve full absorption of waves. A research team at the University of Waterloo in Canada used...

Martian anti-freeze makes liquid water possible

May 11, 2015
Data from NASA’s rover – Curiosity – has shown that liquid water could exist on Mars. A research team at the University of Copenhagen used soil data and discovered that...

Low-energy collisions at the LHC

May 6, 2015
For the first time since the restart of the Large Hadron Collider – the world’s largest and most powerful particle accelerator – low-energy proton collisions have been delivered. Following two...

Quantum fluctuation explains missing neutrinos

May 4, 2015
After three years of data collection, scientists have discovered why only one form of neutrino can be recorded. A research team led by the University of Copenhagen used data from...

Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No – it’s a snake…seriously, a flying snake.

April 22, 2015
Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No - it’s a snake...seriously, a flying snake. Jake Socha, professor at Virginia Tech has been investigating this unusual behaviour So…flying snakes…who...

Underground ocean found on Jupiter’s largest moon

April 10, 2015
Scientists have used a new approach to find evidence for a subsurface saltwater ocean on Jupiter's largest moon.By using the NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope, researchers at University of Cologne in...

LHC smashes protons together once again

April 2, 2015
After a delay, the second run of the Large Hadron Collider – the world’s largest and most powerful particle accelerator – is due to start over this holiday weekend. Following a...

Chemistry in the perfect coffee

March 18, 2015
Computational chemistry and coffee; not – you might imagine – natural bedfellows. But Theoretical and Computational Chemist Christopher Hendon begs to differ… You were at the World Barista Championships 2014...

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