How to build safe particle colliders that are unaffected by electromagnetic forces

Scientists stunned by quick restart of European Big Bang machine after ...

By: dustgeer

Scientists moved Saturday to prepare the world's largest atom smasher for exploring the depths of matter after successfully restarting the $10 billion machine, following more than a year of repairs. The nuclear physicists working on the Large Hadron Collider were surprised they could so quickly get beams of protons whizzing near the speed of ...

4 days ago

Japan Warship Collides With S. Korean Vessel

By: AliceCullen

A Japanese navy destroyer and a South Korean container ship collided Tuesday off of southern Japan, sparking fires on both ships and injuring three crew members. The ships collided under a bridge linking the Japanese main islands of Kyushu and Honshu in the narrow Kanmon Strait. One crew member on the destroyer JS Kurama was slightly injured ...

about 1 month ago

PASSENGER TRAINS COLLIDE IN CAIRO-KILLING 25 PEOPLE

By: Charm21

A passenger train collided with the second train ahead of it in the the back on the tracks outside of Cairo,Egypt on Saturday, damaging properties and destroying several passenger cars and killing at least 25 people,police official said. At least 55 others were injured in the accident, which occurred in Girzah district of 6th of October ...

about 1 month ago

The L'Aquila earthquake

By: azhar12

Early Monday morning, central Italy was struck by a 6.3 magnitude earthquake. The 2009 L'Aquila earthquake caused serious damage to several medieval hill towns in the region, killing over 260 residents, injuring over 1,000 and leaving 28,000 homeless. Despite the dangers from aftershocks, the search for survivors continues, and will be maintained ...

8 days ago