• How does quantum mechanics explain the big bang? Infinite realities?

    Updated: 2012-09-30 11:57:45
    I hope I'm not being redundant here. I would like to re-start discussion on how, according to quantum mechanics, the universe can exist. The question could go deeper and ask why, since the universe...

  • Enjoy new games

    Updated: 2012-09-30 11:27:18
    It is Sunday night Football's time today as NFL will being some premium league matches for football fans. Watch Sunday Night Football Online (http://watchsundaynightfootballonlinehd.enjin.com/)...

  • Linear Algebra - orthogonal vector fields

    Updated: 2012-09-30 10:06:33
    I want to prove that: [itex]Ker(T*)=[Im(T)]^\bot[/itex] Everything is in finite dimensions. What I'm trying: Let v be some vector in ImT, so there is v' so that Tv'=v. Let u be some vector in...

  • The Einstein papers: A physicist in turbulent seas

    Updated: 2012-09-27 16:50:54
    Albert Einstein is rightly known as one of the most prolific scientific geniuses of our time. But in between formulating his theories of Special and General Relativity, establishing the equivalence of matter and energy, making major contributions to quantum theory, and even explaining Brownian motion (thereby supporting the study of statistical mechanics and lending credence to atoms as physical objects instead of just useful models), Einstein found time to write. And write. And write some more.

  • Researchers propose machine for a clean, mean neutrino beam

    Updated: 2012-09-27 06:00:00
    About 60 physicists met at Fermilab this past weekend to discuss an idea that might define the future of neutrino research. The scientists are interested in creating clean, precise beams of neutrinos by sending muons—the more massive cousins of electrons—to the racetrack. Neutrinos are surprising little particles. They have mass, despite predictions to the contrary. They come in at least three types, called flavors, and they shift from flavor to flavor as they move.

  • Materials Challenges for Nuclear Fission

    Updated: 2012-09-27 00:00:00
    Conference: 26 Nov 2012, Institute of Physics, London, United Kingdom. Organized by IOP Energy Group.

  • AFPAC 2013 – 12th Anglo-French Physical Acoustics Conference

    Updated: 2012-09-27 00:00:00
    Conference: 16 Jan 2013 - 18 Jan 2013, Villa Clythia, Fréjus, France. Organized by Organised by Le Groupe d’Acoustique Physique, Sous-marine et UltraSonore (GAPSUS) of the Société Française d’Acoustique (SFA) and IOP Physical Acoustics Group.

  • High impact industrial-academic partnerships: delivering future combustion technologies

    Updated: 2012-09-27 00:00:00
    Conference: 23 Oct 2012, University of Lincoln, Lincoln, United Kingdom. Organized by IOP Combustion Physics Group.

  • Short Courses on XPS/ESCA, Data Processing, and CasaXPS

    Updated: 2012-09-27 00:00:00
    Course: 8 Apr 2013 - 12 Apr 2013, Dayton, Ohio, United States. Organized by John T. Grant, Surface Analysis Consultant.

  • ICT2014: International Conference on Thermoelectrics

    Updated: 2012-09-27 00:00:00
    Conference: 6 Jul 2014 - 11 Jul 2014, Nashville, Tennessee, United States. Organized by H. Wang and D.J. Singh.

  • Current Research in Magnetism and Superconductivity

    Updated: 2012-09-27 00:00:00
    Conference: 19 Nov 2012, National Physical Laboratory, Teddington, Middlesex, United Kingdom.

  • Workshop on holographic applications, out-of-equilibrium phenomena, gravity analogue gravity

    Updated: 2012-09-27 00:00:00
    Workshop: 29 Oct 2012 - 31 Oct 2012, Paris, France.

  • Advanced Photonics Techniques in Soft Matter Biology

    Updated: 2012-09-27 00:00:00
    Conference: 14 Jan 2013, Institute of Physics, London, United Kingdom. Organized by IOP Polymer Physics Group and IOP Biological Physics Group.

  • 5th Asia-Pacific NMR Symposium (APNMR5) and 9th ANZMAG meeting

    Updated: 2012-09-27 00:00:00
    Conference: 27 Oct 2013 - 30 Oct 2013, Brisbane, QLD, Australia. Organized by Prof Frances Separovic.

