particle physics

What is Anti-Matter?

Posted on June 7, 2011 by daniel

Anti-Matter! Stuff from legend, science fiction, both good and terrible books in the strange section at Barnes and Noble, is it real? What’s it like? Why is it so hard to find? And why is it so uncommon? These questions, and more, summarily answered by science’s hive mind. I’m only but one small remora sucking … Continue reading »

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The Large Hadron Collider

Posted on May 25, 2011 by daniel

The new LHC particle accelerator in Geneva is operating at 480 bunches per beam. A bunch is about a hundred billion protons, each one carrying the energy of about a mosquito in flight. When put together, 480 of these bunches have the energy of a 20,000 ton aircraft carrier going at 3 knots. When the … Continue reading »

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