Tensor Posted July 7, 2017 Posted July 7, 2017 This thread is for science stories that the guys, or girls might be interested in. This ones for you DJ. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mirs1 Posted July 7, 2017 Posted July 7, 2017 (edited) The CERN has reported the observation of the Particle Xi, a particle from the baryon family, containing two heavy quarks. It was a very long research, since its existence was expected, but physicists have been looking for such baryons for a long time. https://home.cern/about/updates/2017/07/lhcb-announces-charming-new-particle Edited July 7, 2017 by mirs1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
spidergirl Posted July 7, 2017 Posted July 7, 2017 (edited) Engineers have designed the first battery-free cellphone that can send and receive calls using only a few microwatts of power, which it harvests from ambient radio signals or light. It's a major step forward in moving beyond chargers, cords and dying phones. https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/07/170705164453.htm Edited July 7, 2017 by spidergirl Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
djsurrey Posted July 8, 2017 Posted July 8, 2017 5 hours ago, spidergirl said: Engineers have designed the first battery-free cellphone that can send and receive calls using only a few microwatts of power, which it harvests from ambient radio signals or light. It's a major step forward in moving beyond chargers, cords and dying phones. https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/07/170705164453.htm I went to the website of the source of the story. There are significant issues like needing to be within 30 feet of the base station. Not the cell phone most are looking for. http://batteryfreephone.cs.washington.edu/ Quote It can operate on power that is harvested from RF signals transmitted by a basestation 31 feet (9.4 m) away. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
spidergirl Posted July 10, 2017 Posted July 10, 2017 (edited) On 7/8/2017 at 1:06 AM, djsurrey said: I went to the website of the source of the story. There are significant issues like needing to be within 30 feet of the base station. Not the cell phone most are looking for. http://batteryfreephone.cs.washington.edu/ Science is not static , maybe this project might get a more pratical application in a near future. Cell phones in their beginning could not be handed like we use them today, as they are like pockett computers. It is at least a very interisting project and has much potencial imo. Edited July 10, 2017 by spidergirl Rephrased one setence Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
djsurrey Posted July 11, 2017 Posted July 11, 2017 15 hours ago, spidergirl said: Science is not static , maybe this project might get a more pratical application in a near future. Cell phones in their beginning could not be handed like we use them today, as they are like pockett computers. It is at least a very interisting project and has much potencial imo. There are others attempting to harvest energy in other ways that I expect will show more promise. There is little energy in a received cell phone signal. see https://news.ncsu.edu/2016/09/wearable-teg-heat-harvesting-2016/ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
spidergirl Posted July 11, 2017 Posted July 11, 2017 9 minutes ago, djsurrey said: There are others attempting to harvest energy in other ways that I expect will show more promise. There is little energy in a received cell phone signal. see https://news.ncsu.edu/2016/09/wearable-teg-heat-harvesting-2016/ I am sorry for the science news I shared is so questionable. I think I will let it to the experts of the fórum though. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
vonmar Posted July 14, 2017 Posted July 14, 2017 https://www.chemistryworld.com/news/the-big-bang-theory-inspires-discovery-of-new-compound-baznga/3007707.article Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mirs1 Posted July 16, 2017 Posted July 16, 2017 (edited) A very sad news in the Mathematical community http://news.stanford.edu/2017/07/15/maryam-mirzakhani-stanford-mathematician-and-fields-medal-winner-dies/ Edited July 16, 2017 by mirs1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
djsurrey Posted July 27, 2017 Posted July 27, 2017 Oh, my gosh Bozeman, Montana has made it into the science news! This is where Sheldon attempted to move to in 3.13. Quote On August 21, Des Jardins, an astrophysicist at Montana State University in Bozeman, will help broadcast the first livestream of a total solar eclipse from the edge of space. She and more than 50 groups across the United States will launch high-altitude balloons to film the moon’s shadow racing across the Earth and broadcast it over the internet as it happens (eclipse.stream.live). see https://www.sciencenews.org/article/balloons-broadcast-2017-solar-eclipse-livestream Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Die Zimtzicke Posted July 31, 2017 Posted July 31, 2017 Nice to see Mayim included in this STEM program.https://www.studyinternational.com/news/5-women-changing-face-stem/#X5A6Sa41zqHPhjuR.97 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mirs1 Posted July 31, 2017 Posted July 31, 2017 16 minutes ago, Die Zimtzicke said: Nice to see Mayim included in this STEM program.https://www.studyinternational.com/news/5-women-changing-face-stem/#X5A6Sa41zqHPhjuR.97 Which program? The article was a list of five women who in a way or the other are connected to STEM, but I don't think they are involved in doing something together to promote it. Although, it would be very cool if Mayim could meet Fabiola Gianotti, she is a very accomplished scientist and also very good at presenting her work and science in general to a wider public. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Die Zimtzicke Posted August 1, 2017 Posted August 1, 2017 Sorry. I don't know why that didn't work right. I got it off the GSUSA page. The Girl Scouts are using those women's stories and work to promote science to girls. GSUSA is coming out with new STEM badges. They especially like Mayim because she used to be a Girl Scout. They showed a picture of her in her uniform when she did that show for NOVA a couple of years ago and ever since then they have tried to encourage troops developing science programs to use her as an example. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
djsurrey Posted August 25, 2017 Posted August 25, 2017 from https://www.sciencenews.org/article/rumors-swirl-ligo-snagged-gravitational-waves-neutron-star-collision Quote NEWS ASTRONOMY, PHYSICS, GRAVITATIONAL WAVES Rumors swirl that LIGO snagged gravitational waves from a neutron star collision As latest search ends, there’s speculation of a detected neutron star smashup BY EMILY CONOVER 3:14PM, AUGUST 25, 2017 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