  • CERN artist-in-residence mixes order and uncertainty

    Updated: 2012-09-26 14:46:16
    When artist Julius von Bismarck was a child, he thought CERN was a mysterious lair built deep into a mountain. After his two-month stint at CERN as the first Collide@CERN artist in residence, he has a more realistic image of the laboratory. He also knows a lot more about where he can go with his work, which is deeply connected to the universe around him. “My way of seeing the world changed,” von Bismarck said. “My way of doing art now of course changes also.”

  • Streaming science

    Updated: 2012-09-25 06:00:00
    When it comes to designing an experiment that looks for the universe’s smallest particles, bigger is better. But when the experiment is so big that it spans multiple states, sometimes scientists need to find a way to keep everyone in the loop. That’s why the NOvA experiment is broadcasting real-time video showing the construction of its 14,000-ton neutrino detector.

  • JLab prepares accelerator for new era of exploration

    Updated: 2012-09-25 06:00:00
    Hollywood’s finest tradition is to follow up a smash hit with a much-anticipated sequel, and so it will be with the Department of Energy’s Jefferson Lab and its Continuous Electron Beam Accelerator Facility. On May 18, 2012, CEBAF shut down after a long and highly successful 17-year run, during which scientists completed more than 175 experiments in the exploration of the nature of matter. A little over a year from now, CEBAF will ramp up to begin commissioning new hardware.

  • DOE advances US ATLAS, US CMS detector upgrade plans

    Updated: 2012-09-24 21:52:32
    The US Department of Energy recently expressed support for continued US involvement in work on the CMS and ATLAS detectors at the Large Hadron Collider. On Sept. 18, DOE gave their first stage of approval, Critical Decision-0, to plans for DOE-funded scientists from the United States to participate in upgrades to both detectors scheduled to be completed by 2018. DOE gives CD-0 approval to projects that meet their mission need and that are judged to have worthy scientific goals.

  • Why String Theory?

    Updated: 2012-09-21 16:41:08
    Breathless press reports notwithstanding, string theory is very far from being dead. If you’re interested in what it is and what’s going on within the field, I can recommend a new website called Why String Theory? (And of course, accompanying twitter feed @WhyStringTheory.) It was set up by Oxford undergraduates Charlotte Mason and Edward Hughes, [...]

  • Congratulations to Moh!

    Updated: 2012-09-20 19:32:56
    This is amusing (and well-deserved). It also warrants me taking out my sunglasses and putting them on every time I see him, whether indoors or out, for at least a week or two. -cvj

  • African School of Physics student awarded international fellowship

    Updated: 2012-09-20 15:26:48
    As a graduate student, Laza Rakotondravohitra has already been a part of a couple of firsts in particle physics. He attended the first African School of Physics. He is also setting the bar high as the first international student from Madagascar to conduct research at Fermilab. Over the next three years, Rakotondravohitra (pictured below) will study under the supervision of Fermilab scientist Jorge Morfin as he works toward his doctorate in physics, which he will earn from Madagascar’s primary public university, the University of Antananarivo.

  • Quantum Diaries

    Updated: 2012-09-20 15:12:09
    Quantum Diaries Thoughts on work and life from particle physicists from around the . world Home About Quantum Diaries Latest Posts All Blogs John Felde UC Davis USA View Blog Read Bio Latest Posts 2012.03.05 Fast Photosensors for Neutrino Physics 2011.11.22 Recent Events at UC Davis 2011.11.09 First Double Chooz Neutrino Oscillation Result USLHC USLHC USA View Blog Read Bio Latest Posts 2012.09.17 So long , and thanks for all the fish 2012.09.15 I don’t really like flying , but 2012.09.07 Why particle detectors need a trigger Frank Simon MPI for Physics Germany View Blog Read Bio Latest Posts 2012.07.04 Plus Two 2011.12.14 After the talk is before the talk 2011.10.24 Breathe Flip Tanedo USLHC USA View Blog Read Bio Latest Posts 2012.07.19 The Post-Higgs Hangover : where’s the new physics

  • Quantum Diaries

    Updated: 2012-09-20 15:12:08
    Quantum Diaries Thoughts on work and life from particle physicists from around the . world Home About Quantum Diaries Latest Posts All Blogs John Felde UC Davis USA View Blog Read Bio Latest Posts 2012.03.05 Fast Photosensors for Neutrino Physics 2011.11.22 Recent Events at UC Davis 2011.11.09 First Double Chooz Neutrino Oscillation Result USLHC USLHC USA View Blog Read Bio Latest Posts 2012.09.17 So long , and thanks for all the fish 2012.09.15 I don’t really like flying , but 2012.09.07 Why particle detectors need a trigger Frank Simon MPI for Physics Germany View Blog Read Bio Latest Posts 2012.07.04 Plus Two 2011.12.14 After the talk is before the talk 2011.10.24 Breathe Flip Tanedo USLHC USA View Blog Read Bio Latest Posts 2012.07.19 The Post-Higgs Hangover : where’s the new physics

