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Just a burp: Intriguing hints of physics particle evaporate
Associated Press ^ | Aug 6, 2016 5:31 PM EDT | Seth Borenstein

Posted on 08/06/2016 7:23:04 PM PDT by Olog-hai

Eight months after raising hopes that they may have found an intriguing new particle that cannot be explained by the existing main physics theory, disappointed scientists are saying: Never mind.

It was just a statistical burp, not a breakthrough, researchers reported Friday. […]

Early unconfirmed readings of a new particle in December by physicists at the center, called CERN, set the physics world abuzz. Scientists there had discovered the Higgs boson or “God particle” in 2012, and two new readings from the Large Hadron Collider made it seem as though they may had found a revolutionary new particle. …

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TOPICS: Science
KEYWORDS: cern; higgsboson; lhc; physics

1 posted on 08/06/2016 7:23:04 PM PDT by Olog-hai
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To: Olog-hai

The first evidence of time travel might be an elementary particle that suddenly “evaporates.”


2 posted on 08/06/2016 7:34:41 PM PDT by Steely Tom (Vote GOP: A Slower Handbasket)
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To: Steely Tom

Dang it! I’m not supposed to be here at this time. Poof!


3 posted on 08/06/2016 7:42:46 PM PDT by Ray76 (The evil effect of Obergefell is to deprive the people of rule of law & subject us to tyranny!)
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To: Steely Tom

The “hint” of a new particle went away in the accumulated data, not an actual particle.


4 posted on 08/06/2016 7:42:58 PM PDT by Moonman62 (Make America Great Again!)
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To: Olog-hai; SaveFerris; PROCON; FredZarguna; mylife; Lil Flower; Corky Ramirez; CopperTop; ...

Hitting is not about muscle. It’s simple physics. Calculate the velocity, v, in relation to the trajectory, t, in which g, gravity, of course remains a constant. It’s not complicated.


5 posted on 08/06/2016 7:45:44 PM PDT by Gamecock (There is always one more idiot than you counted on.)
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To: Gamecock

True science is not about reaching a destination. It’s about how you travel.

TC


6 posted on 08/06/2016 7:53:30 PM PDT by Pentagon Leatherneck
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To: Gamecock; Lazmataz

**** “Hitting is not about muscle. It’s simple physics. Calculate the velocity, v, in relation to the trajectory, t, in which g, gravity, of course remains a constant. It’s not complicated” ****

Laz could explain it


7 posted on 08/06/2016 7:56:05 PM PDT by TexasTransplant (Idiocracy used to just be a Movie... Live every day as your last...one day you will be right)
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To: Olog-hai

This is how science is supposed to work.


8 posted on 08/06/2016 8:02:20 PM PDT by Chaguito
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To: Pentagon Leatherneck
It’s about how you travel.

I don't care where I go, I just wanna go at warp speed.

9 posted on 08/06/2016 8:07:06 PM PDT by BipolarBob (#WhiteTrashLivesMatters)
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To: BipolarBob

It’s not the going, it’s the stopping that is a problem.


10 posted on 08/06/2016 8:47:39 PM PDT by UCANSEE2 (Lost my tagline on Flight MH370. Sorry for the inconvenience.)
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To: Olog-hai

I can’t wait until CERN opens the wrong portal.

Did they ever figure out the mystery object inside the tube?


11 posted on 08/06/2016 9:01:02 PM PDT by disndat
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To: UCANSEE2

That is me. Once I get going I can’t seem to stop.


12 posted on 08/06/2016 9:03:41 PM PDT by disndat
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To: Olog-hai

Dr Sheldon Cooper stopped this nonsense talk.


13 posted on 08/06/2016 9:33:27 PM PDT by BAW (It's gunna be Yuge!)
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To: BAW

If the Higgs Boson was identified or other stable elements identified, they would be readily identifiable, and would exist for significant time. They are just banging stuff together to see if it sticks


14 posted on 08/07/2016 2:59:46 AM PDT by rstrahan
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