Higgs boson

The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) is a particle accelerator made of superconducting magnets, built on September 10th, 2008. It can be found between the border of France and Switzerland, near Geneva, 100 meters underground. The Large Hadron Collider is a machine that was built with the ability to accelerate subatomic particles to very high speeds, which requires chilling the magnets to ‑271.3°C. This is done through the use of electric or electromagnetic fields, two hadrons are sent through the…

With the recent discovery of the Higgs Boson, testing has been run at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) by colliding protons together to form a reaction. This has brought up the concern of the possibility of creating dark matter which would not be able to be detected. It is predicted though that the Higgs Boson particle may decay at dark matter. What that means is that the aforementioned particle has the potential to be…

story is centered around a supernatural event called the flashforward that is caused by unforeseen circumstances. Scientists at the CERN particle collider facility in Geneva, Switzerland conduct an experiment in which they hope will detect the Higgs Boson particle. Instead, the scientists "Flashforward" experiencing visions of their lives twenty years in the future then return to discover that they've been unconscious for two minutes. The aftereffect from the flashforward encompasses nearly the…

The understanding of the atom and the purpose of the atom has changed a over the past couple of years. Today’s society understanding of the atom is completely different compared to the past years. Over the years the understanding of the atom has changed. Scientist have made breakthroughs that have discovered new things and use of the atom.Scientist like J.J Thomson, Ernest Rutherford, and James Chadwick have made it possible for other scientist to improve on their discoveries and change how…

Fig: Schematic representation of LHC and it's detectors The primary objective of LHC is to answer the following questions: 1. Why some particles are heavier than others? If the Higgs mechanism is valid? 2. If the super-symmetry theory is valid? If yes then if super-symmetric particles exist? 3. If the concept of dark matter and dark energy correct? 4. Why our universe is made up of matter only? 5. What was the state of matter in the early universe? 6. What will be the properties…

Throughout my years in middle and high school, I have participated in Science Bowl, a competition hosted by the US Department of Energy. This national competition brings teams of students together to test their knowledge on a variety of topics, including physics, math and energy. Students have to work as a team to represent their school and move on in the double elimination bracket. More information can be found on the official website: http://science.energy.gov/wdts/nsb As a middle school…

Komura, and his research partner- Theo Procopides. They, along with numerous other unnamed scientists, were working on an experiment of some sort using a device called the ALICE, A Large Ion Collider Experiment, detector to produce a particle named Higgs Boson. Although it is not clear what exactly the experiment is meant to accomplish, it seems to go terribly wrong. Suddenly, Lloyd was transported some twenty or so years into the future. He was lying in bed with a woman, ripe in old age. He had…

Ashutosh Jogalekar's post is a response to a previous article, by Alex Berezow. The original article argues that psychology is a not a "real" science. While Jogalekar agrees with Berezow to an extent, he explains in further detail his contrasting views why psychology may not be a "real" science but why it is still a science. Berezow claims that in order to be considered a field of science it must have five certain qualities: clearly defined terminology, quantifiability, highly controlled…

Irrational Fear of Chemicals Genetic engineering could sustain mankind and solve a pile of environmental issues - if only environmentalists would let it. Sometimes, politics gets in the way of logic, and for this reason, there is opposition to the genetic modification of organisms. The accomplishments of those that work on the genetic modification of organisms, especially food crops include the saving of lives, improvement of the environment, and helping solve world hunger. If we give them the…

The War between Science and Religion “Science can destroy religion by ignoring it as well as disproving its tenets. No one ever demonstrated, so far as I am aware, the nonexistence of Zeus of Thor – but they have few followers now.” Sir Arthur C. Clarke In the beginning there was nothing: just darkness. Then out of nothing appeared everything. Then there were questions. Why are we? How are we? Why does the world and nature act as it does? What happens when we die? Religion answered these…