  • Quantum Diaries

    Updated: 2012-09-20 15:12:07
    Quantum Diaries Thoughts on work and life from particle physicists from around the . world Home About Quantum Diaries Latest Posts All Blogs John Felde UC Davis USA View Blog Read Bio Latest Posts 2012.03.05 Fast Photosensors for Neutrino Physics 2011.11.22 Recent Events at UC Davis 2011.11.09 First Double Chooz Neutrino Oscillation Result USLHC USLHC USA View Blog Read Bio Latest Posts 2012.09.17 So long , and thanks for all the fish 2012.09.15 I don’t really like flying , but 2012.09.07 Why particle detectors need a trigger Frank Simon MPI for Physics Germany View Blog Read Bio Latest Posts 2012.07.04 Plus Two 2011.12.14 After the talk is before the talk 2011.10.24 Breathe Flip Tanedo USLHC USA View Blog Read Bio Latest Posts 2012.07.19 The Post-Higgs Hangover : where’s the new physics

  • Quantum Diaries

    Updated: 2012-09-20 15:12:06
    Quantum Diaries Thoughts on work and life from particle physicists from around the . world Home About Quantum Diaries Latest Posts All Blogs John Felde UC Davis USA View Blog Read Bio Latest Posts 2012.03.05 Fast Photosensors for Neutrino Physics 2011.11.22 Recent Events at UC Davis 2011.11.09 First Double Chooz Neutrino Oscillation Result USLHC USLHC USA View Blog Read Bio Latest Posts 2012.09.17 So long , and thanks for all the fish 2012.09.15 I don’t really like flying , but 2012.09.07 Why particle detectors need a trigger Frank Simon MPI for Physics Germany View Blog Read Bio Latest Posts 2012.07.04 Plus Two 2011.12.14 After the talk is before the talk 2011.10.24 Breathe Flip Tanedo USLHC USA View Blog Read Bio Latest Posts 2012.07.19 The Post-Higgs Hangover : where’s the new physics

  • Second Fermilab muon experiment achieves first stage of approval

    Updated: 2012-09-19 14:08:41
    Fermilab’s plans for creating a Muon Campus with top-notch Intensity Frontier experiments have received a big boost. The Department of Energy has granted Mission Need approval to the Muon g-2 project, one of two experiments proposed for the new Muon Campus (shown in rendering above). The other proposed experiment, Mu2e, is a step ahead and already received the next level of DOE approval, known as Critical Decision 1.

  • Time Talk

    Updated: 2012-09-18 22:14:05
    With The Particle at the End of the Universe scheduled to come out in November, most of the popular-level talks I’ll be giving in the near future will have to do with the LHC and the Higgs boson — and quantum field theory, as part of my secret agenda to get QFT accepted as part [...]

  • ATLAS collaboration gains real recognition for virtual visits program

    Updated: 2012-09-18 14:37:55
    ATLAS Virtual Visits, a program run by one of the major experiments at CERN, took top prize for “Best Online Event” in the Digital Communication Awards, hosted by Quadriga University of Applied Sciences in Berlin, on Friday, Sept. 14.

  • Klystron

    Updated: 2012-09-18 06:00:00
    Klystrons are what make linear accelerators—as well as radar, cancer treatments and some radio telescopes—work. Invented at Stanford University about 75 years ago, klystrons convert electricity into radio and microwave energy, a far more powerful version of what’s generated by your kitchen microwave oven.

  • Lectures on Emergence and Complexity

    Updated: 2012-09-18 02:07:58
    Simon DeDeo is a theoretical physicist and very smart guy, who started out as a cosmologist and has made the transition to complexity theorist at the Santa Fe Institute. (He’s not smart because he made that transition, it just so happens that both statements are true.) This summer he gave a series of three lectures [...]

