Saturday, May 30, 2009

13 Things that do not make sense.










Here is an interesting read about science I came across recently:


13 Things that do not make sense.


" 7. TETRANEUTRONS

FOUR years ago, a particle accelerator in France detected six particles that should not exist (see Ghost in the atom). They are called tetraneutrons: four neutrons that are bound together in a way that defies the laws of physics.

Francisco Miguel Marquès and colleagues at the Ganil accelerator in Caen are now gearing up to do it again. If they succeed, these clusters may oblige us to rethink the forces that hold atomic nuclei together.

The team fired beryllium nuclei at a small carbon target and..."


(click here for full article)