in our continuing look at what 2012 might have in store for us science-wise, we travel to the National Ignition Facility in California, where researchers could be on the brink of a new era in clean energy: nuclear fusion
welcome to 2012
wishing you all a cosmic New Year!
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death from above
to mark the first month of the Mayan year of doom, super/collider will be publishing stories about and predictions for 2012 throughout January. we start with “Death From Above?” – a look at one man’s efforts to save the world from cataclysm via a DIY asteroid observatory in rural Wales, originally published in Dazed & Confused
what are you looking forward to in 2012?
to celebrate the arrival of 2012, super/collider teamed up with our pals at Protein® to give you the chance to win one of their sleek Chromo-coded calendars – the perfect way to keep track of the final days of planet earth! read more
closer to god
later today, researchers working at the Large Hadron Collider will host a seminar to (quote) provide an update on experimental progress over the last 12 months (end quote) at the Atlas and CERN experiments. and though the CERN press office says “we are told that there will be NO announcement confirming or refuting the existence of the Higgs boson” the rest of the world is buzzing about the possibility they’ve found hints of the elusive ‘God Particle’ read more