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Scientists hide gold with 3D "invisibility cloak"

2010-03-18T11:15:28Z

<div><p>LONDON (Reuters) - German scientists have created a three-dimensional "invisibility cloak" that can hide objects by bending light waves.</p><p>The findings, published in the journal Science on Thursday, could in the future make it possible large objects invisible, but for now the researchers said they were not keen to speculate on possible applications.</p><p>"For now these...cloaking de...

Italian physicist honoured by European space truck

2010-03-16T09:17:52Z

<div><p>Europe's third space freighter will be named after Italian physicist Edoardo Amaldi, the European Space Agency (ESA) said on Tuesday.</p><p>Amaldi was one of a group of young scientists, led by Enrico Fermi, which discovered "slow neu...

The Art of Invisible Life Forms Seen Through a Fluorescent Microscope

2010-03-11T03:12:45Z

The fluorescent microscope is a conventional light microscope and belongs to the family of compound microscopes but uses a higher intensity of light. It works two ways; it magnifies the sample and causes the sample to emit a glow or luminescence. What you see through the lens is a palette of colors or combination of colors.<br><br><b>Luminescence Art</b><br><br>The fluorescent microscope is an effective instrument for studying cells and invisible-to-the-eye...

Atom smasher set for high speed bash by early April

2010-03-10T09:17:05Z

<div><p>The world's most powerful atom smasher will be brought up to unprecedented power by early April, the European Organisation for Nuclear Research said on Wednesday.</p><p>"We hope to have collisions at 7.0 TeV (teraelectronvolts) at the end of March or the beginning of April," CERN spokesman James G...

German fails to prove atom-smasher will end world

2010-03-09T11:18:52Z

<div><p>A German woman fearing that Earth would be sucked into oblivion in a black hole failed on Tuesday in her court attempt to halt the world's most powerful atom-smasher.</p><p>The Constitutional Court in the western Germany city of Karlsruhe threw out the woman's appeal because she was "unable to give a coherent account of how her fears would come about."</p><p>...

Big Bang experiment may reveal dark universe: CERN

2010-03-08T10:30:08Z

<div><p>GENEVA (Reuters) - Dark matter, which scientists believe makes up 25 percent of the universe but whose existence has never been proven, could be detected by the giant particle collider at CERN, the research center's head said Monday.</p><p>Rolf-Dieter Heuer told a news conference some evidence for the matter may emerge even in the shorter term from...

Switzerland Big Bang Machine

2010-03-08T06:31:53Z

German Rolf-Dieter Heuer, Director General of CERN, informs journalists about restarting of the LHC (Large Hadron Collider) at CERN, during a press conference at the Geneva Press Club in Geneva, in Geneva, Switzerland, Monday, March 8, 2010. The operators of the world's largest atom smasher hope to p...

Geneva atom smasher seeks dark matter discoveries

2010-03-08T06:30:20Z

<div id="subtitle">World's largest atom smasher near Geneva seeks discoveries into dark matter later this year</div><div><p>The world's largest atom smasher could generate its first scientific breakthrough later this year when operators hope to make discoveries into the elusive nature of dark matter, the director of the Albert Einstein's famous relativity theory displayed in entirety for first time</div><div><p>The original manuscript of Albert Einstein's groundbreaking theory of relativity, which helps explain everything from black holes to the Big Bang, went on display Sunday in its entirety for the first time.</p><p>Einstein's 46-page handwritten explanation of his general theory...

MIDEAST ISRAEL PALESTINIANS EINSTEIN MANUSCRIPT

2010-03-07T03:45:27Z

An Israeli curator checks the light in a case holding one of the papers from the manuscript of Albert Einstein's general theory of relativity at the Academy of Sciences and Humanities in Jerusalem, Sunday, March 7, 2010. The original manuscript of Albert Einstein's groundbreaking theory ...

World's most powerful atom smasher restarts: CERN

2010-02-28T14:15:47Z

<div><p>Scientists have restarted the world's most powerful atom-smasher overnight, the European Organisation for Nuclear Research (CERN) said Sunday, as they launch a new bid to uncover the secrets of the universe.</p><p>"The LHC is on its way again. First beam of 2010 circulated in each direction by 04.10 CET (0310 GMT)," said CERN in a tweet on its websit...

Atom smasher restarts to prepare for new science

2010-02-28T10:15:12Z

<div id="subtitle">World's largest atom smasher in Geneva cautiously restarts in runup to new science experiments</div><div><p>Operators of the world's largest atom smasher restarted their massive machine Sunday in a run up to experiments probing secrets of the universe, a spokeswoman said.</p><p>The Geneva restarts in run-up to new science experiments</div><div><p>Operators of the world's largest atom smasher say they have restarted their massive machine near Geneva in a preparation for experiments probing secrets of the universe.</p><p>Spokeswoman Christine Sutton says l...

Atom smasher ramped up in quest for secrets of universe

2010-02-21T07:15:49Z

<div><p>Scientists are restarting the world's most powerful atom-smasher over coming days, the European Organisation for Nuclear Research (CERN) said Sunday, as they prepare a new campaign to explore the secrets of the universe.</p><p>The 3.9 billion euro (5.6 billion dollars) Large Hadron...

Origin of key cosmic explosions unraveled

2010-02-22T08:49:35Z

<div><p>Astronomers who have long used supernovas as cosmic mile markers to help measure the expansion of the universe now have an answer to the nagging question of what sparks the massive stellar explosions.</p><p>"These are such critical objects in understanding the universe," lead author Marat Gilfanov of the Reuters) - Scientists have created the hottest temperature ever in the lab -- 4 trillion degrees Celsius -- hot enough to break matter down into the kind of soup that existed microseconds after the birth of the universe.</p><p>They used a giant atom smasher at the U.S. Department...

"Big Bang" collider may reveal mystery particle

2010-02-22T12:14:44Z

<div><p>GENEVA (Reuters) - Scientists operating the "Big Bang" particle collider at CERN could solve the mystery of what gives mass to matter during a nearly two-year non-stop run lasting until late 2011, a spokesman said on Wednesday.</p><p>James Gillies told Reuters the long-sought but elusive Higgs Boson particle could well appear during the extended experiment after the w...

Caltech cosmologist Andrew Lange dead at 52

2010-02-22T14:27:56Z

<div id="subtitle">Andrew Lange, Caltech physicist who explored remnants of Big Bang, has died at 52</div><div><p>California Institute of Technology physicist Andrew E. Lange, co-leader of an international team that produced a detailed image of remnants of the Big Bang showing the univer...

The Coming Singularity ? When Computers Become Sentient

2010-02-22T15:50:22Z

This article is about one of my favorite subjects?AI, artificial intelligence. I believe that we are on the verge of something that will change the face of the entire world. Even though I don?t see this happening in the next few years, the technological developments occurring today are bringing it ever closer to fruition.<br><br>I?ve often heard the term, ?singularity? mentioned in astrophysics. It?s used to describe a ?black hole.? An object of almost infinite mas...

II-VI 2Q profit falls, but outlook gets a boost

2010-02-22T18:11:19Z

<div id="subtitle">II-VI's 2nd-quarter profit slips 28 percent, but bookings prompt boost in full-year outlook</div><div><p>Laser component maker II-VI Inc. said Tuesday its fiscal 2010 second-quarter profit shrank 28 percent as revenue remained weak, but the company boosted its full-year outlook as bookings increased.</p><p>II-VI said it earned $6 million, or 2...