Physics
We summarize the week's scientific breakthroughs every Thursday.
- Physics
Higgs discovery helps make sense of matter
Long-sought boson completes standard model of physics.
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- Particle Physics
The Particle at the End of the Universe
How the Hunt for the Higgs Boson Leads Us to the Edge of a New World, by Sean Carroll.
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- Chemistry
Hydrogen fuel edges a step closer
A new chemical setup creates clean-burning gas by mimicking plant photosynthesis.
- Tech
Plastic fantastic seals in speeding projectiles
Layered nanomaterial shows how bulletproof polymers wrap around penetrating particles.
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- Physics
Supersolidity loses its luster
Bizarre quantum state may not exist after all, new experiments suggest.
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- Physics
2012 physics Nobel recognizes experiments probing quantum world
Serge Haroche and David Wineland win for investigating single particles of light and matter.
- Tech
Degradable devices vanish after use
Technique combines silicon, magnesium and silk for medical implants, transistors and digital cameras that can melt away.
