August 24, 2011
Good Morning,
Scientists make exciting discoveries with the infamous Hadron Colider, but they are really unsure as to what they will see if they were to ever come across the Boson Particle. They will know, however, whether or not they will conclude their search in just a few months. Read the details in the last article of this issue.
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Erin
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Toyota, Ford join forces for hybridsDEARBORN, Mich. - Ford Motor Co. and Toyota Motor Corp. said Monday they had agreed to form a research partnership to bring hybrid technology to larger vehicles. The companies also said they would work together on vehicle communication systems that will "center around WiFi circuitry and protocols for connectivity for all phones," said Derrick Kuzak, Ford group vice president of global product development, the Detroit Free Press reported. The concept is to bring electric hybrid technology to light trucks and sports utility vehicles that often carry heavy loads and to create on-board computer systems that are safe to use and do not distract drivers, The Detroit News reported. "Over time, more vehicles will be electrified," said Kuzak, who pointed out by 2020 up to 25 percent of the new cars on the road will have some electric system as part of their power trains. The two companies began talks in April after what was chance meeting between Chief Executive Officers Alan Mulally and Akio Toyoda in an airport. At the airport, the two CEOs exchanged business cards. "The first phase will include a feasibility study where we define the scope and content of the partnership," Kuzak said.
U.S. claims record for strongest magnetLOS ALAMOS, N.M. - Scientists at Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico say they have set a world record for the strongest magnetic field ever achieved. Researchers at the facility's National High Magnetic Field Laboratory achieved a field of 92.5 tesla on August 18, taking back a record held by a team of German scientists, a Department of Energy release said Tuesday. The following day they upped the record to 97.4 tesla, the release said. For comparison, Earth's magnetic field is 0.0004 tesla, a junkyard magnet is 1 tesla and a medical MRI scan can manage a magnetic field of 3 tesla. Creating pulses of extremely high magnetic fields provides researchers with a valuable tool for studying fundamental properties of materials, from metals and superconductors to semiconductors and insulators, the researchers said. The Los Alamos team is aiming to eventually achieve a 100 tesla field, which puts them in a race with scientists working at competing magnet labs in Germany, China, France, and Japan.
Ocean current's climate effect studiedWASHINGTON - A newly discovered Icelandic ocean current could change our picture of global ocean circulation and its relationship to the world's climate, researchers say. Scientists have confirmed the presence of a deep-ocean circulation system, dubbed the North Icelandic Jet, which could significantly influence the ocean's response to climate change, a release from the National Science Foundation said Tuesday. The Icelandic jet current has been found to be is a key contributor to a system that transports warm surface water to high latitudes where the water warms the air, then cools, sinks and returns toward the equator as a deep flow, scientists said. The system is considered critically important for regulating Earth's climate, and scientists have been concerned that this movement, often likened to a conveyor belt, is slowing down due to a rise in global temperatures. A team of scientists from the United States, Iceland, Norway and the Netherlands are set to embark on a cruise to collect information on the Icelandic current and its involvement in this climate conveyor belt, the foundation said.
Higgs Boson search not conclusive GENEVA, Switzerland - Researchers at the Large Hadron Collider near Geneva, Switzerland, say hints of the discovery of the long-sought Higgs Boson particle have not panned out. Last month CERN scientists reported what looked like glimpses of the elusive particle, sending waves of excitement through the global physics community. But a re-analysis, using additional data, found the signals thought to indicate the presence of the particle considerable weakened. "We see no striking evidence of anything that could resemble a discovery," Guido Tonelli, spokesman for the Compact Muon Solenoid detector group at CERN, told Britain's The Guardian. In particle colliders it is common for signals to come and go because of statistical blips or fluctuations, researchers said. "We might be very close to a depressing moment in which we conclude those fluctuations were statistical jokes, but there is also the possibility of seeing them grow with more data," Tonelli said. "The exciting part is that after 20 years of preparation and work, I would say this will be decided by Christmas. "We are months away from really solving one of the major mysteries in fundamental physics," he said.
The research at the collider is intended to reveal what gives mass to elementary particles, something theoretically ascribed to the Higgs Boson.
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