October 20, 2009 |
Is there a limit to what we can know about the universe or the nature of reality? Not a limit in the sense that we might never have the devices or brains to unravel the mysteries of the cosmos but a knowledge boundary we're not "permitted" to cross by an external agency. Such ideas don't necessarily spring from the minds of religious fanatics or the lunatic fringe but even from the writings of our great scientists. In 1992 the world renowned physicist Stephen Hawking posited a conjecture saying that going back in time may be forever forbidden because "...there is a chronology protection agency which prevents (this)
March 29, 2013 |
WASHINGTON: Physicists have proposed a revolutionary new laser system to produce the next generation of particle accelerators, such as the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) which aided the discovery of a Higgs Boson last year. The International Coherent Amplification Network (ICAN) proposes a new laser system composed of massive arrays of thousands of fibre lasers, for both fundamental research at laboratories such as European Organisation for Nuclear Research (CERN)
September 13, 2008 |
In Pics: Big Bang Experiment NEW DELHI: Efforts to recreate the Big Bang theory at Cern hit its first roadblock, with scientists admitting that their experiment was hacked into by maverick hackers. The hackers reportedly mounted an attack on the Large Hadron Collider, which has raised eyebrows over the security of this historic experiment in the world, as it surpasses a vital milestone.
December 20, 2011 |
Prophets in the past had it easy when they revealed their sighting of God. As people of impeccable credentials and great charisma, their say-so was enough to make the existence of the supreme being or force an article of faith for millions, formless or anthropomorphic. In this age of scepticism and scrutiny, however, modern seers have to show evidence to back their claims, particularly when they tend to wear white laboratory coats rather than vestments. The departure to the Great Unknown of Christopher Hitchens and Kim Jong-Il, the contemporary world's personifications of the atheist-theist divide, almost in conjunction, has therefore added another dimension to the debate at a time when CERN's scientists are still unsure of what lies in the sub-atomic debris of smashed protons in the Large Hadron Collider.
December 19, 2014 |
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan today became an associate member of CERN, the world's top particle physics lab for nuclear research, allowing the nuclear-armed country to have more access to the Swiss-based facility's research. CERN Director-General Rolf Heuer and the Chairman of the Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission Ansar Parvez signed the agreement here in presence of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif . The membership will help Pakistan in establishing a sustained and institutionalised relationship with CERN, local media reported.
January 5, 2013 |
KOLKATA: Top scientist at European Organisation for Nuclear Research (CERN), which found first evidence of the elusive God particle, today pitched for India becoming an associate member of the organisation. "This is the right time for India to be an Associate Member of CERN," CERN Director General Rolf-Dieter Heur said at the 100th Indian Science Congress here. The associate membership of CERN will not only open the doors of mega science experiments for Indian scientists but also help them participate in training and education programmes held at the laboratory.
August 29, 2012 |
NEW DELHI: Seeking to deepen its cooperation with CERN, India is set to become an associate member at the premier particle physics laboratory, which discovered the Higgs boson popularly known as the 'god particle'. The associate membership of the European Organisation for Nuclear Research (CERN) will not only open the doors of mega science experiments for Indian scientists but also help them participate in training and education programmes held at the laboratory. It would also allow Indian industry to participate in bids for CERN contracts across various sectors, including in niche areas like developing equipment for crucial experiments.
October 10, 2013 |
HYDERABAD: Some of the equipment for experiments at CERN that led to Nobel Prize winning discovery of Higgs particle came from Electronics Corporation of India. The PSU in a release today said that it had supplied and commissioned electronic equipment at CERN ( European Organization for Nuclear Research ) where the theory of physicists Francois Englert and Peter Higgs was confirmed with the discovery of the Higgs particle. The two physicists won the Nobel Prize for Physics for conceiving of the theory of 'God particle' which confers mass.
September 1, 2015 |
GENEVA: Three years after discovering the elusive Higgs boson or so-called 'God particle', CERN physicists have drawn the sharpest picture yet of this novel particle and found that it behaves just as predicted. The ATLAS and CMS Collaborations at CERN have presented combined measurements of many of the particle's properties for the first time. The new results provide in particular the best precision on its production and decay and on how it interacts with other particles.