Browsing Archive: December, 2013
Posted by on Tuesday, December 31, 2013,
As 2013 comes to a close, it is a time to reflect on the past year. This has been another amazing year for the scientific community, and one that has seen many discoveries and breakthroughs.
The year started out with new data coming out of the Large Hadron Collider on the properties of the particle believed to be the Higgs boson, with a formal announcement in February of more evidence for a single scalar Higgs. As there are many variations on the Higgs mechanism, further evidence of a minimal...
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Posted by on Wednesday, December 25, 2013,
Midnight has passed, and now it is
Christmas Day!
Merry Christmas to all of my friends
and family, and all of the wonderful people who I have met online
through my various ventures. May you have a great holiday season, and
a prosperous new year!
MERRY CHRISTMAS!!
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Posted by on Saturday, December 21, 2013,
And so another year is passing into history, and it is time to rest and enjoy the holidays with friends and family. For me, that also includes all of my wonderful online friends who I have come to know through my science blog, my physics and mathematics projects, my robotics work and of course the Grandiloquent Dictionary website and spin-offs. I may not express my gratitude often, but I want all of you to know how much I appreciate your support and correspondences. I have met so many amazing...
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Posted by on Saturday, December 14, 2013,
In :
Astronomy
Just a quick reminder that tonight is the peak of the annual Geminids meteor showers, arguably the best meteor shower viewing of the year. In most areas it will be visible around 1am - 2am, although they should be visible all through the night. As with all astronomical events, it is best to get as far away from the city lights as possible, and to stay in darkness for as long as possible to allow your eyes to reach maximum sensitivity. Unfortunately, I won't be able to travel this year (and th...
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Posted by on Monday, December 9, 2013,
New data on the Higgs has just been released, and so I thought I would take a moment on this snowy Monday morning to give a few updates. (I realize by now some of you are growing tired of hearing about the Higgs boson, so I will try to make this update brief.) The original announcements by
CMS and
ATLAS can be found here and here.
The latest results from the LHC indicate that the Higgs boson they have been observing can decay into tau leptons. Tau leptons are identical to electrons, but have m...
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Posted by on Tuesday, December 3, 2013,
By now most tech-nerds like me have heard of the announcements of Jeff Bezos, regarding the future of parcel delivery. In case anyone hasn't, the founder of Amazon has claimed in quite grandiose manner that within five years Amazon will be delivering packages within 30 minutes using automated aerial drones. In theory, when a customer places an order, the warehouse attaches the package to a quad-copter with onboard GPS, and sends it out. The drone automatically flies to the destination, deposi...
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I am a theoretical physicist & mathematician, with training in electronics, programming, robotics, and a number of other related fields.
