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Lurkasaurus
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: SK, Canada
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We have now found the missing cornerstone of particle physics.
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FUSHIGI
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: somewhere between here and there
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ok!!
Will all you pointy-headed types please elaborate in layman's terminology (or as best you're able) as to the significance and everyday relevance of this proposed (for now) discovery? |
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07-04-2012, 09:51 AM
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Higgs Particle
Basically it is belived to be what make gravity "work" allowing molecules to form into solids. Without the Higgs particle/force/??? molecules would not slow down enough to form a mass.
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07-04-2012, 10:44 AM
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or the thing that makes the math work out-
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07-04-2012, 10:49 AM
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it sure is a porky lil' devil
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07-04-2012, 02:03 PM
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So the particle that is responsible for mass has a mass itself -- I guess that makes sense. And if that makes sense then I suppose it would follow that the thing that causes mass would have a lot of it.
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"O"man(are we in trouble)
Join Date: Nov 2005
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Will it cure cancer?
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07-04-2012, 03:45 PM
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FUSHIGI
Join Date: Feb 2006
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how many in a black audi wagon?
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07-04-2012, 04:27 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: Columbus, OH
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Is it faster than a well setup 944?
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07-04-2012, 04:29 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: Seattle
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^ That's inconceivable!
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Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: the border between the states of inebriation & confusion
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It is a more significant step in that direction that you might realize. The breakthrough gives chemists (and after all, what is chemistry but physics) a tool that could allow direct "targeting" of atomic and molecular interactions that form the basis of the unwanted biochemical interactions that cause cancer cells to be created and multiply. This is not science fiction, as research institution are working on next generation medical treatments based more and more on the actual structure of matter. P-chem & O-chem have come a long way since I was in school. |
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07-04-2012, 04:38 PM
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It'll be legen-waitforit
Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: Calgary, Canada
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"hints of.." is still theoretical physics, back to the linear accelerator...
Common, do you think they would have said "we found jack" considering the time effort money that went into CeRn?
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07-04-2012, 05:38 PM
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I hope this leads to us actually getting transporters! I'm tired of having to drive and fly everywhere I want to go....
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Join Date: Jul 2012
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it sure is a porky lil' devil
 
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07-04-2012, 06:08 PM
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is this the thing that got all the catholics, (and that albino hit man) all hot and bothered in that demons and dragons movie (starring tom hanks)?
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07-04-2012, 07:40 PM
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canna change law physics
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07-04-2012, 07:55 PM
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how many years until they get that sucka up to full power?
then we may know which of the 5 it found |
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07-04-2012, 07:57 PM
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Zeus (god of thunder and lightning)
1971 Porsche 911S
1991 Porsche 911 Turbo 3.3
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