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Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer AMS-02 on ISS

Apr 03, 2013 12:13 PM EDT

Antimatter and Dark Matter Hunters Publish First Results of Space Experiment AMS

The antimatter hunter AMS-2, a module on the International Space Station, is searching for the missing pieces of our Universe. The international team running the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer (AMS) today announced the first results in its search for dark matter, hinting at a new phenomenon and reveali...

Apr 01, 2013 11:31 PM EDT

Experiment Shows Fluids Can Flow Upwards at Nanometer Scales

An interesting phenomenon involving nanowires and liquid that had been predicted by theorists was now experimentally demonstrated for the first time. The effect can be imagined as drinking a glass of water by just by inserting a solid wire into it and sucking on it as though it were a soda straw.

NOVA neutrino detector minnesota fermilab

Mar 31, 2013 01:59 PM EDT

NOvA Neutrino Particle Detector in Minnesota Records First 3D Tracks of Ghost Particles

The first completed section of the NOvA neutrino detector in Minnesota has recorded its initial three-dimensional images of particles. Compiled from data from cosmic rays, these landmark recordings mark a significant milestone in the NOvA neutrino experiment.

Mar 26, 2013 01:05 PM EDT

Antimatter's Magnetic Charge Revealed: New Clues about the Nature of Matter

A team of Harvard scientists have successfully made the most accurate measurements to date of the magnetic charge of single particles of matter and its mysteriously counterpart, antimatter.

Osteoporosis Drug Zoledronic Acid Prevents Bone Formation: Study

Mar 26, 2013 12:29 AM EDT

Nanocapsules as Infection Detectors Will Protect Burn Victims

Medical researchers presented a revolutionary wound dressing technology, currently in development and testing stage, which can detect infections and thus alert physicians of the infected wound by a simple color change. Infections in burn victims are hard to detect at the moment, and can be deadly.

Channeltron Electron Multiplier in Vacuum

Mar 25, 2013 12:48 PM EDT

Ephemeral Vacuum Particles Cause Fluctuations in the Speed of Light: New Way to Examine Physics

Ephemeral vacuum particles may cause fluctuations in the speed of light, changing the way we look at physics.

Mar 21, 2013 08:49 PM EDT

New ‘Big Bang’ Map Reveals Cosmos Millions of Years Older than Previously Thought

Astronomers from the European Space Agency's Planck satellite released the most detailed map of the universe ever created, one that showed it to be 80 million to 100 million years older, as well as showing some interesting anomalies that scientists can't yet explain.

An artist's impression shows the new planet orbiting the star Alpha Centauri B

Mar 15, 2013 04:03 PM EDT

Young Exoplanet Offers Clues About Milky Way Origins

Studying the atmosphere of an alien exoplanet, astronomers are getting more clues about the origins of our own solar system.

Mar 15, 2013 02:13 PM EDT

Higgs Boson: A 50-Year Walk From Theory to Reality

Scientists at CERN announced Thursday that it’s almost 100% certain that they have found the elusive Higgs boson – a crucial piece of the puzzle when it comes to explain why the universe has mass.

Images showing two different aqueous environments

Mar 15, 2013 12:50 AM EDT

Microbes Fossil on Mars? Winnsboro Man Claims He Saw it First in 2004

The result of tests carried out by NASA’s Curiosity rover on Martian rocks is suggesting that the red planet might have harbored not only the conditions for life, but life itself in the form of some microbes.

Mar 14, 2013 11:06 AM EDT

Eureka! Higgs Boson Discovery Confirmed After Analysing Additional Data

Physicists from Large Hadron Collider said that they have new evidence that shows that the particle discovered in July 2012 is indeed the Higgs Boson- the subatomic particle that's associated with mechanism that gives mass to particles. The next step, physicists say, will be to identify the type of ...

Mar 08, 2013 06:18 PM EST

Full-Scale Construction at ITER Fusion Reactor Visible From Above [Photo]

A new aerial view of the ITER fusion reactor construction site shows the four-hectare electrical switchyard that is in place now and ongoing construction nearly everywhere. 500 people currently work from the completed Headquarters building.