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Will the LHC Smash Supersymmetry?

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the i-can't-even-balance-my-checkbook dept.

gbrumfiel writes "The Large Hadron Collider is just getting ready for its next big science run. One thing researchers hope it will find is evidence for supersymmetry, a theory that could help to unify fundamental forces and explain mysterious dark matter. But as Nature reports this week, the LHC has shown no signs of supersymmetry in data from last year's run. If super particles don't appear by 2012, then physicists might give up on the theory for good."

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  1. Re:Naive Question by AvitarX · · Score: 3, Funny

    I bet it was more along the lines of "A Leyden jar that works more than once", or "Zombies!"

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  2. Re:Naive Question by theMoleofProduction · · Score: 5, Funny

    Once you find the Higgs there's a cut scene where God kicks in the door at Stephen Hawking's house, pistol-whips a nurse, and wheels Hawking away with a gun to his head. It fades to black and you see: "ACHIEVEMENT UNLOCKED: BOSON-NOVA!" The Level Up screen opens, you get to distribute skill points and pick a Level II perk, and then you move on to the next quest.

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