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“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