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Possible Higgs Boson discovery announced from CERN @ 0900(Europe/Zurich)
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Hakaimono
Native Freshfood
Minmatar Republic
#1 - 2012-07-04 05:46:48 UTC
Can find the live broadcast on CERN's site here
CERN live webcast

An article with a little more info about the Higgs Boson particle.
Higgs Boson article

I'm watching this stuff later on.
Vicky Somers
Rusty Anchor
#2 - 2012-07-04 08:47:52 UTC
Was just watching this myself. Very exciting years to come.
FloppieTheBanjoClown
Arcana Imperii Ltd.
#3 - 2012-07-04 14:25:32 UTC
I'm always curious what practical application such research will have. It's cool and all, but...now that we (might) have the Higgs, what are we going to do with that information?

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Vicky Somers
Rusty Anchor
#4 - 2012-07-04 16:32:27 UTC
FloppieTheBanjoClown wrote:
I'm always curious what practical application such research will have. It's cool and all, but...now that we (might) have the Higgs, what are we going to do with that information?


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Unimaginative Guy
Dutch Squad
#5 - 2012-07-04 18:05:36 UTC
Small stuff like this is cool, because eventually sci-fi games can become real!

Actually now that I think about it thatd be very bad, assuming most sci-fi games end in destruction/endless war
Morgorathi
Euaemon
#6 - 2012-07-05 07:12:03 UTC
Is this my chance to finally after all these years get a jetpack that I was promised back when i was a child? the 2000s were gonna be bad ass but so far its just been crap.

When did Crime & Punishment become the mercenary employment board?
Destination SkillQueue
Doomheim
#7 - 2012-07-05 09:48:17 UTC
FloppieTheBanjoClown wrote:
I'm always curious what practical application such research will have. It's cool and all, but...now that we (might) have the Higgs, what are we going to do with that information?


Theoretical physics doesn't really have practical applications in itself and no one really knows what advances it can bring in advance. It's vital to applied physics though, which brings us all the nifty gadgets. You can think about the theoretical part as raw material for applied physics, which then uses it to come up with new things, that will in turn help aid the theoretical research. It's a positive cycle where both parts are needed and feed each other.
Kirjava
Lothian Enterprises
#8 - 2012-07-06 00:46:17 UTC
Well, they've done it, the Higgs Boson has been located in the 125GeV range.

And Prof Hawkins is down a hundred dollars too...


My hats off to you guys at CERN, you've done Europe proud Pirate

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Grammaticus DeVere
University of Caille
Gallente Federation
#9 - 2012-07-07 14:18:15 UTC
Well the Chinese will steal one and produce a cheaper, faster, lighter H-B particle in the next few years...and so the rest of the universe will really be screwed
LOL
Taurich Vorsel
#10 - 2012-07-07 14:43:09 UTC
FloppieTheBanjoClown wrote:
I'm always curious what practical application such research will have. It's cool and all, but...now that we (might) have the Higgs, what are we going to do with that information?

So they've discovered a new particle, what use will it be to us?

Nothing. Absolutely no use whatsoever. It'll be completely useless to us for now. But let me give you some examples of Scientific discovery.

In 1895 Wilhelm Röntgen accidentally discovered a new part of the electromagnetic spectrum which he called Röntgen Rays. They were useless and in his publication of his results he noted that they travelled in straight lines and occasionally caused shadowing and fogging on images. In fact he actually re-named them to identify them as a secondary ray or unidentified value and he called them X-rays...

In 1928 a Scottish scientist called Alexander Fleming discovered the antibacterial properties of a mould called Penicillin. However 3 years later he gave up his research deciding that it wasn't strong enough to be useful to humans. It wasn't until 1942 that two doctors claimed to have saved a life using penicillin as an antibiotic.

Today it’s the 4th of July 2012. Every year millions of X-rays Photographs are taken in hospitals to help doctors identify illness or injury. Every year millions of lives are saved by the use of Penicillin.

So, if you ask me that question: Now that we've discovered a new particle, what use will it be to us? I'll tell you.

For now, it'll be completely useless.

For now.

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jason hill
Red vs Blue Flight Academy
#11 - 2012-07-07 18:28:32 UTC
lol ...this reminds of a quote from a british primeminister to a junior minister back in the 18 century when electricity was discoverd ... it went something on the lines of " ok now this electricity malarky thingy bob has now been discovered WTF are we gonna do with it ?" the reply was "dunno boss ! ...but sooner or later we will be able to tax it "


interesting times ahead methinks Roll