Physics News Archives

“This is an exciting day for us”

Today the ATLAS collaboration at CERN celebrates the lowering of its last large detector element. via PhysOrg Weblog

“If optical and radar metamaterials could be developed, they might provide a way to make a ship invisible to both human observers and radar systems, although the challenges of building a cloak big enough to hide an entire ship are huge.”

Naval warships might look like all-powerful vessels but they are also highly vulnerable to being spotted by the enemy. via Science Blog

“There are a number of ways in which medical physicists contribute to medicine”

Categorized by Health / Many of the greatest inventions in modern medicine were developed by physicists who imported technologies such as X rays, nuclear magnetic resonance, ultrasound, particle accelerators ... via Tech News Watch

“In this case, (investigators) dropped the ball.”

After two hours of deliberation, a Portage County jury found 32-year-old Tammy Griffith guilty of homicide by intoxicated use of a motor vehicle today. via WisInfo

“These pictures are not just pretty - they tell us what's allowed to happen.”

Filed under: TED2008 - Ethan @ 5:29 pm Garrett Lisi has been getting a lot of attention lately, for putting forth a novel approach towards unifying particle physics based on geometric symmetry. via My heart's in Accra

U.S. scientists have used sodium atoms to determine Mercury's comet-like tail is much longer than had been thought. via PhysOrg Weblog

“Jim Simons is a man who knows a good investment when he sees one”

A former chairman of Stony Brook University 's math department really knows how to make the dollars add up: He's donated $60 million to the school. via AMNY

“This gives us a platform to expand our research efforts in physics, biology and engineering”

' State health regulators on Tuesday approved Northern Illinois University's proposal to build a massive radiation treatment center in West Chicago. via Chicago Business

“NIU is deeply saddened by recent events and yet so very proud of the way our student body, faculty and administrative team responded during this difficult time and came together with hope for the future”

The announcement came as Northern Illinois University President John Peters presented formal testimony before the Illinois Health Facilities Planning Board in Chicago seeking the final go ahead for the project. via Rehab Management

“This was an incredibly strong piece of evidence that what (Lim) saw wasn't just in the eye of the beholder, but he saw really a property of the protein”

Illinois graduate research assistant Eric Lee and physics professor Klaus Schulten used steered molecular dynamics to model the behavior of every atom of the fibrinogen molecule as it was stretched. via PhysOrg Weblog

“It covers a lot of the territory predicted by supersymmetric theories.”

Closeup of a CDMS detector, made of crystal germanium. Credit: Fermilab Scientists of the Cryogenic Dark Matter Search experiment today announced that they have regained the lead in the worldwide race to find ... via Physics Blog

“The process of validating models of the atmospheres of Mars and Venus would be expected to contribute to the modelling techniques used for the Earth's atmosphere”

Modelling of the Earth's atmosphere has acquired economic importance due to its use in the prediction of ozone depletion and in measuring the impact of global warming. via PhysOrg Weblog

“It takes about 150 attoseconds for an electron to circle the nucleus of an atom. An attosecond is 10-18 seconds long, or, expressed in another way: an attosecond is related to a second as a second is related to the age of the universe”

A new video shows how an electron rides on a light wave after just having been pulled away from an atom. via Science Daily

“This conference seeks to provide a global platform for the research community in Raman spectroscopy to discuss the recent developments in the field”

Thiruvananthapuram, Feb 21: An international conference on "Perspectives in Vibrational Spectroscopy" will be held here next week, drawing in a galaxy of participating scientists from various countries. via Newkerala.com

The agency announced the selection and 18 others related to future observatories on Friday, Feb.15. The new MIT telescopes would explore one of the greatest unknown realms of astronomy, the so-called "Dark ... via Science Daily

Main Category: IT / Internet / E-mail Also Included In: Public Health ; Conferences ; Genetics Article Date: 21 Feb 2008 - 3:00 PST newsletters Researchers in both academia and business have a growing need for ... via Medical News Today

This raging eruption has intrigued scientists ever since the Cassini spacecraft provided dramatic images of the phenomenon. via Science Daily

“It takes about 150 attoseconds for an electron to circle the nucleus of an atom. An attosecond is 10-18 seconds long, or, expressed in another way: an attosecond is related to a second as a second is related to the age of the universe”

Now it is possible to see a movie of an electron. The movie shows how an electron rides on a light wave after just having been pulled away from an atom. via PhysOrg Weblog

“It's an artificial structure that will have interesting magnetic and electrical properties”

And in living color. "The current generation of electron microscopes can be thought of as expensive black and white cameras where different atoms appear as different shades of gray," explained David Muller, ... via Science Daily

Scientist Edward Teller with a model of a Soviet Hydrogen bomb in Chelyabinsk in 1994. via St.Petersburg Times

From correspondents in Delhi, India, 05:02 PM IST George F. Smoot, a physics Nobel laureate, will delver a lecture at a college in Pune during his visit to India to popularise science and mathematics. via India eNews

“The key to this discovery was finding how to create a long, extremely porous vertically-aligned carbon nanotube array with certain surface randomness, therefore minimizing reflection and maximizing absorption simultaneously.”

