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Scientists home in on mysterious dark matter
This undated file image provided by the European Space Agency ESA on April 3 shows the International Space Station in the sunlight. A $2 billion cosmic ray detector on the ISS has found the footprint of something that could be dark matter, the mysterious substance that is believed to hold the cosmos together but has never been directly observed, scientists say. (AP Photo)
April 04, 2013
GENEVA--Scientists said on April 3 they may be close to tracking down the mysterious "dark matter" which makes up more than a quarter of the universe but has never been seen.
Japanese technology played central role in Higgs...
The Asahi Shimbun
July 07, 2012
As Europe basks in the glory of Large Hadron Collider results that may end a decades-long search for the particle that gives matter its mass, Japanese firms are quietly...
Neutrino researchers to admit Einstein was right
CERN's Large Hadron Collider near Geneva (Provided by CERN)
June 04, 2012
Researchers at an international conference in Kyoto are expected to admit they erred when they claimed subatomic particles can travel faster than the speed of light.
Physicists close in on elusive subatomic particle
This ATLAS detector was used in the search for the Higgs boson. (Provided by the European Organization for Nuclear Research)
December 14, 2011
GENEVA--Physicists are closing in on an elusive subatomic particle that, if found, would confirm a long-held understanding about why matter has mass and how the universe's...
Particles found to break speed of light
September 23, 2011
GENEVA -- An international team of scientists said on Thursday they had recorded sub-atomic particles travelling faster than light--a finding that could overturn one of...
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