Category: Storm Chasers

Researcher believed killed by lab bacteria

Researcher believed killed by lab bacteria

FAIRFAX, California (Reuters) – A young research associate killed by a highly virulent strain of meningococcal disease is believed to have contracted the bacteria from the San Francisco lab where he was working on a vaccine against it, public...

“Beautiful” New Particle Found at LHC

“Beautiful” New Particle Found at LHC

An atom-smashing experiment at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) has detected a new subatomic particle—and it’s a beauty. Known as Xi(b)* (pronounced “csai bee-star”), the new particle is a baryon, a type of matter made up...