U.S. researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and Rice University said they've created the darkest material ever made by man. via Daily India

“Children like to break things - if you could heal them it would be very nice”

A chemistry professor in Paris has come up with a kind of rubber that can "heal" itself. via Slam Sports

NASA has selected a proposal by an MIT-led team to develop plans for an array of radio telescopes on the far side of the moon that would probe the earliest formation of the basic structures of the universe. via PhysOrg Weblog

NitinCR biographical Abstract This revised and greatly expanded second edition of the Russian text Tales of Mathematicians and Physicists contains a wealth of new information about the lives and accomplishments ... via CiteULike

“The resting state of brain activity seems to have a statistical structure that's characteristic of a certain kind of phase transition”

The same rules of physics that govern molecules as they condense from gas to liquid, or freeze from liquid to solid, also apply to the activity patterns of neurons in the human brain. via Biology News Net

There are four categories of writing: journalist, scientist, broadcast, and books intended for children. via Physics Today

On Tuesday, Florida's State Board of Education will adopt new standards pertaining to the teaching of science in our state's public schools. via News Press

“The question is how to get the electrons to stay in the proper path and not, for example, release their energy and go down to ground state without doing any work.”

Even some bacteria and moss do it, but scientists have had a difficult time developing methods to turn sunlight into useful fuel. via Science Daily

“The quest to understand the fundamental building blocks of nature has led to the exploration of successive layers of worlds within worlds”

One of the great theoretical challenges facing physicists is understanding how the tiniest elementary particles give rise to most of the mass in the visible universe. via EurekAlert!

“Earth's magnetic field helps prevent exposure to solar particle events”

Scientists are now testing a new method that uses SOHO data to predict, in real-time, the approach and intensity of hazardous solar particles that would threaten astronauts and technology in space. via Space Ref

“You would need something like the monster black hole at the center of our galaxy”

Actor Hayden Christensen in a scene from the movie 'Jumper.' The movie "Jumper," opening Thursday, has a hero with the extraordinary power to teleport anywhere on Earth by imagining the place he wants to go. via Fox News

“I don't know of another place in the universe that would have this intensity of light. We believe this is a record.”

The new amplifier of the HERCULES laser fires. The laser is now capable of producing a beam so intense scientists believe it sets a world record. via PhysOrg Weblog

“Generally speaking, for major research universities and colleges and liberal arts colleges, it would be indeed rare to appoint somebody to such a high position with no more than a bachelor's degree”

More... By CATHERINE TSAI BOULDER, Colo. -- The man nominated to lead the state's flagship university is an oilman, not an academic. via Dayton Daily News

“Our first results are extremely encouraging, and bubble-chamber technology is eminently scale-able”

Physicists revive bubble chamber technology to search for WIMPs Scientists working on the COUPP experiment at the Department of Energy's Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory today announced a new development ... via EurekAlert!

“The project was designed to provide a European capability in accurately predicting radiation doses onboard Columbus”

European scientists have developed the most accurate method yet for predicting the doses of radiation that astronauts will receive aboard the orbiting European laboratory module, Columbus, attached to the ISS ... via Space Ref

“If you could make superconductors work at room temperature, then the applications are endless”

A better understanding of material could bring 'endless applications' MIT physicists have taken a step toward understanding the puzzling nature of high-temperature superconductors, materials that conduct ... via Innovations-report.com

“It is clear that one cannot talk about a case of poisoning, but of a constant absorption of arsenic”

ITALIAN scientists said they have proved Napoleon was not poisoned, scotching the legend the French emperor was murdered by his British gaolers. via News.com.au

“The actual tour is relatively limited”

In the course of an hour Monday, retired physicist and tour guide Dave Grossman compared the research done at the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center to major league baseball pitches, the hydrogen bomb, ants, a ... via Palo Alto Daily News

“It is not arsenic poisoning that killed Napoleon at St Helena”

Putting to rest a 200-year-old mystery about what killed Napoleon Bonaparte, scientists claim to have found evidence that the French Emperor didn't die from arsenic poising as some had speculated. via Rediff.com

Discovering new physics at LHC: a paper worth a close look February 11, 2008 I just finished reading an enlightening paper by Michelangelo Mangano, a theorist at CERN and longtime colleague in the CDF ... via A Quantum Diaries Survivor

“If you are in a spaceship that is traveling at the speed of light, and you turn on the headlights, does anything happen?”

