Topics: Nobel Laureate, Nobel Prize, Physics Prize announcement. NobelPrize.org. Nobel Prize Outreach AB 2023. Tue. 3 Oct 2023. < https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/physics/2023/prize-announcement/ > 3 October 2022 The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the Nobel Prize in Physics 2023 to Pierre AgostiniThe Ohio State University, Columbus, USA Ferenc KrauszMax Planck Institute of Quantum Optics, GarchingContinue reading “Physics…”
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Physiology or Medicine…
Figure 2. mRNA contains four different bases, abbreviated A, U, G, and C. The Nobel Laureates discovered that base-modified mRNA can be used to block the activation of inflammatory reactions (secretion of signaling molecules) and increase protein production when mRNA is delivered to cells. © The Nobel Committee for Physiology or Medicine. Ill. Mattias Karlén Topics:Continue reading “Physiology or Medicine…”
A Cult of Ignorance…
Asimov image: https://karsh.org/isaac-asimov/ Sagan image: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0755981/ Topics: Civics, Civil Rights, Civilization, Climate Change, Democracy, Existentialism Note: The Nobel Prize will be awarded starting Monday in Physiology, then Physics (my admitted favorite), Chemistry, Literature, Peace, and Economics the following Monday. Thus, the concentration of the postings will be Nobel as they post. I will be “nerdingContinue reading “A Cult of Ignorance…”
OSIRIS-REx…
The sample return capsule from NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission is seen shortly after touching down in the desert at the Department of Defense’s Utah Test and Training Range. Keegan Barber/NASA Topics: Asteroids, Astrobiology, Astrophysics, NASA, Space Exploration Scientists are exulting over the safe arrival of a canister containing about a cup’s worth of asteroid rocks, collectedContinue reading “OSIRIS-REx…”
Cloth Diapers…
Topics: Civics, Civil Rights, Civilization, Democracy, Existentialism, Fascism This essay is derived from a creative work of the same title, posted on my poetry blog Monday. Happy birthday, mom. I miss you. Sixty years ago, you were thirty-eight years old. I was one year, one month, and one day old. I was apparently potty-trained, whichContinue reading “Cloth Diapers…”
Pines’ Demon…
Lurking for decades: researchers have discovered Pines’ demon, a collection of electrons in a metal that behaves like a massless wave. It is illustrated here as an artist’s impression. (Courtesy: The Grainger College of Engineering/University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign) Topics: Particle Physics, Quantum Mechanics, Research, Solid-State Physics, Theoretical Physics For nearly seven decades, a plasmon knownContinue reading “Pines’ Demon…”
Polluting the Pristine…
The sea floor near Australia’s Casey station in Antarctica has been found to have levels of pollution comparable to those in Rio de Janeiro’s harbor. Credit: Torsten Blackwood/AFP via Getty Topics: Antarctica, Biology, Chemistry, Environment, Physics, Research Antarctica is often described as one of the most pristine places in the world, but it has aContinue reading “Polluting the Pristine…”
Quantum Slow Down…
Topics: Chemistry, Computer Science, Quantum Computer, Quantum Mechanics Scientists at the University of Sydney have, for the first time, used a quantum computer to engineer and directly observe a process critical in chemical reactions by slowing it down by a factor of 100 billion times. Joint lead researcher and Ph.D. student Vanessa Olaya Agudelo said,Continue reading “Quantum Slow Down…”
“Boldly Going” Pretty Close…
Artist’s conception of the dwarf planet Sedna in the outer edges of the known solar system. (Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/R. Hurt (SSC)) Topics: Astronomy, Astrophysics, Exoplanets, NASA, Space Exploration Astronomers are racing to explain peculiar orbits of faraway objects at the edge of our solar system. Among the many mysteries that make the furthest reaches of ourContinue reading ““Boldly Going” Pretty Close…”
60 Years Ago Tomorrow…
Source: March on Washington, History dot com editors Topics: Civics, Civil Rights, Civilization, Democracy, Existentialism, Fascism, Human Rights Sixty years ago tomorrow, two dear friends turned a year old, and ten years old. Sixty years ago tomorrow, I was a year, and 12 days old. The March on Washington happened on the eighth anniversary ofContinue reading “60 Years Ago Tomorrow…”
Physics and Nano 