Sunday, March 25, 2012

Higgs Bison Particle

Following up a bit on my Antoine Lavoisier I thought about what we know about the particles in a cell. Originally people believed that if you took a log and cut it in half you would still have even if you continued to cut the log infinitely. We now know that this is not correct but after you cut a board long enough you will reach a point where you will see the basic building block of life the cell.

A cell is not even the smallest part that you get a cell is made up of electrons, protons, and neutrons. Quarks then are what make up electrons, protons, and neutrons. Which is made up of even smaller particles.

These different particles could not be found until there were advances in technology. Through technology new theories are able to be verified. Currently there is a theory about a particle being called the Higgs Bison particle. This theory was developed in 1964 but because of technological shortcoming his theory couldn't be proven at that time. Today with the aid of particle accelerators scientist are thinking that they may be able to prove the existence of the Higgs particle in the coming months.

Here is a quote from Time Magizine,
"Working from Higgs' theory, scientists postulate that initially weightless particles move through a ubiquitous quantum field, known as a Higgs field, like a pearl necklace through a jar of honey. Some particles, such as photons — weightless carriers of light — can cut through the sticky Higgs field without picking up mass. Others get bogged down and become heavy; that is the process that creates tangible matter."

Read more: http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1729139,00.html#ixzz1qCAT43To


Through technological advances much of the scientific gap can be closed.

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