djsurrey Posted August 25, 2017 Posted August 25, 2017 from https://www.llnl.gov/news/carbon-nanotubes-worth-their-salt Quote Carbon nanotubes worth their salt Lawrence Livermore (LLNL) scientists, in collaboration with researchers at Northeastern University(link is external), have developed carbon nanotube pores that can exclude salt from seawater. The team also found that water permeability in carbon nanotubes (CNTs) with diameters smaller than a nanometer (0.8 nm) exceeds that of wider carbon nanotubes by an order of magnitude. The nanotubes, hollow structures made of carbon atoms in a unique arrangement, are more than 50,000 times thinner than a human hair. The super smooth inner surface of the nanotube is responsible for their remarkably high water permeability, while the tiny pore size blocks larger salt ions. [snip] The key breakthrough achieved by the LLNL team was to use smaller-diameter nanotubes that delivered the required boost in performance. "These studies revealed the details of the water transport mechanism and showed that rational manipulation of these parameters can enhance pore efficiency," said Meni Wanunu, a physics professor at Northeastern University and co-author on the study." Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Die Zimtzicke Posted August 27, 2017 Posted August 27, 2017 I have to do a project with high school Girl Scouts about water. Thanks for pointing out a great role model to use, djsurrey. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
vonmar Posted October 3, 2017 Posted October 3, 2017 From The New York Times 2017 Nobel Prize in Physics Awarded to LIGO Black Hole Researchers Rainer Weiss, a professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and Kip Thorne and Barry Barish, both of the California Institute of Technology, were awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics on Tuesday for the discovery of ripples in space-time known as gravitational waves, which were predicted by Albert Einstein a century ago but had never been directly seen. <more in the link> Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
djsurrey Posted October 16, 2017 Posted October 16, 2017 https://www.sciencenews.org/article/neutron-star-collision-gravitational-waves https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/10/171016102822.htm Quote Astronomers strike cosmic gold, confirm origin of precious metals in neutron star mergers First observation of light from neutron star merger reveals new cosmic phenomenon, opens new field Date: October 16, 2017 Source: University of California - Berkeley Summary: What many thought would be a long way off, the detection of gravitational waves from the merger of binary neutron stars, actually happened on Aug. 17. The observation of a blue and then red glow from the radioactive debris cloud left behind matched simulations of what the merger should look like, proving that such mergers are the source of most of the very heavy elements in the universe, including gold. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
veejay Posted October 16, 2017 Posted October 16, 2017 9 minutes ago, djsurrey said: https://www.sciencenews.org/article/neutron-star-collision-gravitational-waves https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/10/171016102822.htm Thanks. Just saw it at the news. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
vonmar Posted October 24, 2017 Posted October 24, 2017 From The Guardian Stephen Hawking's expanding universes thesis breaks the internet Demand for 1966 PhD work, made freely available for the first time, crashes Cambridge’s repository website Stephen Hawking’s 1966 doctoral thesis has broken the internet after becoming available to the general public for the first time. Demand for the thesis, entitled Properties of Expanding Universes, was so great on Monday that it caused Cambridge University’s repository site to go down. The site was still inaccessible at 7.30pm on Monday. The “historic and compelling” thesis had swiftly become the most-requested item in Cambridge’s open access repository, Apollo. The university made the essay public at midnight on Sunday to mark Open Access Week after hundreds of readers sent in requests to download Hawking’s thesis in full. A University of Cambridge spokesperson said: “We have had a huge response to Prof Hawking’s decision to make his PhD thesis publicly available to download, with almost 60,000 downloads in less than 24 hours. “As a result, visitors to our Open Access site may find that it is performing slower than usual and may at times be temporarily unavailable.” <more in the link> Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tensor Posted October 24, 2017 Posted October 24, 2017 I actually read it back a few years ago, but I wanted my own copy so I'm probably one of those that helped to take down the site. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tensor Posted November 9, 2017 Posted November 9, 2017 It looks as though Leonard may have been right: https://www.nature.com/news/physicists-shrink-plans-for-next-major-collider-1.22983?WT.mc_id=TWT_NatureNews&sf157356325=1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
vonmar Posted November 10, 2017 Posted November 10, 2017 20 hours ago, Tensor said: It looks as though Leonard may have been right: https://www.nature.com/news/physicists-shrink-plans-for-next-major-collider-1.22983?WT.mc_id=TWT_NatureNews&sf157356325=1 TBBT guest Ira Flatow agrees with you... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
djsurrey Posted November 11, 2017 Posted November 11, 2017 I don't think so. from http://news.mit.edu/2017/faculty-profile-jesse-thaler-1107 Quote Theorist explores particle physics at the boundary of “messy and elegant.” [snip] Looking to the future, Thaler is eager to explore more uncharted territories beyond the Standard Model, and is working on theoretical designs for other experiments to detect dark matter. “I have a responsibility to push on whatever I think I can make an impact on, and push it forward,” Thaler says. from Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tensor Posted November 14, 2017 Posted November 14, 2017 Astronomers are enjoying an embarrassment of riches, with the Aug 17 detection of a neutron star merger. However, it has revealed problems in dealing with the new discoveries. https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/two-stars-slammed-into-each-other-and-solved-half-of-astronomys-problems-what-comes-next/?ex_cid=538twitter Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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