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Re: Physisists discover a heavy cousin of the proton at CERN's Large Hadron Collider

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Subject Re: Physisists discover a heavy cousin of the proton at CERN's Large Hadron Collider
Date 2026-03-30 02:41 -0700
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On 3/30/26 02:06, Jan Panteltje wrote:
>> x <x@x.net>wrote:
>>> On 3/29/26 22:31, Jan Panteltje wrote:
>>>> x <x@x.net>wrote:
>>>>> On 3/29/26 06:30, Jan Panteltje wrote:
>>>>>> x <x@x.net>wrote:
>>>>>>> On 3/28/26 23:05, Bill Sloman wrote:
>>>>>>> On 27/03/2026 7:51 pm, Jan Panteltje wrote:
>>>>>>>>> x <x@x.net>wrote:
>>>>>>>>>> On 3/21/26 23:44, Jan Panteltje wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>> john larkin <jl@glen--canyon.com>wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>> On Sat, 21 Mar 2026 13:33:36 -0700, x <x@x.net> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> On 3/21/26 00:05, Jan Panteltje wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Physicists discover a heavy cousin of the proton at CERN’s Large
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Hadron Collider
>>>>>>>>>>>>> CERN scientists have discovered a long-predicted heavy cousin of
>>>>>>>>>>>>> the proton, finally solving a 20-year mystery.
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Date:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>        March 19, 2026
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Source:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>        University of Manchester
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Summary:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>        A new subatomic particle known as the ?cc? (Xi-cc-plus)
>>>>>>>>>>>>>        has been discovered at CERN’s Large Hadron Collider.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>        This heavy proton-like particle contains two charm quarks and
>>>>>>>>>>>>> was detected using the upgraded LHCb experiment.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>        Scientists observed it through its decay into lighter
>>>>>>>>>>>>> particles in high-energy collisions.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>        The finding confirms predictions and settles a decades-long
>>>>>>>>>>>>> question about its existence.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Link:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>        https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/03/260319005106.htm
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> Just double checking.
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> In the science fiction story Lexxx, the Earth was
>>>>>>>>>>>> destroyed by the superconducting supercollider in
>>>>>>>>>>>> Texas, and not CERN.  That is correct?
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> But the SSC was never built.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> They did finish the helium plant in Waxahachie. We supplied the cryo
>>>>>>>>>>> instrumentation.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Nice.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> I was thinking with ever more knowledge of ever smaller particles
>>>>>>>>>> will we see chips that use interactions of those?
>>>>>>>>>> I mean we are now into electrons and holes, but go an order of
>>>>>>>>>> magnitude smaller, more on a chip.
>>>>>>>>>> OTOH when you look at large colliders, to me is like shooting 2
>>>>>>>>>> Tesla cars at each other at supersonic speed.
>>>>>>>>>> Sure, you may find some bolts and nuts, but will you ever figure out
>>>>>>>>>> the inside of the chips in auto-pilot and their
>>>>>>>>>> programming?
>>>>>>>>>> You will find all sorts of shrapnel though...
>>>>>>>>>> I really have no clue as to what 'quarks' exactly are, just math
>>>>>>>>>> ideas?.
>>>>>>>>>> So:
>>>>>>>>>>       "
>>>>>>>>>>       If you cannot do it with those small particles on the desktop
>>>>>>>>>>       then you will not be able to do it in a machine the size of the
>>>>>>>>>> Universe.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> When it comes to computers, I am thinking that the 'Heisenberg
>>>>>>>>> uncertainty principle' is not really wanted.  Yes there is 'on'
>>>>>>>>> and there is 'off' in logic gates like 'flip flops' but you
>>>>>>>>> do not want them jumping back and forth between the two.  You
>>>>>>>>> want a '1' to remain a '1' and a '0' to remain a '0' until
>>>>>>>>> a read-write or chip select signal is to be sent and only at
>>>>>>>>> that time can you set a '1' to a '0' or a '0' to a '1'.  There
>>>>>>>>> is also 'dynamic RAM', 'flash drives', and other phenomena but
>>>>>>>>> the general idea is that you do not want random '1's and '0's
>>>>>>>>> to appear except when a read-write is happening.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> As for 'quarks' I am thinking there is supposed to be a 'strong
>>>>>>>>> force'.  In general the 'nucleus' of 'atoms' is supposed to have
>>>>>>>>> certain 'charged' materials in them called 'protons'.  These
>>>>>>>>> 'protons' are all supposed to have a 'positive' electric charge
>>>>>>>>> that repels each other.  The 'strong force' is supposed to be
>>>>>>>>> a strong force that holds all of those 'protons' together in
>>>>>>>>> a 'nucleus'.  Then there is a 'weak force'.  The 'weak' force
>>>>>>>>> is often much 'weaker' than the 'strong force' in a lot of
>>>>>>>>> circumstances.  In general, it allows the interconversion of
>>>>>>>>> 'protons' into 'neutrons' and 'neutrons' into 'protons'
>>>>>>>>> (also involving a 'little neutral one' in the process some times
