ANN ARBOR, Mich.–(ENEWSPF)–July 5, 2012. An international group of scientists including University of Michigan researchers have found a particle that is likely the Higgs boson, the long-sought missing piece of physics’ Standard Model, officials announced this week in Switzerland. More than a dozen U-M researchers and graduate students are currently[Read More…]
Environmental
Researchers Study How Cooperation Can Trump Competition in Monkeys
Two males threaten an intruder while grooming with an infant. Image credit: Clay Wilton ANN ARBOR, Mich.–(ENEWSPF)–July 5, 2012. Being the top dog—or in this case, the top gelada monkey—is even better if the alpha male is willing to concede at times to subordinates, a new study indicated. Alpha male[Read More…]
Statement by U.S. Secretary of Energy Steven Chu on the Higgs Particle
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–July 4, 2012. “I congratulate the thousands of scientists around the globe for their outstanding work in searching for the Higgs boson,” said U.S. Secretary of Energy Steven Chu. “Today’s announcement on the latest results of this search shows the benefits of sustained investments in basic science by governments[Read More…]
Take Action: Tell EPA to End Azinphos-Methyl Use as Planned and Not Reverse Itself
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–July 5, 2012. After a 2006 cancellation of uses due to unreasonable risks to farmworker health and the environment, and a 6-year phase out scheduled to conclude this September, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is conducting a risk-benefit analysis to make a determination whether to keep in place[Read More…]
Oh, Baby! A Young Star Flaunts its X-ray Spots in McNeil’s Nebula
During outbursts, the infant star illuminating the McNeil Nebula may brighten by 100 times at X-ray energies. In this rendering, magnetic fields drive powerful flows onto the star, creating two hot spots that produce the high-energy emission. (NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center) NASA-(ENEWSPF)- X-ray observations have revealed something curious about[Read More…]
NASA’s Hubble Views a Cosmic Skyrocket
Physicists Discover a New Particle that May Be the Higgs Boson
The Compact Muon Solenoid (CMS) detector at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC). [Credit: CERN] Pasadena, CA-(ENEWSPF)- Physicists at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) in Geneva, Switzerland, have discovered a new particle that may be the long-sought Higgs boson, the fundamental particle that is thought to endow elementary particles with mass. [Read More…]
PBS Documentary ‘The City Dark’ Explores Problems Of Light Pollution
PBS-(ENEWSPF)- Beginning 5 July 2012 the Public Broadcasting Service will start airing ‘The City Dark,’ a documentary that explores the problems of light pollution and the disappearance of stars from the night sky. For nearly two and a half decades the International Dark-Sky Association (IDA) has been working to sound[Read More…]
UK Higgs Update: It’s a boson!
Peter Higgs at CERN(Credit: CERN) CERN-(ENEWSPF)- British researchers from the Large Hadron Collider at CERN have today (4th July 2012) confirmed that they have found a new particle consistent with the long-sought Higgs Boson. Speaking in London, Professor John Womersley of STFC confirmed the news. These results mark a significant[Read More…]
CERN experiments observe particle consistent with long-sought Higgs boson
Geneva-(ENEWSPF)- At a seminar held at CERN1 today as a curtain raiser to the year’s major particle physics conference, ICHEP2012 in Melbourne, the ATLAS and CMS experiments presented their latest preliminary results in the search for the long sought Higgs particle. Both experiments observe a new particle in the mass region[Read More…]
