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Tiny Particle With No Charge Discovered

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the met-with-a-neutral-response dept.

ZonkerWilliam writes to mention PhysOrg is reporting that a tiny particle with no charge, called an 'axion' has been discovered. From the article: "The finding caps nearly three decades of research both by Piyare Jain, Ph.D., UB professor emeritus in the Department of Physics and lead investigator on the research, who works independently -- an anomaly in the field -- and by large groups of well-funded physicists who have, for three decades, unsuccessfully sought the recreation and detection of axions in the laboratory, using high-energy particle accelerators."

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  1. What did the bartender say to the axion? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    "No charge."

    1. Re:What did the bartender say to the axion? by proxy318 · · Score: 5, Funny

      An atom walks into a police station and says "One of my electrons has been stolen!"
      The police say "Are you sure?"
      And the atom replies...

      "Yes! I'm positive!"

      --
      Saying your "phone ran out of batteries" is like saying your "car ran out of gas tanks".
  2. Won't hold a charge... by __aaclcg7560 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Even in the field of particle physics, there had to be a slacker somewhere.

  3. They say the axion has no charge? by Z1NG · · Score: 5, Funny

    Are they positive?

  4. Re:They find an axion?? by Cyberax · · Score: 5, Funny

    Well, physicists can do this, but this would involve smashing Earth to pieces and looking at its debris.

    BTW, and they would need about $10000000000000000000 funding for LEC (Large Earth Collider).

  5. Re:They find an axion?? by fimbulvetr · · Score: 5, Funny

    Well, physicists can do this, but this would involve smashing Earth to pieces and looking at its debris.

    BTW, and they would need about $10000000000000000000 funding for LEC (Large Earth Collider).

    About the same requirements as the US military then, eh?

  6. Re:and it means... by alexhard · · Score: 5, Funny

    axion () means worthy in greek. ;) I actually read 'geek' first and sat here wondering 'when did we get our own language?' for a couple of seconds..
    --
    Infinite time means everything that can happen, will. You being you is absolutely incidental. You do not exist.
  7. Re:true? by rentedflowers · · Score: 5, Funny

    You're missing the really groundbreaking development here, though.

    This is a /. article, claiming a scientific discovery, that is traceable to a peer-reviewed journal article. A well-respected journal, no less. This is truly a first.