Inside Fukushima

16 March 2011 grant b 0

Nature has a great look at what’s going on inside the Japanese nuclear reactor damaged by the tsunami: So, without emergency cooling, the temperature at […]

Hot, Heavy Matter.

17 February 2010 grant b 0

Science News reports on the hottest, heaviest science ever to come out of a research lab: Talk about hot and heavy. Scientists have taken the […]

Tying light in knots

19 January 2010 grant b 0

Science Daily bends my head with their report on scientists who’ve tied lasers into knots: Optical vortices can be created with holograms which direct the […]

Another LHC baguatelle.

9 November 2009 grant b 1

Yeah, so the LHC really, really can’t catch a break. Not only are bizarre electrical failures, Al Qaeda operatives and time travelers out to get […]

SONG: This is the Sound.

28 June 2009 grant b 1

SONG: “This is the Sound” [Download] (To download: double right-click & “Save As”) ARTIST: grant. SOURCE: “Acoustic Black Hole Created in Bose-Einstein Condensate”, Technology Review, […]

A SONIC BLACK HOLE!

12 June 2009 grant b 1

That sounds so totally metal, doesn’t it? Technology Review explains how to make a sound so heavy, no light can escape: One of the many […]

The satellite feels.

8 April 2009 grant b 1

BBC News reports on a new kind of observational satellite overhead. It’s not looking down at us – it’s feeling our weight: As Goce “bumps” […]