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Applied Bio-physics updates : - NuTeV anomaly helps shed light on physics of the nucleus (EurekAlert!)

June 30th, 2009

( DOE/Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility ) A new calculation clarifies the complicated relationship between protons and neutrons in the atomic nucleus and offers a fascinating resolution of the famous NuTeV Anomaly. The calculation, published in the journal Physical Review Letters on June 26, was carried out by a collaboration of researchers from the Department of Energy’s Thomas …
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Anomaly Helps Shed Light on physics of the Nucleus (redOrbit)
A new calculation clarifies the complicated relationship between protons and neutrons in the atomic nucleus and offers a fascinating resolution of the famous NuTeV Anomaly.The calculation, published in the journal Physical Review Letters on June 26, was carried out by a collaboration of researchers from the Department of Energy’s Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, Tokai University …
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Physics alerts … - Opinion: Should Fortran be taught to undergraduates?

June 21st, 2009

Walking Randomly: Back in 1997 Mike Croucher was a second-year undergraduate of physics. He was taught how to program in Fortran, a language that has survived over 40 years due to several facts including It is very good at what…

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Physics alerts … - Opinion: Should Fortran be taught to undergraduates?

June 20th, 2009

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Physics alerts … - Opinion: Should Fortran be taught to undergraduates?

June 17th, 2009

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Physics alerts … - UK schools rapped over science education

June 12th, 2009

BBC NEWS: Half of England’s comprehensives—a type of school that provides the majority of middle-to-high school education in England—did not offer physics, chemistry and biology GCSEs last year. In two regions—Islington and Slough—not a single pupil studied the separate sciences….

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Physics alerts … - The global risks of Pakistan’s A-bomb

June 5th, 2009

csmonitor.com: Some of Pervez Hoodbhoy’s nuclear physics students will go on to oversee Pakistan’s atomic bombs. That gives him pause. “The student body has become very conservative, very Islamist, their outward appearance has changed,” says Professor Hoodbhoy, the chair of…

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Physics alerts … - The global risks of Pakistan’s A-bomb

June 3rd, 2009

Star Trek: The physics behind blowing up a planet
SCI FI Wire: In the latest Star Trek movie, a series of planets collapse when a black hole is created inside the planet’s interior. Scientist and science fiction writer Wil McCarthy calculates how tricky would it be to completely destroy…

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Physics alerts … - Star Trek: The physics behind blowing up a planet

June 2nd, 2009

SCI FI Wire: In the latest Star Trek movie, a series of planets collapse when a black hole is created inside the planet’s interior. Scientist and science fiction writer Wil McCarthy calculates how tricky would it be to completely destroy…

The global risks of Pakistan’s A-bomb
csmonitor.com: Some of Pervez Hoodbhoy’s nuclear physics students will go on to oversee Pakistan’s atomic bombs. That gives him pause. “The student body has become very conservative, very Islamist, their outward appearance has changed,” says Professor Hoodbhoy, the chair of…

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