>>>>>>>>> called a 'neutrino').
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> As for 'quarks' I am thinking it has to do with the phenomena
>>>>>>>>> involved with building of 'protons' and 'neutrons' and not just
>>>>>>>>> 'electrons' and 'positrons'.  Then of course there is that
>>>>>>>>> ancient Carl Sagan's 'can you know a grain of salt'?  Well,
>>>>>>>>> it might be difficult to memorize all of the specific positions
>>>>>>>>> of every sodium and chlorine atom in a grain of salt.  Can you
>>>>>>>>> simplify, however?  The 'sodium' and 'chlorine' atoms in a
>>>>>>>>> 'crystal' might have certain relations with respect to each
>>>>>>>>> other?  It might be possible to simplify.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Then of course there is 'Broca's Brain'.  In it there was
>>>>>>>>> speculation.  Could one read the positions of 'neurons'
>>>>>>>>> with respect to each other in a preserved 'brain'?  If so
>>>>>>>>> one might be able to 'read' the 'information' in the
>>>>>>>>> preserved brain, simulate how those interactions of 'neurons'
>>>>>>>>> might have gone on when the 'brain' was alive, and then in
>>>>>>>>> a limited sense that 'person' might 'live again' in the
>>>>>>>>> simulated world.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> I guess he has a web page on Wikipedia.  It seems that he
>>>>>>>>> died in Paris, France in 1880 age 56.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> If I was a brain cell and had to remember things, a lot of things, I
>>>>>>>> would store it locally in DNA or RNA
>>>>>>>> Nature is very efficient,
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Maybe one day we can transfer 'wisdom' by a simple copy of DNA / RNA
>>>>>>>> Like nature does :-)
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> It doesn't. If you wanted to copy memories you'd have to copy a whole
>>>>>>> set of DNA molecules and the way they were interconnected.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Nature transfer instincts via heritable DNA, but that's much more basic
>>>>>>> stuff than wisdom.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Totally disconnected from reality.  That is not how the brain
>>>>>> works.  The brain stores information by changing the nature
>>>>>> of the interconnections between the nerve cells.  They change
>>>>>> them based upon whether the nerve cells fire or do not fire,
>>>>>> and that can be based at least somewhat on sensation from
>>>>>> the environment.  The DNA and RNA code for proteins that
>>>>>> do that when the cells fire.  It is pretty much the same
>>>>>> DNA/RNA for humans and animals.  The uniqueness of our
>>>>>> thoughts and memories have to do with the specific
>>>>>> connections between the nerve cel
>>>>>
>>>>> That is the old view / model.
>>>>> done some coding with that model.
>>>>> It raises the question if 'nerve cells' apart from building bias
>>>>> also store the signals in time and amplitude and chemical composition
>>>>> There is more than an electric signal between brain nerve cells,
>>>>> actually there is a chemical transport that may contain different things
>>>>> Humans will find out if not already did.
>>>>
>>>> Yea there are various levels of knowledge on
>>>> many subjects. I am thinking that when I comes
>>>> to microscopy of the nervous system I once
>>>> took a class. on various subjects.  I am thinking
>>>> that when nerve cells are often studied the
>>>> tissue is first exchanged with organic solvents,
>>>> and then wax.  Then the wax is cut into slices.
>>>> Then the slices are placed on slides and the
>>>> wax is re-exchanged with organic solvents.
>>>>
>>>> I have also, to the best of my recollection
>>>> not made a diary entry for either today or
>>>> yesterday.
>>>>
>>>> Sorry.
>>>
>>> No problem
>>> There are every now and then nice papers referenced from https://www.sciencedaily.com/
>>> I once worked in the chemical lab of a big university hospital for a while.
>>> All sorts of cool equipment, from mass spectrometers to DNA research related
>>> and interesting things the students came up with for their projects,
>>> help design electronics for those.
>>> Had to keep the equipment running or fix stuff if needed,
>>>
>>> But I am no chemical genius like Bill.
>>>
>>> If I had to start again as a kid today, maybe I would have gone into DNA stuff
>>> and design my own Dinos.. Or president ;-)
>>> This US one needs a make-over!
>>
>> Yuck.  Pretty pictures from machines called television
>> sets and radios that are not actually true.
> 
> ?

Hmm.  I am thinking that an exaggeration is a lie.

I think that most things on television fall under
the category of 'fiction'.

> 
>> I remember back in college however a class where there
>> was this biochem professor where there was this cow's
>> liver and I am thinking there was centrifugation and
>> electrophoresis to get enzymes from it to test the
>> dynamics of the enzyme reactions.  Some of that stuff
>> is cool.
> 
> Your name is x
>   are you AI?

'x' is a variable that I type into a thunderbird
usenet reader.  I think it involves one keystroke.
Not everything involves only one keystroke nowadays.

I am thinking that the 'A' stands for 'artificial'.

If I answer 'no' I am arrogant.  I can only guess
that I am human.
> 

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Physisists discover a heavy cousin of the proton at CERN's Large Hadron Collider Jan Panteltje <alien@comet.invalid> - 2026-03-21 07:05 +0000
  Re: Physisists discover a heavy cousin of the proton at CERN's Large Hadron Collider x <x@x.net> - 2026-03-21 13:33 -0700
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