  • World’s most powerful digital camera records first images

    Updated: 2012-09-17 15:19:20
    Eight billion years ago, rays of light from distant galaxies began their long journey to Earth. That ancient starlight has now found its way to a mountaintop in Chile, where the newly constructed Dark Energy Camera, the most powerful sky-mapping machine ever created, has captured and recorded it for the first time. That light may hold within it the answer to one of the biggest mysteries in physics—why the expansion of the universe is speeding up.

  • Quantum Diaries

    Updated: 2012-09-15 14:38:19
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  • Quantum Diaries

    Updated: 2012-09-15 14:38:19
    Quantum Diaries Thoughts on work and life from particle physicists from around the . world Home About Quantum Diaries Latest Posts All Blogs John Felde UC Davis USA View Blog Read Bio Latest Posts 2012.03.05 Fast Photosensors for Neutrino Physics 2011.11.22 Recent Events at UC Davis 2011.11.09 First Double Chooz Neutrino Oscillation Result USLHC USLHC USA View Blog Read Bio Latest Posts 2012.09.15 I don’t really like flying , but 2012.09.07 Why particle detectors need a trigger 2012.09.06 BOOST Part 2 : Jet Mass Frank Simon MPI for Physics Germany View Blog Read Bio Latest Posts 2012.07.04 Plus Two 2011.12.14 After the talk is before the talk 2011.10.24 Breathe Flip Tanedo USLHC USA View Blog Read Bio Latest Posts 2012.07.19 The Post-Higgs Hangover : where’s the new physics 2012.07.06 More

  • Quantum Diaries

    Updated: 2012-09-15 14:38:06
    Quantum Diaries Thoughts on work and life from particle physicists from around the . world Home About Quantum Diaries Latest Posts All Blogs John Felde UC Davis USA View Blog Read Bio Latest Posts 2012.03.05 Fast Photosensors for Neutrino Physics 2011.11.22 Recent Events at UC Davis 2011.11.09 First Double Chooz Neutrino Oscillation Result USLHC USLHC USA View Blog Read Bio Latest Posts 2012.09.15 I don’t really like flying , but 2012.09.07 Why particle detectors need a trigger 2012.09.06 BOOST Part 2 : Jet Mass Frank Simon MPI for Physics Germany View Blog Read Bio Latest Posts 2012.07.04 Plus Two 2011.12.14 After the talk is before the talk 2011.10.24 Breathe Flip Tanedo USLHC USA View Blog Read Bio Latest Posts 2012.07.19 The Post-Higgs Hangover : where’s the new physics 2012.07.06 More

  • Quantum Diaries

    Updated: 2012-09-15 14:38:02
    Quantum Diaries Thoughts on work and life from particle physicists from around the . world Home About Quantum Diaries Latest Posts All Blogs John Felde UC Davis USA View Blog Read Bio Latest Posts 2012.03.05 Fast Photosensors for Neutrino Physics 2011.11.22 Recent Events at UC Davis 2011.11.09 First Double Chooz Neutrino Oscillation Result USLHC USLHC USA View Blog Read Bio Latest Posts 2012.09.15 I don’t really like flying , but 2012.09.07 Why particle detectors need a trigger 2012.09.06 BOOST Part 2 : Jet Mass Frank Simon MPI for Physics Germany View Blog Read Bio Latest Posts 2012.07.04 Plus Two 2011.12.14 After the talk is before the talk 2011.10.24 Breathe Flip Tanedo USLHC USA View Blog Read Bio Latest Posts 2012.07.19 The Post-Higgs Hangover : where’s the new physics 2012.07.06 More

  • First proton-lead collision test at the LHC successful

    Updated: 2012-09-14 18:11:29
    For most of the year, two beams of protons run the collision course around the Large Hadron Collider. Scientists take a short break from protons in winter to collide much heavier lead ions. In a test on Thursday, scientists collided the two types of particles together for the first time. The feat will allow physicists to better understand the conditions of the universe just after the big bang.

  • NOvA: Exploring neutrino mysteries

    Updated: 2012-09-12 18:52:45
    Scientists, engineers and technicians on the NOvA collaboration posed on Monday, Sept. 10, in front of the newly installed first block of what will be the largest neutrino detector in the world. The 14-kiloton detector will allow physicists to study a beam of neutrinos from 500 miles away at Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory. But what are they looking for? Physicists explain in a new Fermilab video.

  • New Life for Gravitational Waves in Space?

