Now that the Higgs Boson has been detected (probably) – What next?

Nanotechnology is being hailed as the next technological revolution – here are some nano-scale gears that may be commonplace in the future. (image credit: NASA)

Here are 10 things i think that would be interesting to discover – and are feasible in the near future (except the graviton)

Gravitational waves

This is one of the last untested predictions by Einstein’s General Theory of Relativity. Gravitational waves are ripples in space-time caused by movement of an object with mass. They are very small, and they have not been directly detected yet. It is hoped that ‘Advanced LIGO’ will discover these after the disappointing setback of the LISA detector being shelved due to budget cuts.

year of discovery: 2014 – if Advanced LIGO works as planned…

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Gravitons

The last force-carrying particle to be discovered, the graviton is responsible for…