LHC@Home

September 11, 2008 · Filed Under Gadgets & Tech, Science, Software, Space · Comment 

You’ve heard of Folding@Home?  Well coming soon is LHC@Home!

As with Folding@Home, due to its complicated nature LHC@Home requires a massive amount of computing power, so they are looking for your help!

Basically the @Home stuff is to do with contributing multiple computers processing power across the internet, to effectively act like a super computer.

What is the LHC? -The Large Hadron Collider is a massive particle accelerator which lies underneath the Franco-Swiss border near Geneva, Switzerland. The tunnel stretches to a distance of 27km (17 miles)

Yesterday morning proton beams were fired clockwise and then later counter-clockwise, the particles successfully travelled the full length of the colider. - Why you ask? Well scientists are looking to recreate the conditions shortly after the big bang to try to answer some big questions; such as - why do particles acquire mass? and does the Higgs boson (God Particle) exist?

Anyhoo LHC@Home is currently in development stages, it might just be available for PC to begin with, but if the massive contribution towards Folding@Home from PlayStation 3 users is anything to go by, it is possible it will become available in the near future to PlayStation 3 users.

Via[LHC@Home]

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Water found on the moon?

July 13, 2008 · Filed Under Space · Comment 

“Geologist Alberto Saal found evidence of water molecules in pebbles retrieved by NASA’s Apollo missions.”

“The findings point to the existence of water deep beneath the moon’s surface.”

Via ABC News

Could this mean there is in fact life on the moon?

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Total Lunar Eclipse

March 4, 2007 · Filed Under Space · Comment 

Last night we here at Techieweb watched & filmed the total lunar eclipse, the footage has been stuck up on youtube - enjoy!

What is a total lunar eclipse ?

“A lunar eclipse occurs whenever the Moon passes through some portion of the Earth’s shadow. This can occur only when the Moon is full, and when the Sun, Earth and Moon are aligned exactly, or very closely so. The type and length of a lunar eclipse depends upon the Moon’s location relative to its orbital nodes” source: wikipedia

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