Physical Sciences

Seeing Is Believing? You Still Won't Believe This Gravitational Arc

"I'm not yet convinced by any of these explanations," Gonzalez said. "After all, we have ...

Article - News Staff - Jun 27 2012 - 8:33pm

Basic Education For Particle Hunters: Significance And Rate Error

square root of 169), but this is not a significant observation at all- the systematic uncertainty on the ...

Article - Tommaso Dorigo - Jul 2 2012 - 9:18am

Single Top: tW Production Observed by CMS!

discussed above. Production of single top proceeds via several mechanisms, all involving at some stage the ...

Blog Post - Tommaso Dorigo - Sep 21 2012 - 9:38pm

Dawn Of Time: When The First Stars Blinked On, There Was No Carbon Or Oxygen

to observe objects that are less than about 11 billion years old. These objects all exhibit heavy ...

Article - News Staff - Dec 10 2012 - 4:01am

Splitting Black Holes- Take 2

consider curved four-dimensional spaces, and we even don't need any serious math. All we need as input ...

Article - Johannes Koelman - Dec 18 2012 - 7:23am

Seeing The Northern Lights In VISIONS

want." All they have to do is wait. ...

Article - News Staff - Feb 2 2013 - 11:21am

Two Type 1a Supernovae Discovered

that has burned up all its energy. It is about as massive as the Earth's sun. It's core is ...

Article - News Staff - Feb 28 2013 - 10:57am

Intense Terahertz Pulses Can Induce DNA Repair

after exposure," Titova said. "In the future, we plan to study how all the observed effects ...

Article - News Staff - Mar 14 2013 - 12:08pm

Rossby Waves And The Moving 'Hot Spots' Of Jupiter

Jupiter's atmosphere, possibly all the way down to the level where water clouds can form. In pictures, hot ...

Article - News Staff - Mar 15 2013 - 10:21am

SN UDS10Wil: Hubble Pushes Supernova Record Back 350 Million Years

CANDELS+CLASH has uncovered more than 100 supernovae of all types that exploded from 2.4 to over 10 billion ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 4 2013 - 11:12am