Updated: 2012-03-30 19:44:47
Today the Large Hadron Collider smashed protons at 8 TeV for the first time beating last years energy of 7 TeV. Physics runs will begin in about a weeks time. This year they have set an agressive target of 15/fb at this energy. Last year they exceeded predicitons by a factor of five but we should [...]
Updated: 2012-03-22 10:00:00
Register now: Thursday 19 April 2012
A webinar sponsored by COMSOL
Updated: 2012-03-21 11:04:03
In a cermomy at the Norwegian Academy od Science and Letters today it has been anounced that this years Abel Laureate for mathematics is Endre Szemeredi for for his fundamental work in discrete mathemtics. The prize will be presented by the King of Norway in May after which the winner will go home with 6 Million Norwegian Kroner. Szemeredi made a breakthrough when he [...]
Updated: 2012-03-20 09:28:46
I recently got an interesting e-mail about the Big Bang. The writer said she didn’t see how you could make something out of nothing. She collects creation myths and thought that, no matter how you sliced it, it’s always “turtles all the way down.” This is a reference to creation myths where the world is [...]
Updated: 2012-03-16 11:15:52
Register now: Wednesday 4 April 2012
An online lecture presented by Lawrence M Krauss
Updated: 2012-03-14 22:43:07
The Large Hadron Collider has celebrated π day by sending protons round in a giant circle. This marks the start of operations for 2012 with collisions at a new record energy of 8 TeV due in a couple of weeks. Beam 1 which turns counter-clockwise was successfully sent all the way round the ring a few moments [...]
Updated: 2012-03-13 23:15:25
I am saddened to hear of the passing of Ray Munroe on who died on March 11th. Many readers of viXra Log will know of him through his web presence and his love of physics. Last year his FQXi essay which ended in 27th place, a very respectable result for an independent researcher. He had worked professionally [...]
