World news about “Physics” published by euronews.
The dark side of matter Dark matter is one of the deepest mysteries of the universe: no one can see it but scientists are sure it exists. It is the glue that holds the universe… 09/04/2013
‘Higgs boson’ professors come to European Parliament It was predicted 45 years ago, but it was only earlier this year that the existence of the ‘Higgs Boson’ could finally be proven. Today Professor Higgs and… 27/11/2012
Higgs Boson particle a key drop in the universal bucket Here is a necessarily oversimplified stab (using material provided by specialist writers) at rendering in layman’s terms the potential impact of a discovery… 04/07/2012
Einstein archives: relativity to hair tips The complete archives of the world renowned scientist Albert Einstein will soon be available online. The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, which holds his… 28/03/2012
France’s Serge Haroche and US David J. Wineland win 2012 Nobel Prize in PhysicsA French and an American scientist won the 2012 Nobel Prize for Physics on Tuesday for finding ways to measure elusive quantum particles without destroying… 09/10/2012
Scientists may have found the ‘God Particle’Scientists at Europe’s CERN laboratory have found a new subatomic particle that could be the Higgs Boson, the basic building block of the universe. “It’s a… 04/07/2012
Breakthrough in quest for ‘God Particle’ is “only the beginning”Scientists at the CERN research centre have discovered a new subatomic particle that could be the elusive Higgs boson, which is believed to be crucial in the… 04/07/2012
Three starry-eyed winners of Nobel physics prizeThe Nobel Prize for Physics has been won by three Americans for their work mapping the universe. Saul Perlmutter, Brian Schmidt and Adam Riess have spent… 04/10/2011
Back in the Day: CERN goes atomicOn September 29, 1954, CERN was officially launched. The new European Organisation for Nuclear Research replaced a temporary body that had been in place for… 28/09/2011
Major new breakthrough for CERN scientistsOne of the world’s leading laboratories for particle physics has produced another remarkable discovery. The ATLAS project superheated the smallest atoms to… 27/11/2010
Breakthrough in great antimatter mysteryIt is one of the biggest mysteries of the universe, what exactly happened at the time of the Big Bang. Scientists at CERN, the European Centre for Nuclear… 19/11/2010
Scientists win Physics Nobel Prize for work on grapheneAndre Geim and Konstantin have won the Nobel prize for Physics thanks to a simple roll of tape and some lead. The two scientists painstakingly divided… 21/10/2010
Russians receive Physics prize for material “stronger than steelTwo Russian scientists have won the Nobel Prize for Physics. Konstantin Novoselov and Andre Geim have developed a new form of carbon called graphene. The… 05/10/2010
New era for physics begins in CernCelebrations in Cern, where the Large Hadron Collider has smashed particles together at record-breaking energies. Last week’s milestone marks the beginning of… 05/04/2010
Large Hadron Collider breaks particle speed recordThe Large Hadron Collider – based at CERN near Geneva – has produced particle collisions at a speed of 7 trillion electron-volts (TEV). For the experts, the… 30/03/2010
Soviet H-bomb scientist Ginzburg diesVitaly Ginzburg, the Russian physicist who developed the Soviet H-bomb, has died after a long illness. He was 93. Ginzburg won the Nobel physics prize for… 09/11/2009
