Browsing Archive: March, 2013

Baby Pictures of the Universe

Posted by on Thursday, March 21, 2013,
Astrophysicists have just released the most advanced data yet on the early Universe - in essence they have produced a baby picture of the Universe. The results are from the European Space Agency's PLANCK satellite, and measured microwave photons that were produced over 13 billion years ago, when the Universe was only 370,000 years old.

Although background radiation such as this appears to be just noise and static to most electronics, it actually contains quite a lot of information on the early...
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Still the Higgs Boson

Posted by on Friday, March 15, 2013,
I am certain that by now the general public is tiring of physicists and science nerds rambling on about the amazing discovery last summer of the Higgs boson, but that will never stop us! This week there have been more news stories about this particle (which serious scientists will never, ever refer to as the 'God Particle'), and I have had a few inquiries as to why it is in the media yet again. 

The reason that it is in the news again is that earlier this week, the LHC teams studying the Higgs...
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More Evidence of Martian Life?

Posted by on Tuesday, March 12, 2013,
The team working with the NASA Curiosity rover has released an interesting new result today. The robotic rover has drilled into rocks on the surface of Mars, and its Sample Analysis at Mars and Chemistry and Mineralogy instruments have determined that at some point in history the surface could have supported microbial life.

In the ground up sample, the scientists identified sulfur, nitrogen, hydrogen, oxygen, phosphorus and carbon - all of which are considered chemical ingredients for life. Th...

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Raspberry Pi

Posted by on Monday, March 4, 2013,
A couple of days ago I posted a comment about the one year anniversary of the official launch of the Raspberry Pi project, and the replies from some associates made me realize that not everyone is aware of this fascinating device. And so, for those who are curious but too lazy to check Wikipedia, here is a brief summary.

The Raspberry Pi is a basic computer system that fits on a single circuit board about the size of a credit card. It was developed in Britain as a means of promoting the teachi...


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Dr. Chris Bird I am a theoretical physicist & mathematician, with training in electronics, programming, robotics, and a number of other related fields.

   


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