Cosmic discovery week ahead for science, perhaps

Discovery Science Center wins national honor

SANTA ANA – The Discovery Science Center has been recognized as one of the nation's foremost institutions of learning with the announcement on Tuesday that it has received the National Medal for Museum and Library Service. The award, which went to...

ocregister.com (24 days ago)

Higgs Boson Discovery = Cosmic Doomsday?

discovery.com (2 months and 29 days ago)

This $2B Cosmic Ray Detector Is Unravelling the Secrets of the Universe

Finding the Higgs Boson particle is a revolutionary scientific discovery, sure, but CERN isn't the only scientific body rewriting our understanding of elementary physics. An international team of researchers have just announced that the massive cosmic ray detector protruding from the ISS may have at long last detected dark matter. More »

gizmodo.com (1 month and 14 days ago)

Artificial Retina From A Photovoltaic Polymer

From one discovery to another, science continues to build on its own discoveries. From Charles Darwin's Orchid studies, where data he collected about orchids and their insect pollinators which shored up his theory of natural selection to Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin, known for her X-ray diffraction techniques and revealing the structure of penicillin, one science discovery...

forbes.com (1 month ago)

The Museum of Discovery and Science celebrates 'Solar Spring Bake' March 27-31

Can you make a doorbell ring, a light bulb light, slot cars race, or cook S’mores harnessing the Sun’s energy? Find out during Volts and Jolts at the Museum of Discovery and Science starting...

examiner.com (1 month and 22 days ago)

A.C. Gilbert's set to sizzle with science

Get ready to experiment. Sizzlin' Science, A.C. Gilbert's Discovery Village's science two-day science festival, is set for Feb. 18 and 23 at the museum in downtown Salem.

statesmanjournal.com (3 months and 2 days ago)

Mystery Of Cosmic Ray Origin Solved: Fast-Moving Protons Forged In Supernovae

All of us are caught up in the ancient shock waves of exploding stars. New research confirms that the cosmic rays that bombard Earth are remnants of supernovae. Scientists have long suspected that the cosmic rays hitting our planet come from the violent deaths of ancient stars, but had yet to find evidence to fully confirm it. Now, in a paper appearing in the journal Science...

ibtimes.com (3 months and 1 day ago)

Discovery Science Center honored at White House

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Standing with first lady Michelle Obama in the historic East Room of the White House to accept the nation's highest honor for museums and libraries on behalf of the Discovery Science Center in Santa Ana was simply "the highlight...

ocregister.com (9 days ago)

Science Friday hosts live broadcast in Salt Lake City

Science Friday hosts live broadcast in Salt Lake City by Sheena Mcfarland The Salt Lake Tribune Published Apr 14, 2013 01:01AM MDT Science loversno longer need to make excuses for their giddiness over the latest cosmic photograph or subatomic particle discovery. “Science is getting sexier these days,” said Ira Flatow, host of National Public Radio’sScience Friday. “Being a...

sltrib.com (1 month and 3 days ago)

Dark Matter Discovery Closer Than Ever With New Cosmic Ray Observations

Scientists have found an abundance of highly energetic antimatter particles originating from space that could be a flag marking the existence of dark matter. If confirmed, the discovery would be the closest scientists have come to success in their search for this elusive, invisible material that is thought to make up much of the universe.

ibtimes.com (1 month and 14 days ago)