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Unraveling the God particle: Caltech looks beyond Higgs boson
Caltech researchers tackle many projects that can change lives, from curing chronic diseases to producing artificial fuels that might curtail the need to drill for petroleum. But professors at the institute say a major new discovery announced this week...
Tags: Science and Technology, Large Hadron Collider Experiments, Geneva (Swiss Confederation), Google+, Science
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South Dakota officials give blessing to 85-octane fuel
swaltman@aberdeennews.comState officials imposed emergency rules on Monday allowing for the sale of 85-octane fuel in South Dakota for 90 days. Any 85-octane gas sold must be labeled as "sub-regular" and businesses that sell it must post a cautionary label that reads "Sub-...Tags: Politics, Safety of Citizens, Dennis Daugaard, Government
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New Outdoor Exhibits
Allie Mac Kay was live for the grand opening of The Robert & Mary Galvin Physics Forest at the Kidspace Children’s Museum. The Robert & Mary Galvin Physics Forest features 13 brand-new, interactive exhibits all specially created for Kidspace and...Tags: Science and Technology
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Kidspace expands Thursday with new 'Physics Forest'
With a clang of giant levers and the launch of a soda-bottle rocket, Kidspace Children's Museum is opening an expansive new outdoor playground that aims to make physics fun. The 30,000-square-foot Robert & Mary Galvin Physics Forest, debuting Thursday,...
Tags: Science and Technology, Science, Investments, Arts and Culture, Museums
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Solar eclipse: Hundreds watch the show at Caltech center
At a quarter past five, the people in line outside Caltech’s Cahill Center for Astronomy and Astrophysics started to grow restless. Terry Lindoerfer took his homemade pinhole camera — a medium-sized cardboard box with aluminum foil taped over...
Tags: Science and Technology, Science
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UMBC fellow makes breakthrough in 'ghost imaging'
Visit the campus of the University of Maryland, Baltimore County on any cloudless afternoon, and you're likely to happen on an intriguing sight: a slender fellow bent over a contraption that looks like a cross between an 1890s camera and a bulky steamer...Tags: Science and Technology, Research, Science, Blindness, University of Maryland Baltimore County
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Sir Andrew Huxley dies at 94; Nobel-winning physiologist
Sir Andrew Huxley, the British researcher who shared the 1963 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his discoveries of how nerve impulses are transmitted through cells, died May 30. He was 94. His death was announced by the University of Cambridge'...Tags: Science and Technology, World War II (1939-1945), Charles Darwin, Science, Colleges and Universities
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Seniors become physics teachers for a day
Staff WriterHOLTVILLE — Explaining physics is a challenging task, even more so if the audience is made up by second-grade students. But Tuesday, Holtville High School seniors managed to use imagination and games to do exactly that as part of their final...Tags: Science and Technology, Albert Einstein, Students, Science, Education
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Supreme Court won't hear case of ex-student's music download fine
BOSTON (AP) — A former Boston University student who was ordered to pay $675,000 for illegally downloading and sharing 30 songs on the Internet says he will continue fighting the penalty, despite the Supreme Court's refusal Monday to hear his...
Tags: Science and Technology, Justice System, Science, Sony Corp., Trials
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Living Here: Science and more
Animals, plants and planets are all covered at area museums. Many of the museums, notably the Air and Space Center and the Virginia Living Museum, have exhibits that kids love. 1. Bluebird Gap Farm. 60-acre nature center with 250 domestic and wild...Tags: Science and Technology, Newport News (Newport News, Virginia), Thomas Jefferson, Science, Movies
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Living Here: Research facilities
Hampton Roads — and the Peninsula in particular — boasts an array of world-class research facilities. Here are some notables: NASA Langley Research Center The center in Hampton was founded in 1917 as the nation's first civilian aeronautics...Tags: Education, Norfolk (Norfolk, Virginia), Politics, Natural Resources, Civil and Public Service
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It's a DERBY thing
Sixty minutes of counterclockwise mayhem. Explosive 60-second burst after explosive 60-second burst. Strategy. Hip checks. Shoulder blocks. Blockers. Pivots. Jammers — they’re the golden girls. Ain’t roller derby great? Two years...Tags: Science and Technology, Arthritis
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