    Updated: 2012-09-11 16:42:55
    Last year we brought the bad news that NASA had pulled back from the LISA project, an ambitious proposal to build a gravitational wave detector in space. The science reach of LISA would be amazing, teaching us a great deal about black holes, general relativity, and cosmology. Fortunately, the European Space Agency did not give [...]

  • From particle physics to the computing industry

    Updated: 2012-09-11 06:00:00
    In particle physics, cutting-edge computing is a way of life. Studying the universe at the smallest scale requires some of the largest data sets in the world, and particle physicists must often build their own solutions to computing challenges because no commercial solutions exist. 

  • Scientists already planning for LHC long shutdown

    Updated: 2012-09-10 20:58:26
    The Large Hadron Collider will go into a long shutdown early next year to allow scientists and technicians to prepare it for higher collision energy in 2015. It has been running at 7 TeV; scientists plan for it to reemerge at upward of 13 TeV. Beginning in February of 2013, highly coordinated teams will spend 20 months preparing its equipment for the change.

  • Quantum Diaries

    Updated: 2012-09-08 08:01:53
    Quantum Diaries Thoughts on work and life from particle physicists from around the . world Home About Quantum Diaries Latest Posts All Blogs John Felde UC Davis USA View Blog Read Bio Latest Posts 2012.03.05 Fast Photosensors for Neutrino Physics 2011.11.22 Recent Events at UC Davis 2011.11.09 First Double Chooz Neutrino Oscillation Result USLHC USLHC USA View Blog Read Bio Latest Posts 2012.09.07 Why particle detectors need a trigger 2012.09.06 BOOST Part 2 : Jet Mass 2012.09.04 Biking to CERN Frank Simon MPI for Physics Germany View Blog Read Bio Latest Posts 2012.07.04 Plus Two 2011.12.14 After the talk is before the talk 2011.10.24 Breathe Flip Tanedo USLHC USA View Blog Read Bio Latest Posts 2012.07.19 The Post-Higgs Hangover : where’s the new physics 2012.07.06 More Post-Higgs

  • Looking for Extra Dimensions at the LHC

    Updated: 2012-09-07 19:13:29
    Phd Comics, channeling physicists Daniel Whiteson and Jonathan Feng, explains how the LHC isn’t anywhere near done yet. Now that the Higgs(like) boson has been found, we’ll be looking for all sorts of other things, such as extra dimensions of space.

  • Crews complete first block of North America’s most advanced neutrino experiment

    Updated: 2012-09-06 20:07:54
    Technicians in Minnesota have completed the first block of a detector that will be part of the largest, most advanced neutrino experiment in North America.

  • Arithmetic!

    Updated: 2012-09-06 04:33:31
    Yeah, Bill is still awesome. Loved the Arithmetic line in his Democratic National Convention speech. Go give it a listen. Yes, Arithmetic rocks. -cvj

  • Quantum Diaries

    Updated: 2012-09-05 22:08:43
    Quantum Diaries Thoughts on work and life from particle physicists from around the . world Home About Quantum Diaries Latest Posts All Blogs John Felde UC Davis USA View Blog Read Bio Latest Posts 2012.03.05 Fast Photosensors for Neutrino Physics 2011.11.22 Recent Events at UC Davis 2011.11.09 First Double Chooz Neutrino Oscillation Result USLHC USLHC USA View Blog Read Bio Latest Posts 2012.09.04 Biking to CERN 2012.09.01 The LHC sneaks along , part 2 2012.08.30 What Goes on My Research Page Frank Simon MPI for Physics Germany View Blog Read Bio Latest Posts 2012.07.04 Plus Two 2011.12.14 After the talk is before the talk 2011.10.24 Breathe Flip Tanedo USLHC USA View Blog Read Bio Latest Posts 2012.07.19 The Post-Higgs Hangover : where’s the new physics 2012.07.06 More Post-Higgs

  • Quantum Diaries

    Updated: 2012-09-05 22:08:42
    Quantum Diaries Thoughts on work and life from particle physicists from around the . world Home About Quantum Diaries Latest Posts All Blogs John Felde UC Davis USA View Blog Read Bio Latest Posts 2012.03.05 Fast Photosensors for Neutrino Physics 2011.11.22 Recent Events at UC Davis 2011.11.09 First Double Chooz Neutrino Oscillation Result USLHC USLHC USA View Blog Read Bio Latest Posts 2012.09.04 Biking to CERN 2012.09.01 The LHC sneaks along , part 2 2012.08.30 What Goes on My Research Page Frank Simon MPI for Physics Germany View Blog Read Bio Latest Posts 2012.07.04 Plus Two 2011.12.14 After the talk is before the talk 2011.10.24 Breathe Flip Tanedo USLHC USA View Blog Read Bio Latest Posts 2012.07.19 The Post-Higgs Hangover : where’s the new physics 2012.07.06 More Post-Higgs

