About two months ago, I read an article in the New York Times that said scientists believed nutrinos may have surpassed the speed of light. I asked Cerinthus, as he is currently writing his physics thesis, and he remained skeptical. However, it would be pretty cool. So today I read that a second experiment confirmed the original findings. However, the article mentions that theorists are having some trouble figuring out the reason behind this strange experimental data.
Because of this, while I was cleaning my room I listened to the In Our Time podcast on Nutrinos. Although I don't entirely understand, this time (the second time I listed to it) it made more sense.
Showing posts with label Particle Physics. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Particle Physics. Show all posts
Saturday, November 19, 2011
Wednesday, September 14, 2011
Macro Quantem Phenomena
Cerinthus is preparing topics for his thesis. One of the things that he is considering working on is a strange set of experiments with silicone droplets that show certain properties of quantum mechanics on a macro level. Although, I have to admit, I was skeptical at first, it's pretty cool.
Monday, June 6, 2011
Books and Science
Back when I was in high school, I read Dan Brown's Angels and Demons
. Although, as with all of Dan Brown's plots, it focuses on the conspiracies withing Christian hierarchy and doctrine, the specific plot centered around a container of antimatter. This, however, has not been an achievable feat. Only recently have scientists been able to keep antimatter particles around for 1000 seconds (specifically antihydrogen). Servia sent me an article about it.
Update on Infinite Summer: Maybe I have poor taste, but I am still not a fan of Infinite Jest
after reading another 2%. Although the language is erudite and interesting and the images are eccentric, much of what gestures toward humor relies upon a type of gross imagery that gets rather boring and repetitive. When I heard about the book, I was expecting something like an absurdest-humor non-fantasy version of Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell
with a plethora of footnotes and backstory. I'm going to stick with it for the moment.
. Although, as with all of Dan Brown's plots, it focuses on the conspiracies withing Christian hierarchy and doctrine, the specific plot centered around a container of antimatter. This, however, has not been an achievable feat. Only recently have scientists been able to keep antimatter particles around for 1000 seconds (specifically antihydrogen). Servia sent me an article about it.Update on Infinite Summer: Maybe I have poor taste, but I am still not a fan of Infinite Jest
after reading another 2%. Although the language is erudite and interesting and the images are eccentric, much of what gestures toward humor relies upon a type of gross imagery that gets rather boring and repetitive. When I heard about the book, I was expecting something like an absurdest-humor non-fantasy version of Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell with a plethora of footnotes and backstory. I'm going to stick with it for the moment.
Wednesday, April 6, 2011
Possible New Particle
A possible new particle has been found in a last gasp of an accelerator that is scheduled to be decommissioned. Apparently, due to budget cuts, Tevatron (at Fermilab), the world's most powerful particle accelerator will be shut down in September. But, in it's last few months, it has yielded a possible exciting new find: a bump in the data that could be either a new light particle, a new "force of nature" or, unfortunately, possibly a mistake in splicing data. Hopefully in the next few months the accelerator will unlock the secrets of this anomaly. Read the New York Times article on the subject.
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