A New CMS Result On Quarkonium Suppression

A New CMS Result On Quarkonium Suppression

The CMS Collaboration has just released the results of a deep study of their sample of lead-lead collisions, produced at a center-of-mass energy of 2.76 TeV per nucleon by the Large Hadron Collider.…
Where was I ?

Where was I ?

The CHIPP 2012 winter school of particle physics is over, and so is the 50th winter meeting on nuclear physics. The two events had three things in common: they were both held in renowned locations…
Palaeobarbie

Palaeobarbie

This is pretty funny; this is based on (supposedly genuine) letter sent to a well respected US museum. Obviously the names of institutions and individuals have been changed. Dear Mr. Smith: Thank you…
Alcohol In China And Enzyme Evolution

Alcohol In China And Enzyme Evolution

In China, drinking alcohol is often still a vital part of doing business. Science is important in China, which has become the scientific leader in several ways, but science is business of course. At…
Favorite ArXiv Articles Of The Day

Favorite ArXiv Articles Of The Day

I read ArXiv regularly. It's not easy because most of the latest publications of physics go there before print. Apart from pedagogical articles (for teaching purposes), all the articles are aimed at…
Slit Experiments and Coherence Patterns

Slit Experiments and Coherence Patterns

Fire a machine gun at a wall with two slits. Look at the pattern bullets make that pass through. The pattern is the sum of two Gaussian curves. Classical physics makes sense. Repeat the exercise…
Magnetic Soap - Just Because We Can

Magnetic Soap - Just Because We Can

Scientists have developed a soap composed of iron rich salts dissolved in water that responds to a magnetic field when placed in solution.  That's right, magnetic soap. But there is a practical…