Authorama - Public Domain Books Moving slabs [This Dynamic Earth, USGS] The layer of the Earth we live on is broken into a dozen or so rigid slabs (called tectonic plates by geologists) that are moving relative to one another. "Historical perspective" WORLDTIME: interactive atlas and time info worldwide Free Classic AudioBooks. Digital narration for the 21st Century US sees stronger hints of Higgs 2 July 2012Last updated at 13:48 ET By Paul Rincon Science editor, BBC News website The Tevatron was shut down at the end of last year Hints of the Higgs boson detected last year by a US "atom smasher" have become even stronger, scientists have said. The news comes amid fevered speculation about an announcement by researchers at the Large Hadron Collider on Wednesday. Finding the particle would fill a glaring hole in the widely accepted theory of how the Universe works. This 30-year hunt is reaching an end, with experts confident they will soon be able to make a definitive statement about the particle's existence. Continue reading the main story “Start Quote The evidence is piling up... everything points in the direction that the Higgs is there” End QuoteProf Stefan Soldner-RemboldUniversity of Manchester The latest findings have come from analysis of data gathered by the US Tevatron particle accelerator, which was shut down at the end of last year. Sniffing success Continue reading the main story
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