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Physicists Postulate Existance of New Particle

Posted by michael on from the acceleron-sounds-like-a-new-intel-cpu dept.

corngrower writes "University of Washington physicists postulate the existence of a new particle called the acceleron which links dark energy with the neutrino. The theory offers an explanation for the recent discovery of the accelerating expansion of the universe."

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  1. Intel Outside! by NanoGator · · Score: 4, Funny

    "University of Washington physicists postulate the existence of a new particle called the acceleron which links dark energy with the neutrino."

    Acceleron... Neutrino... and it represents a particle whose value cannot be scientifically measured today. How about Itanion?

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  2. okay everybody has to do this at last once... by shaitand · · Score: 4, Funny

    I for one welcome our new dark energy overlords!

  3. So... by shfted! · · Score: 2, Funny

    Acceleron is to neutrino, as Celeron is to Centrino. Suddlenly, accelerons sound like old news.

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  4. Subatomic particles are like programming languages by HotNeedleOfInquiry · · Score: 4, Funny

    There's a zillion of them, of which only about 4 are of any use to most of us...

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  5. An acceleron? by Cecil · · Score: 4, Funny

    I've got acceleron in my computer.

    Woohoo, that was the worst pun ever! Someone shoot me.

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  6. Hmmm by advocate_one · · Score: 3, Funny
    observations don't match your theory???

    postulate a new particle...

    how about working on the existing theory so that it doesn't require yet another particle???

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  7. Re:I postulate the existence of... by hdparm · · Score: 3, Funny

    Surely, you could use some of these accelerons.

  8. Re:When? by jamesh · · Score: 2, Funny

    It has been proposed that the sum of the intelligence of mankind is a constant. Lets just hope this isn't true, 'cos the population is increasing rapidly.

  9. The force by erik_norgaard · · Score: 1, Funny

    This dark energy really is just the dark side of the force which tears apart our universe. We need some Jedis to look at the bright side!

    I think Jedis are just really sensible beings, that is sensible to neurtrinos.

  10. Writers from ST:Voyager by wowbagger · · Score: 2, Funny

    Does anybody else get the feeling that the writers from Star Dreck:Voyager have moved into the particle physics business?

    This just reeks of the "Particle of the Week" writing that ST:V indulged in so frequently.

    What next - the hypothesis that the universe will undergo a "Big Rip", but then the interaction of the accelerons and the whetions will reset the timeline and everything will be back to normal?

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