<![CDATA[io9: Proton]]> http://cache.io9.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/io9.com.png <![CDATA[io9: Proton]]> http://io9.com/tag/proton http://io9.com/tag/proton <![CDATA[Meet the periodic table's newest official elements]]> Elements 114 and 116 are now the heaviest elements that we know for a fact exist. They can only exist for less than a second, but they get us ever closer to the fabled island of stability. More »
]]> http://io9.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5808639&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Has Fermilab really discovered an entirely new subatomic particle? And could this change the universe?]]> Yesterday, physicists announced the discovery of a strange anomaly, one that cannot easily be explained by our current understanding of particle physics. We examine what's really going on here, and why we all may have missed the really exciting discovery. More »
]]> http://io9.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5789759&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Balloons over Antarctica aim to solve space radiation mystery]]> Earth is surrounded by two huge regions of charged particles like protons and electrons, and these areas are known as the Van Allen radiation belts. These belts can mysteriously change their intensity, posing a threat to astronauts and sensitive electronics. More »
]]> http://io9.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5783723&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[The Ultimate Field Guide to Subatomic Particles]]> Muons, neutrinos, supersymmetric partners, the infamous Higgs boson - with so many different subatomic particles flying about, it's no wonder theoretical physics can be so confusing. That's why we made this (reasonably) simple guide to all the different elementary particles. More »
]]> http://io9.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5639192&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Undeterred by Time-Traveling Saboteurs, the LHC Begins Colliding]]> Take that, bread-dropping bird. Despite numerous delays and the suggestion that the Large Hadron Collider is being sabotaged from the future, the LHC is up and running. And, for the very first time, it has collided two proton beams. More »
]]> http://io9.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5411268&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[The Russian Cold War Rocket That Still Does Heavy Lifting]]> This Russian Proton rocket, looking like something out of a 60s sci-fi novel, launched yesterday from Baikonur Cosmodrome carrying one of the largest satellites ever built. Arguably the best heavy boost rocket in the world, the Proton is a Cold War relic that's still a workhorse (despite some recent failures) more than forty years after the first one was launched. How did this rocket, one of the deadliest weapons ever created, end up helping North Americans watch European football matches via satellite? More »
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