Physics

Cosmic Log: Courts weigh doomsday claims

msn.com     Sep 2, 2008   10 related          

Posted: Tuesday, September 02, 2008 4:10 PM by Alan Boyle This artist's conception simulates the particle tracks that could be left behind by the creation and decay of a black hole in the Large Hadron Collider's ATLAS...                    

Era of scientific secrecy nears its end

msn.com     Sep 2, 2008   2 related          

Secrecy and competition to achieve breakthroughs have been part of scientific culture for centuries, but the latest Internet advances are forcing a tortured openness throughout the halls of science and raising questions...                    

Next stop: The fourth dimension

eurekalert.org     Sep 3, 2008   1 related          

The Atlas experiment under construction at the LHC site, deep beneath the Alps. On September 10, 2008, Tel Aviv University's Prof. Erez Etzion from the School of Physics and Astronomy will be in the control room of the new...                    

Invisibility undone: Chinese scientists demonstrate how to uncloak an invisible object

physorg.com     Sep 3, 2008   7 related          

Harry Potter beware! A team of Chinese scientists has developed a way to unmask your invisibility cloak. According to a new paper in the latest issue of Optics Express, the Optical Society's (OSA) open-access journal,...                    

Biography of Philipp Lenard

suite101.com     Sep 3, 2008          

Nobel Physicist Famous for his Photoelectric Effect Investigation Philipp Lenard's major contributions to science was in the study of cathode rays for which he won a Nobel Prize in Physics in 1905. Philipp Lenard (1862 -...                    

Power and politics at home and abroad

berkeley.edu     Sep 3, 2008          

On the UC Berkeley campus, several events this fall will confront the constitutional questions raised by the current administration's expansion of presidential power in the name of the "war on terror," while others focus...                    

Brain Cancer Patients at Two Leading Hospitals Treated Using Fast and Efficient RapidArc...

prnewswire.com     Sep 2, 2008          

Brain Cancer Patients at Two Leading Hospitals Treated Using Fast and Efficient RapidArc Radiotherapy Technology from Varian Medical Systems RapidArc Used to Deliver Stereotactic Radiosurgery for Brain Metastases PALO...                    

Courses - Mathematics Undergraduate Admissions

warwick.ac.uk     Sep 2, 2008          

In addition to the 3-year BSc and 4-year MMath single-honours degrees in Mathematics, the Department offers three joint degree courses. The Departments of Computer Science, Physics and Statistics also offer joint degrees...                    

This ain't no jive, particle physics rap is a hit

wtop.com     Sep 1, 2008   18 related          

EAST LANSING, Mich. (AP) - Who says science doesn't turn people on? Kate McAlpine is a rising star on YouTube for her rap performance _ about high-energy particle physics. Her performance has drawn a half-million views...                    

People: Adam Sherwin

timesonline.co.uk     Sep 2, 2008          

D:ream scenario for particle physics switch-on Excitement is growing before the big switch-on for the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) in Switzerland, where the world’s most powerful particle physics experiment will take place...