Posts Tagged ‘daily physics news’
Today’s physics news: Friday, 21 May
Japan launches Akatsuki probe to Venus Japan has sent a sophisticated probe to Venus to study its atmosphere in unprecedented detail. The Akatsuki orbiter was put on a path to the inner-world by an H-IIA rocket launched from the Tanegashima spaceport in the south of the country. BBC
Today’s physics news: Tuesday, 18 May
Large Hadron Collider to enter unexplored domain A timely reminder that physicists are gearing up to enter hitherto unexplored domains at the world’s most advanced particle accelerator on the BBC today. The news report contains a quote from Dr Weidberg explaining how the detection of W and Z bosons could shed light on the nature [...]
Today’s physics news: Monday, 17 May
Businesses need STEM students, new CBI report shows The Confederation of British Industry has launched a new report ‘Ready to Grow: Business Priorities for Education and Skills’ which contains a survey of 694 employers. Almost half of the respondents (45%) state that they are struggling to find science, tech, engineering and maths graduates. THE Government [...]
Today’s physics news: Wednesday, 12 May
Scientists need to join the political fray Critical of Martin Rees’ assertion made during the first 2010 Reith Lecture that scientists should be ‘on tap but not on top’, Michael Brooks, a consultant for New Scientist who stood and lost in the UK’s general election, writes that scientists need to be more politically assertive. New [...]
Today’s physics news: Tuesday 11 May
Bat studies to aid roving robots Detailed studies of the ways bats and dolphins use sound to echo-locate could soon help people with cochlear implants listen in stereo as new research published in IOP Publishing’s Bioinspiration & Biomimetics shows. BBC UK astronaut Tim Peake makes first weightless flight Major Tim is the first UK [...]
