Thursday 29 July, 2021
Tiny particles called muons are not quite doing what is expected of them in two different long-running experiments.
A Fianna Fáil motion will go before the Dáil tonight.
In his latest book, Reality Is Not What It Seems, bestselling author Carlo Rovelli shows how our understanding of reality has changed throughout the centuries.
This is the century-old theory that has given us concepts like black holes and the big bang, writes Dr Cormac O’Raifeartaigh.
You can’t get away from him and his soundness.
With CERN membership, Ireland’s brightest minds would be able to work on some of the most advanced projects in the world.
No gore. Just a LOT of sore.
The brunch selfies are next…
The LED has helped in the fight against global warming and also helps people in poverty.
And would it help stem the skills shortages in the tech and sciences industry?
Just *try* and stop watching. Try.
It could also hamper Ireland’s chances of attracting foreign direct investment, experts say.
A new discovery has shed light on the beginning of the universe itself and will help us to understand how gravitational extremes like black holes work, writes Conor Farrell.
Good work, Andrei Linde.
Limerick TD Patrick O’Donovan said if we cannot encourage people to study these subjects at higher level, we will have a serious problem in filling the places on third level courses.
Mr Hovan was filmed spinning a basketball on his pen while marking papers.
It’s the problem all men face at some point.
Well, everyone in your carriage anyway…
Women are under-represented in physical science at every level – but NUI Galway is trying to change this.
He’s been saying clever things about smart stuff again.
The world’s leading physicist says our existence depends on finding a new planet to live on. No pressure, then.
From TheJournal.ie
“The preliminary results… are magnificent,” one CERN physicist said.
While outrage is understandably high when particularly heinous crimes are committed, we are doing victims no service by letting emotions rule out rational debate on how to reform the justice system, writes Alan Greene.
Scientists have confirmed a vast amount of ice at the north pole at the planet’s north pole – despite its proximity to the sun.
Happy Science Week! Now light that bunsen burner and let’s get going…
Keep a special eye out for the dancing at 01.12.
The planet is made up mainly of graphite and diamond and was spotted zooming around a nearby star.
“I was walking with my wife [and] when I saw the Swedish area code, I realised,” said one of this year’s winners.
Richard A Muller founded a research project into the rise in earth surface temperature… and the findings surprised even him.
Avogadro, Planck, Boltzmann… the whole gang is here.
The theoretical physicist had a $100 bet with another scientist that the Higgs would never be found.
If it’s true it will be one of the most important scientific breakthroughs of the past one hundred years.
CERN is to announce its latest results on the search for the ‘god particle’ this week. Could they have found it?
Plus – how TDs are fast becoming an endangered species, and how much Hollywood’s leading ladies can command per film.
Three Spanish academics have come with an alternative theory of time – one which suggests we will eventually be frozen in time forever.
Yep – it was faulty equipment all along…