  • Quantum Diaries

    Updated: 2012-09-05 22:08:41
    Quantum Diaries Thoughts on work and life from particle physicists from around the . world Home About Quantum Diaries Latest Posts All Blogs John Felde UC Davis USA View Blog Read Bio Latest Posts 2012.03.05 Fast Photosensors for Neutrino Physics 2011.11.22 Recent Events at UC Davis 2011.11.09 First Double Chooz Neutrino Oscillation Result USLHC USLHC USA View Blog Read Bio Latest Posts 2012.09.04 Biking to CERN 2012.09.01 The LHC sneaks along , part 2 2012.08.30 What Goes on My Research Page Frank Simon MPI for Physics Germany View Blog Read Bio Latest Posts 2012.07.04 Plus Two 2011.12.14 After the talk is before the talk 2011.10.24 Breathe Flip Tanedo USLHC USA View Blog Read Bio Latest Posts 2012.07.19 The Post-Higgs Hangover : where’s the new physics 2012.07.06 More Post-Higgs

  • Quantum Diaries

    Updated: 2012-09-05 22:08:40
    Quantum Diaries Thoughts on work and life from particle physicists from around the . world Home About Quantum Diaries Latest Posts All Blogs John Felde UC Davis USA View Blog Read Bio Latest Posts 2012.03.05 Fast Photosensors for Neutrino Physics 2011.11.22 Recent Events at UC Davis 2011.11.09 First Double Chooz Neutrino Oscillation Result USLHC USLHC USA View Blog Read Bio Latest Posts 2012.09.04 Biking to CERN 2012.09.01 The LHC sneaks along , part 2 2012.08.30 What Goes on My Research Page Frank Simon MPI for Physics Germany View Blog Read Bio Latest Posts 2012.07.04 Plus Two 2011.12.14 After the talk is before the talk 2011.10.24 Breathe Flip Tanedo USLHC USA View Blog Read Bio Latest Posts 2012.07.19 The Post-Higgs Hangover : where’s the new physics 2012.07.06 More Post-Higgs

  • Quantum Diaries

    Updated: 2012-09-05 22:08:38
    Quantum Diaries Thoughts on work and life from particle physicists from around the . world Home About Quantum Diaries Latest Posts All Blogs John Felde UC Davis USA View Blog Read Bio Latest Posts 2012.03.05 Fast Photosensors for Neutrino Physics 2011.11.22 Recent Events at UC Davis 2011.11.09 First Double Chooz Neutrino Oscillation Result USLHC USLHC USA View Blog Read Bio Latest Posts 2012.09.04 Biking to CERN 2012.09.01 The LHC sneaks along , part 2 2012.08.30 What Goes on My Research Page Frank Simon MPI for Physics Germany View Blog Read Bio Latest Posts 2012.07.04 Plus Two 2011.12.14 After the talk is before the talk 2011.10.24 Breathe Flip Tanedo USLHC USA View Blog Read Bio Latest Posts 2012.07.19 The Post-Higgs Hangover : where’s the new physics 2012.07.06 More Post-Higgs

  • SLAC at 50

    Updated: 2012-09-05 06:00:00
    In the early 1960s, a 2.5-mile-long strip of land in the rolling hills west of Stanford University was transformed into fertile ground for physicists’ dreams: the longest linear accelerator in the world, built for studies of the mysterious subatomic realm.  In late August, more than 1000 people gathered at SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory to celebrate 50 years of scientific successes made possible by that accelerator and the ones that followed. 

  • Pushing boundaries

    Updated: 2012-09-04 06:00:00
    Since our very first issue, symmetry has aimed to be at the forefront of science reporting, outreach and design. I think we’ve done quite well, and the results of a recent survey suggest that our readers agree. To keep things that way, we’re making a few changes—not to the type or quality of our articles, but to how we deliver them.

