Approved!

Approved!

I was on a plane to Valencia yesterday at the time when Paolo spoke in the Main Auditorium at CERN, and got approved our very first physics result with CMS collider data. Okay -with a small group we…
Arctic Ice 2010 #1 - The Nature Of Sea Ice

Arctic Ice 2010 #1 - The Nature Of Sea Ice

Arctic Ice 2010 #1 - The Nature Of Sea Ice Arctic Ice 2010 - a short series of articles. This first part is an introduction to the behaviour of Arctic sea ice. The second part will discuss current…
T-Shirts That Stop Bullets

T-Shirts That Stop Bullets

Researchers have drastically increased the toughness of a T-shirt by combining the carbon in the shirt’s cotton with boron – the third hardest material on earth. The result is a lightweight shirt…
ESA's CryoSat-2 Ice Satellite Launched

ESA's CryoSat-2 Ice Satellite Launched

Europe's first mission dedicated to studying the Earth's ice, CryoSat-2, was launched today from Kazakhstan. From its polar orbit, the satellite will send back data leading to new insights into how…