Category: particles

CERN approves plans for a $23 billion, 62-mile long super-collider

Post author By Randall
Post date June 22, 2020
Categories In cern, higgs boson, large hadron collider, News, particles, standard model, super-collider, Tech, tomorrow

[ad_1] In a new development strategy paper, CERN emphasized that its current priority is to complete a “high-luminosity” upgrade of the current LHC with high-field superconducting NbSn magnets. This would create many times more collisions than the LHC can now, boosting the chances of seeing Higgs bosons and other rare particles. The future collider would […]

NASA hopes OSIRIS-REx data will explain an asteroid’s mini-eruptions

Post author By Randall
Post date December 9, 2019
Categories In asteroid, bennu, gear, meteoroid impacts, osiris-rex, particles, Space, Tech, thermal fracturing

[ad_1] OSIRIS-REx has been surveying Bennu since it arrived on December 3rd, 2018, with the aim of finding a boulder-free landing site. Based on observations so far, scientists have several theories about the eruptions. One is that small fragments of space rock called meteoroids are striking Bennu, dislodging particles. Another explanation is thermal stress fracturing. […]

Americans consume an alarming amount of microplastics

Post author By Randall
Post date June 5, 2019
Categories In air, americans, canada, consume, diet, Food, green, health, medicine, microplastic, particles, plastic, Research, study, Tech, tomorrow, university of victoria, water

[ad_1] The study estimates that annual microplastic consumption ranges from 39,000 to 52,000 particles, from food sources alone. When you factor in the microplastics Americans inhale, the numbers jump to 74,000 and 121,000. Americans who drink exclusively from plastic water bottles may be ingesting an additional 90,000 microplastics annually, which at the very least should […]