  • The Plot Of The Week - New SUSY Limits From ATLAS

    Updated: 2012-09-01 01:30:38
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  • Short but sweet - Higgs (1964)

    Updated: 2012-08-31 15:05:11
    In the light of all this Malarkey about the (claimed) discovery of the Higgs Boson at the Large Hadr

  • A love of science, conveyed through YouTube

    Updated: 2012-08-31 07:50:09
    When Michael Wilson, 29, got interested in string theory, he had a very Millennial response: He decided to make a music video about it.

  • arXiv Find: Reasons Not to Believe in the String Theory Landscape

    Updated: 2012-08-29 19:32:14
    Tom Banks has long been skeptical of the popular picture of the string theory landscape — the idea that there is some extremely large (10500 or more) number of phases of string theory, representing different ways to compactify the extra dimensions, and that all these phases are dynamically connected to each other, possibly by cosmological [...]

  • Higgs Boson and Margaret Thatcher

    Updated: 2012-08-28 23:19:55
    Researchers at the Large Hedron Collider lab, which burrows beneath the Swiss/French border, announc

  • What is A Higgs Boson?

    Updated: 2012-08-27 03:57:18
    Science knows what it has. Whereas religion… Knows what it is. No matter the debate, the two w

  • What everybody ought to know about the creation of the universe

    Updated: 2012-08-26 21:00:22
    Remember the recent Higgs boson discovery cartoon?  This was a follow up cartoon involving our chara

  • Neil Armstrong

    Updated: 2012-08-25 21:38:40
    Has died at age 82. Perhaps to honor his memory we can resolve as a society to continue to do inspiring things.

  • Higgs Boson Inspires Music

    Updated: 2012-08-25 08:57:00
    Amusing. A decades-long quest for the elusive Higgs boson has sparked a creative rush in music, with

  • Scalar or Technicolor? S. Weinberg, "Why the Higgs?"

    Updated: 2012-08-23 04:11:23
    CERN’s Large Hadron Collider under construction, 2007 My colleague in philosophy at Va Tech, Ben Jan

  • Bill Thurston

    Updated: 2012-08-22 18:41:39
    Just a quick note here to say how sad I was to hear (via Terry Tao’s blog) of the death yesterday of Bill Thurston, whose work, particularly on 3-manifolds, endeared him to mathematicians and physicists and resulted in the 1982 Fields medal. I’m certainly no expert on his work, but I encountered it first thirteen [...]

  • A Few Powers of Ten

    Updated: 2012-08-22 17:10:42
    Via the endlessly enjoyable It’s Okay to Be Smart, here’s a gif image that zooms in by about three orders of magnitude. (Not sure of the original source.) We start by looking at an amphipod, a tiny shrimplike critter about a millimeter across. For some reason (vanity?) it’s decorated by an even tinier diatom, a [...]

  • The Invader

    Updated: 2012-08-19 22:53:31
    Opening panels of a wordless and moving story about a young Space Invader. Worth a click. Via Zack Stentz.

  • Looking Around

    Updated: 2012-08-10 16:36:28
    You've no doubt heard about some of the images coming from the newly landed Curiosity device on the Martian surface. Above is a 360 degree panorama (from NASA/JPL) assembled from lots of smaller images, showing its surroundings in the [...]

  • 2012 CMS Luminosity: 10/fb And Counting!

    Updated: 2012-08-10 14:19:45
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  • In Defense of Teaching Algebra

    Updated: 2012-08-09 23:56:08
    Over at HuffPo, my colleague Nick Warner has posted a piece about why we teach algebra to people who supposedly “won’t need it”, and he makes some excellent points. (Recall the silly New York Times piece by Andrew Hacker entitled “Is Algebra Necessary?” that I mentioned a few posts ago.) I recommend Nick’s piece. -cvj

  • 10 Evolutionary & Scientific Approaches to Psychology

    Updated: 2012-08-06 20:15:51
    Here’s a cool infographic documenting 10 ways psychology and the science of the mind has been affected by evolutionary thinking. As you can see, many advances have come about as a result of the evolutionary approach, and the while the brain is still very mysterious, we are coming to understand it more and more every [...]

  • NASA’s Mars rover Curiosity makes successful landing

    Updated: 2012-08-06 20:11:29
    Millions of people all over the world cheered today when the Mars Rover Curiosity made a successful landing. Mars is hundreds of millions of miles from Earth, and while this is not the first robotic landing on the planet, it represents our continued interest in what is certainly the closest potentially habitable planet. With 10 [...]

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