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World Premier - The Electron In Motion

Photographing electrons has proven to be an elusive goal for scientists until now. Scientists at Lund University Faculty of Engineering in Sweden have found a way to capture an electron’s motion for the first time. Electrons move at such a high rate of speed that filming has proven difficult if not impossible, at least in [...]

26Feb2008 | Phil | 0 comments | Continued
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Scientists Fire Up The World’s Largest Particle Accelerator

300 feet below the French village of Crozet lies the world’s most powerful particle accelerator – the Large Hadron Collider. The goal being building such a monstrosity - no less than unraveling what the universe is made of. In a few months this machine will fire two beams of particles at close to the [...]

23Feb2008 | Phil | 18 comments | Continued
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NASA’s Ulysses - From The Earth To The Sun

The joint NASA and European Space Agency mission to study our sun will soon end. Ulysses, the first mission to survey both poles of the sun, has been pounded by the harsh environment of space for over 17 years. The craft has not outlived its usefulness, but it has definitely outlived its expected lifespan [...]

22Feb2008 | Mihaela Lica | 1 comment | Continued
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Eye Color Theories: Blue Wins in Paternity Tests

Researchers at the University of Copenhagen concluded a study that shows that blue-eyed people have a common ancestor. Apparently a mutation took place 6 – 10000 years ago and it caused the blue color of the eyes inherited by all blue-eyed people living on earth today.
Scientists agree that originally all people had brown eyes.
“Originally, we [...]

21Feb2008 | Mihaela Lica | 0 comments | Continued
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