Albert Einstein was famous for many things, but his greatest brainchild is the theory of relativity. via LiveScience

A while back, science reached a milestone. So big in fact, they called it the Holy Grail of physics. via American Chronicle

Abstract This innovative book provides a clear and pedagogical introduction to research through a series of problems and answers. via CiteULike

There's a new round of nonsense about theoretical physics making its way through the media, especially the British tabloids. via Not Even Wrong

"Prof. Orzel gives the impression of an everyday guy who just happens to have a vast but hidden knowledge of physics." The miscellaneous ramblings of a physicist at a small liberal arts college. via ScienceBlogs

“Gravitational waves can teach us much about what is out there in the universe”

Scientists hope that a new supercomputer being built by Syracuse University's Department of Physics may help them identify the sound of a celestial black hole. via PhysOrg Weblog

“I ask my kids to sing through their horns a lot.”

Jazz legend John Coltrane routinely pushed his tenor saxophone into the altissimo range, notes far above the instrument's normal range, and now Australian scientists know how he did it. via XtraMSN Real Estate

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Research into producing electricity from low-emission coal and nuclear plants saw big funding boosts in the 2009 budget request submitted by the U.S. Energy Department on Monday, along with experiments in basic energy sciences.

The 2009 budget proposed by the White House -- which requires congressional approval -- includes $25 billion in discretionary budget authority for the Energy Department, up nearly 5 percent from 2008.

The lion's share of the funds -- about $9.1 billion -- goes to securing U.S. nuclear weapon stockpiles. Funding for energy resource initiatives fell 10 percent to $3.65 billion, while funding for science programs rose 19 percent to $4.7 billion. Read more

“That sensitivity, and the multimodal capabilities of this system, gives us a great tool for fundamental science at the nanoscale.”

Rice University scientists used tiny gaps in narrow gold wires to simultaneously capture electronic and optical measurements of the same molecule. via PhysOrg Weblog

“Its successful demonstration at RHIC provides an alternative path to the goal of increased collision rates, which would be much more costly and take longer to achieve via other proposed means”

RHICs 2.4 mile ring has six intersection points where its two rings of accelerating magnets cross, allowing the particle beams to collide. via PhysOrg Weblog

“The problem is, if anything goes wrong with these ion channel gates, disease results or, worse death.”

This new understanding of the channels that control much of life in health and disease provides a vital piece of the molecular puzzle. via Science Daily

“We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to reverse the decision to cut vital UK contributions to Particle Physics and Astronomy”

UK physics boffins have taken intensified their fight against an 80m hole in annual funding with an online campaign for Gordon Brown to put his hand in his pocket. via The Register

“At least in principle, one may be able to use experimental data to test and constrain the geometry of our universe.”

When the world's most powerful particle accelerator starts up later this year, exotic new particles may offer a glimpse of the existence and shapes of extra dimensions. via Innovations-report.com

Patients with diabetes, cardiac problems, kidney disorders or high blood pressure could benefit from the development of new hologram technology. via RedOrbit

“Why are physicists celebrating the centenary of Einsteins miracle year? In this gem of a bookand in simple wordsBernstein explains how young Albert, in that one year, set the foundation to a century of progress in physics.”

The patent examiner was the twenty-six year old Albert Einstein and the three papers would set the agenda for twentieth century physics. via CiteULike

“Naama's work is consistently inspiring. She has, in my opinion, identified some of the most fundamental problems in systems biology and proposed elegant and powerful answers.”

IT / Internet / E-mail The European Molecular Biology Organization and the Federation of European Biochemical Societies announced Naama Barkai of the Weizman Institute of Science in Rehovot, Israel as the ... via MediLexicon

It presents the key topics in all branches of astrophysics and cosmology in a simple and concise language. via CiteULike

Several advocates of an "emergence" approach to fundamental physics come from the world of condensed matter physics . via Guide to Reality

“This study should also allay the concerns of surgeons that laryngopharyngeal cancer patients cannot be successfully treated with chemoradiation with good functional outcome.”

Chemoradiation provides for better voice quality for cancer patients Patients with locally advanced laryngopharyngeal cancers who receive radical chemoradiation have significantly better voice outcomes during ... via EurekAlert!

University of Nottingham astronomers will be studying icy cosmic dust millions of light years away - using the biggest space telescope ever built. via EurekAlert!