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Roll over Einstein: Particles found to break speed of light
A discovery that a sub-atomic particle seemed to move faster than the speed of light has scientists rethinking one of the foundations of physics.
‘God particle’ is running out of places to hide
The hunt is still on for the elusive "God particle" but scientists say they believe they can come up with an answer by the end of 2012.
Big Bang machine achieves first particle collisions
Scientists have smashed together proton beams for the first time in a 27km tunnel under the French-Swiss border, the said on Monday.
Scientists send first beam round particle-smasher
Scientists at the European Organisation for Nuclear Research (Cern) started up a huge particle-smashing machine on Wednesday.
Ultra-high-speed internet gets massive boost
The ultra-high-speed Internet2 network just got 10 times faster, partly in anticipation of rising demand for capacity when the world’s largest particle collider opens near Geneva…