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CERN Ups Antimatter Confinement Record to 15+ Minutes
By admin on June 6, 2011 | Comments Off
A team at CERN has vastly increased its ability to confine antimatter, says an article published today at Scientific American. Last year, the same researchers managed to trap atoms of antihydrogen. “But,” says the SciAm report, “the antihydrogen had at that time been confined for less than two tenths of a second. That interval has now been extended by a factor of more than 5,000. In a study published online June 5 in Nature Physics, the ALPHA group (more…)
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Hot Wheels builds giant ramp for real-life record jump at Indy 500By admin on April 12, 2011 | Comments Off
For this year’s Indianapolis 500, the marketing brains at Hot Wheels will attempt to break the world record for longest jump by a four-wheel vehicle. Doing so requires a 90-foot ramp mounted on a 10-story-tall bedroom door. Dear. Lord.
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Aussie Team Smashes Land Speed Record For Solar-Powered CarsBy admin on January 9, 2011 | Comments Off
snowdon writes “A record which has stood since 1987, set by General Motors, has been broken (YouTube video) by a university team. The land speed record for a solar powered car was 78km/h, and now stands at 88km/h despite the cloudy conditions… If only Doc Brown had used the metric system!”
Read more of this story at Slashdot.
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Supercomputer Sets Protein-Folding RecordBy admin on October 18, 2010 | Comments Off
Nicros writes with this snippet from Nature News: “A specially designed supercomputer named Anton has simulated changes in a protein’s three-dimensional structure over a period of a millisecond — a time-scale more than a hundred-fold greater than the previous record. … The simulations revealed how the proteins changed as they folded, unfolded and folded again. ‘The agreement with experimental data is amazing,’ says Chandra Verma, a computational (more…)
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Surrey break record in CB 40 winBy admin on August 4, 2010 | Comments Off
Surrey break the record for the highest score in 40-over cricket in beating Glamorgan by 39 runs in the CB 40 at The Oval.
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Aussies set Pakistan record chaseBy admin on July 15, 2010 | Comments Off
Australia set Pakistan a world record second-innings victory target after an intriguing day three of the first Test at Lord’s.
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Isner-Mahut Playing Epic, Record-Setting Match at WimbledonBy admin on June 26, 2010 | Comments Off
John Isner and Nicolas Mahut are in the midst of the longest match in tennis history in the first round of Wimbledon 2010. Really. You could have traveled to Wimbledon by now.
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Western nations slam Iran over human rights recordBy admin on June 17, 2010 | Comments Off
Western nations rebuked Iran for its human rights record after overcoming an attempt by Iran to block the statement from being read aloud in the Human Rights Council. The nations expressed concern over a “lack of progress in the protection of human rights in Iran,” especially since the widespread arrests and bloody crackdowns this year.
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ESPN sets viewership record with three-day NFL draftBy admin on April 28, 2010 | Comments Off
ESPN broadcast of the NFL draft has drawn the most viewers ever.
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New York Doc Sets Donkey Kong World RecordBy admin on March 14, 2010 | Comments Off
He’s the new king of Kong. Hank Chien’s score, 1,061,700 points racked up in just 2 hours and 35 minutes was verified by Twin Galaxies, the official keepers of DK records since 1981.
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