Tag Archives: particle physics
Fermilab NOvA Experiment Sees First Proof of Neutrinos Change Over 500 Miles
Scientists conducted the NOvA experiment. And it confirmed that neutrinos oscillated in their journeys. The supersensitive detector functioned well and showed the behavior of these phantasmagoric...
The Pentaquark Subatomic Particle Discovered
The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) has proven to be crucial in the discovery of new particles. And a new one that was grabbed from the smaller side of the universe was the pentaquark. It was detected on...
Pentaquark Particles Confirmed by CERN’s Large Hadron Collider
Today, the LHCb experiment at CERN’s Large Hadron Collider has reported the discovery of pentaquarks particles. This historic moment for Particle physics.“The pentaquark is not just any new...
Hadron Collider Fires Up
One of the biggest and best science experiments to take place over the last few years is happening right now, according to its home at the CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Research located...
Exotic Hadron Particles Discovered
The fact has been affirmed without a shadow of doubt that hadron particles exist. And these strangely different forms of infinitely small matter do not conform to the standard manmade version of...
Stephen Hawking Finds Physics ‘More Interesting’ Without Higgs Boson
The statement may have seemed odd at first but it made sense at a deeper level. Stephen Hawking spoke of how the revolutionary discovery of the Higgs boson had derailed the process of exploration and...
Higgs Boson Founders Win Nobel Prize
It is Nobel Prize week. The Nobel Prize committee in Sweden is announcing the 2013 Nobel Prizes. The Nobel Prize for Physics is being announced today. The winners of the 2013 Physics Nobel Prize are...
Subatomic Particle Jewelry: Physics and 3D Printing Collide
I couldn’t tell you what a subatomic particle is, but I can say this… “That there scienc-y jewelry looks purdy.” This line of 3D printed jewelry really does blend nerdy and beauty together very nicely.
3D printing is making all kinds of things possible. Virtox is using the technology to create these necklaces and earrings inspired by actual subatomic particles and their spiral movements in magnetic fields.
Virtox wrote software to follow the paths of different possibilities, and these delicate pieces, called “Quark Jewelry” were born.
Ever since I first learned about subatomic particles and their spiral movements in magnetic fields, I could not help but be inspired. The different charges, masses and speeds determine the trajectories and create these astounding images in bubble chambers. With the arrival of accessible 3d printing, I got to work to capture this beauty in jewelry. I wrote a piece of software that would trace possible (and impossible) orbits and trajectories in 3 dimensions.
Science and fashion collide. You can get your own subatomic particle jewelry over on Virtox’s Quark Jewelry shop on MixeeLabs. Prices start at just $15(USD).
[via Incredible Things via Fashionably Geek]