Tevatron Experiment Could Send Particle Physicists Back to the Drawing Board |
- Tevatron Experiment Could Send Particle Physicists Back to the Drawing Board
- Virgin Oceanic Sub Will 'Fly' to Ocean Depths
- Android and the Great Openness Debate
| Tevatron Experiment Could Send Particle Physicists Back to the Drawing Board Posted: 07 Apr 2011 03:13 PM PDT  Experiments conducted at the Tevatron particle accelerator at the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory in Illinois seem to indicate that a new particle has been found. A paper posted on the laboratory's website Monday brought out this point. Stripped of the scientific terminology, it says there's a bump in mass. That could point to a new particle, possibly a non-standard boson. If a new particle has indeed been discovered, it would mean that most of our ideas about what is beyond the standard model of elementary particle physics are wrong, said Lawrence M. Krauss, foundation professor at ASU's School of Earth and Space Exploration. |
| Virgin Oceanic Sub Will 'Fly' to Ocean Depths Posted: 07 Apr 2011 05:00 AM PDT  Space may be the final frontier in many senses of the word, but it's by no means the only one facing mankind. Targeting one of the great mysteries that still exist here on Earth, entrepreneur Sir Richard Branson on Tuesday announced his plans to begin a series of deep-sea explorations through Virgin Oceanic, a brand-new initiative. In fact, Virgin Oceanic plans to take a solo piloted submarine to the deepest points in each of the world's five oceans in what the company says will be the first time such a feat has ever been attempted. "Virgin Oceanic will expand the reach of human exploration on our planet," Branson said. |
| Android and the Great Openness Debate Posted: 07 Apr 2011 05:00 AM PDT  Fragmentation has long been a criticism of Google's Android mobile platform, but until recently, its reputation for openness had been relatively undisputed. Of course, it's not hard to be seen as open when your principal competition comes from Cupertino. On the other hand, recent decisions in the Googleplex are making that distinction less and less clear. The company's recent announcement that it would delay the distribution of its Honeycomb source code to outside programmers, most notably, has tarnished Android's "open" image in more than a few eyes. |
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