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What is new in physics this week? 

       

    1. Interesting Reads
      1. December 2011
      2. November 11 2011 - Angry Birds
      3. November 7 2011 - Testing the Copenhagen Interpretation
      4. September 23 2011 - Neutrino Travels Faster Than Light?
      5. May 17 2011 - Harvard Natural Sciences Lecture Demonstrations
      6. April 7 2011 - Tevatron accelerator yields hints of new particle 
      7. News Feeds
        1. 1. Science News from BBC
        2. 2. Physics News from ScienceDaily
        3. 3. Physics News from Physics Today

       

      Interesting Reads

       

      December 2011

      Is the Higgs Boson Real?  A great article about CERN research and what current minds are thinking.

      MIT boffins figure out the physics behind how cats drink water!

       

      November 11 2011 - Angry Birds

      Analyzing the physics of the yellow wood crunching angry bird

       

      November 7 2011 - Testing the Copenhagen Interpretation

      A matter of live and dead cats

       

      September 23 2011 - Neutrino Travels Faster Than Light?

       

      May 17 2011 - Harvard Natural Sciences Lecture Demonstrations

      An interesting collection of videos and other resources for teachers.  This video is pure magic.

       

      April 7 2011 - Tevatron accelerator yields hints of new particle 

       

       

       

       

       

       

       

       

       

       

       

       

       

      News Feeds

      1. Science News from BBC

      VIDEO: Soyuz spaceship docks at ISSVIDEO: A look at 'wind turbines' of the deepVIDEO: Wildlife Trusts celebrates centenaryVIDEO: Hopes for West Country miningVIDEO: Soyuz rocket launch in Kazakhstan

       

      2. Physics News from ScienceDaily

      Graphite enters different states of matter in ultrafast experimentTimely discovery: Physics research sheds new light on quantum dynamicsNew 'metamaterial' practical for optical advancesBeyond the high-speed hard drive: Topological insulators open a path to room-temperature spintronicsWatching the 'birth' of an electron: Ionization viewed with 10 attosecond resolutionYou can't play nano-billiards on a bumpy tableIn metallic glasses, researchers find a few new atomic structuresPhotonics: New approach to generating terahertz radiation will lead to new imaging and sensing applicationsSignificant water anomaly explainedQuantum dots brighten the future of lighting

       

      3. Physics News from Physics Today

      Modeling Nanoscale Imaging in Electron MicroscopyInsights from the classical atomProblem sets and other deterrents for womenA tale of openness and secrecy: The Philadelphia StoryTurbulence in two dimensionsReactor experiment reveals neutrino oscillation’s third mixing angleNotes on Anderson localizationCustom shapes from swell gelsFocus on lasers and imagingToward an attosecond view of molecules

       

      Comments (2)

      jspencerdavis@... said

      at 9:52 am on Apr 27, 2011

      http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2011/04/14/quantum-leap-bits-light-teleported-place/

      Here's the article on entanglement and its use recently to "teleport" light.

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