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Have physicists at Fermilab found a new particle or force of nature? Science Now Share    
The particle physics world is abuzz with the news that researchers at Tevatron may have spotted a weird particle unlike any seen before. However, the experimenters who made the measurements caution that the supposed signal could also be a product of unidentified inaccuracies in their modeling of their incredibly complex particle detector. More Neutral atoms made to act like electrically charged particles Nanowerk Share
Completing the story they started by creating synthetic magnetic fields, (see "Researchers create 'synthetic magnetic fields' for neutral atoms") scientists from the Joint Quantum Institute, a collaboration of the National Institute of Standards and Technology and the University of Maryland, have now made atoms act as if they were charged particles accelerated by electric fields. More South African National Space Agency set to join telescope program Creamer Media's Engineering News Share
South Africa is expected to formally agree to participate in the Russian-led international Radioastron space telescope program. The Radioastron program also includes the U.S. National Radio Astronomy Observatory, the European Space Agency, the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization of Australia, Finland's Helsinki University of Technology and India's Tata Institute for Fundamental Research. Once in orbit, it will deploy a 10-m-diameter radio telescope dish, which will be operated in conjunction with ground-based radio telescopes to undertake space very long baseline interferometry. More
Global astronomy project stimulating science in African universities Creamer Media's Engineering News Share
According to the South African Minister of Science, Naledi Pandor, "The African SKA bid has stimulated interests in the field of astronomy across the continent. To mention but a few, the University of Botswana, the University of Antananarivo, in Madagascar, and the Eduardo Mondlane University, in Mozambique, recently introduced courses in astronomy and astrophysics." More
US decides to not join the international agreement on the SKA BBC NSBP Share
Nine national governmental and research organizations have established a Founding Board for the global Square Kilometer Array project. Australia, China, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, New Zealand, South Africa and the U.K. signed a Letter of Intent in Rome, declaring their common ambition to see the SKA built, and agreed to work together to secure funding for the next phase of the SKA project. The new board has announced that the SKA Project Office will be based at the Jodrell Bank Observatory near Manchester in the U.K. This new management structure will guide the project into the next phase of development. More The United States, via the National Science Foundation, declined to be a signatory to the agreement because the Founding Board requires a $50,000 payment to be followed by annual contributions of $250,000-$500,000 for the next four to five years, plus some additional contribution to the $100 million needed for the preconstruction activity. More
The amazing disappearing antineutrino Nature News Share
A revised calculation suggests that around 3 percent of particles have gone missing from nuclear reactor experiments. The deficit could be caused by the antineutrinos turning into so-called "sterile antineutrinos," which can't be directly detected, and which would be clear evidence for effects beyond the standard model of particle physics. More
Cores of red giant stars revealed for the first time ScienceDaily Share
NASA's Kepler Mission is giving astronomers such a clear view of changes in star brightness that they can now see clues about what's happening inside red giant stars. Oscillations in a star's brightness provide information about the density and chemistry deep inside a star. The data also shows researchers whether a red giant star burns hydrogen in a shell surrounding the star or whether it has evolved to an age that it burns helium in the core. That's something astronomers hadn't been able to determine before Kepler. More
4th IUPAP Conference on Women in Physics opens in Stellenbosch, South Africa SAIP Share
On April 5, South African Minister of Science, Naledi Pandor, opened the 4th IUPAP Conference on Women in Physics. Other conference keynote speakers include Professor Jocelyn Bell Burnell, president of the Institute of Physics, Archana Bhattacharyya, Rachel Ivie speaking at the Global Survey of Physicists, Professor Tebello Nyokong of South Africa, Professor Cecilia Jarlskog, president-elect of the International Union of Pure and Applied Physicists and Dr. Yanlai Yan speaking on how physics is involved in ancient Chinese chime-bells. More
Top astronomers from the Middle East and Africa meet in South Africa South African Astronomical Observatory Share
On April 11, the Honorable Derek Hanekom, Deputy Minister of Science and Technology and professor Bob Williams, president of the International Astronomical Union, will formally open the second Middle East and Africa IAU Regional Meeting hosted in Cape Town, South Africa. Delegates from all over Africa and the Middle East will attend the meeting running from April 11-15. They will discuss topics ranging from the search for planets around other stars, to how to use astronomy as a vehicle for science education and development. More
National Society of Black Physicists jobs board postings NSBP Share
Physics Faculty - 9 Month Appointment Director, African Institute for Mathematical Sciences Ghana Assistant Professor - Physics APS Scholarship Program for Minority Undergraduate Physics Majors Assistant Professor, Energy Resources Engineering Assistant or Associate Professor - Astronomy / Astrophysics HBCU STEM Fellowship Program REU Program and University of Houston Internship Research Experience for Undergraduates Fellowship in PHYSICS Research Experience for Undergraduates Fellowship in PHYSICS Undergraduate Researchers Lehigh University REU Program in Physics REU Participant Student Researcher National Astrophysics and Space Science Program Visiting Professor Postdoctoral Research Associate Positions Visiting Professor Positions
Latest research from Journal or Breath Research IOP Publishing Share
Influence of age and sex in exhaled breath samples investigated by means of infrared laser absorption spectroscopyEvidence for sensory effects of a 1D organic conductor under gas exposure Factors contributing to the variability observed in duplicate forensic breath alcohol measurement Secondary electrospray ionization-mass spectrometry: breath study on a control group Exhaled nitric oxide parameters and functional capacity in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease More Latest research from Physical Review Special Topics — Accelerators and Beams Physical Review Special Topics Share
Symplectic tracking and compensation of dynamic field integrals in complex undulator structuresExperiment on pulse heating and surface degradation of a copper cavity powered by powerful 30 gigahertz free electron maser. Variable-period permanent magnet undulators Asymmetric focusing study from twin input power couplers using realistic rf cavity field maps Vacuum ultraviolet circularly polarized coherent femtosecond pulses from laser seeded relativistic electrons More |
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