The Buddha, Topoi, And Quantum Gravity

The Buddha, Topoi, And Quantum Gravity

Anything is either true,Or not true,Or both true and not true,Or neither true nor not true;This is the Buddha's teaching. --Nagarjuna (second century Buddhist monk and philosopher), the…
My Take On The Would-Be Particle At 38 MeV

My Take On The Would-Be Particle At 38 MeV

Everybody seems to be talking about this new would-be particle, allegedly observed in diphoton decays in this paper by Kh. Abraamyan et al. at JINR, and consistent with an earlier claim of two…
Russians find new Particle, E(38) at 38 MeV

Russians find new Particle, E(38) at 38 MeV

Russians at the JINR Nuclotron believe they have found a new particle, the E(38), as reported in this paper at ArXiv. The particle interacts with quarks and gluons only and appears in collisions on…
The Plot Of The Week - Z' Not Here

The Plot Of The Week - Z' Not Here

Perhaps a bit too simple, but certainly appealing. Extensions of the Standard Model which imply the existence of a new U(1) gauge group to complement the SU(2)xU(1) structure of electroweak…
ICARUS: Neutrinos Travel At Light Speed. Period.

ICARUS: Neutrinos Travel At Light Speed. Period.

Little less than one year ago the world of fundamental physics was shaken by the bold claim of the OPERA collaboration, which produced a measurement of the time of flight of neutrinos traveling…
Detractors Not Grasping The Memristor

Detractors Not Grasping The Memristor

The so called "memristor" is an intriguing case for the sociology of science [2] and it still unfolds. Especially annoying are critics who do not grasp the core issue. They hand easily refuted…
Why The Higgs Is A Bad Ballerina

Why The Higgs Is A Bad Ballerina

The Higgs boson, whose discovery was confirmed by CERN on July 4th to the exacting 5-sigma level required in particle physics (meaning that the probability that the bulge in the data indicating a…