Lena Weber
Today’s physics news: Thursday, 11 March
Cern’s giant collider aims for world record
Scientists in Geneva expect to generate beams of particles with three times more energy than previously achieved
The Guardian
Academics demand independent inquiry into new nuclear reactors
Pressure on the government to organise an independent inquiry into a new generation of nuclear power stations will intensify today with a call for action [...]
Spock rocks to Oasis and Avatar’s Na’vi enjoy James Blunt
The Institute of Physics (IOP) and the PRS for Music, the organisation that collects royalties on behalf of composers and songwriters, today reveal the songs that our favourite sci-fi aliens could be listening to in outer space, based on the distance radio waves emitted from Earth have to travel to reach them.
The intergalactic hi-fi of Star [...]
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Today’s physics news: Wednesday, 10 March
A Hippocratic oath for scientists
Jim Grozier, Organiser of Brighton Café Scientifique, in a letter to the Guardian about a scientific Hippocratic oath.
The Guardian
Scottish Tory proposals aim for less state control of education
Scotland’s Education Secretary last night gave a guarded welcome to Conservative proposals for new schools funded by the taxpayer but run by independent charities [...]
Response to the Royal Society’s ‘scientific century’
The Institute of Physics (IOP) has responded to the Royal Society’s ‘The scientific century: securing our future prosperity’, a new report from the Royal Society.
The report is the result of an in-depth study by a group, chaired by Sir Martin Taylor FRS, and including Nobel laureates, former ministers of science, and leading figures from high-tech [...]
Can we detect quantum behaviour in viruses?