CP violation in a D0 meson. Aka antimatter. Physicists popping champagne means a lot – to physicists. Textbook changing time, a whole lot. Go read this @gizmodo
Mathematician Karen Uhlenbeck has become the first woman to win the Abel prize, sometimes called the Nobel prize of mathematics. She has been awarded the 6 million Norwegian kroner ($700,000) prize for her work in the fields of gauge theory and geometric analysis, which have been credited with far-reaching impact in both mathematics and physics.
Gauge theory underpins much of modern theoretical physics, and is integral to cutting-edge research in particle physics, general relativity and string theory. Her work laid the foundations for one of the major milestones of 20th–century physics, the unification of two of the four fundamental forces of nature: electromagnetism and the weak nuclear force.
From the #AwesomeWomen department, Karen Uhlenbeck was awarded Abel prize for “gauge theory and geometric analysis” which underpins much of modern theoretical physics.
This computer science team at Dartmouth College is lighting up faster, more secure data transmission to meet future wireless demands. They say visible light communication is the future for wireless: bit.ly/2NIlgZq
The world’s forests are increasingly taking up more carbon,
partially offsetting the carbon being released by the burning of fossil fuels
and by deforestation in the tropics. The new findings, published in the journal Biogeosciences, suggest that forests
are growing more vigorously, and therefore, locking away more carbon. Even so,
the concentration of heat-trapping carbon dioxide in the atmosphere is still on
the rise.
“Every decade, Earth’s forests are taking up carbon
faster than the previous decade,” said Britton Stephens, a co-author of
the study and a scientist at the NSF-funded National Center for Atmospheric Research. “The
same is true of the oceans. Even together, the ocean and the land are not
keeping up with industrial carbon emissions, and the global concentration of
carbon dioxide in the atmosphere is rising at an accelerating rate.”
Canada is joining a U.S.-led project that will see humans return to the moon and set the stage for further exploration to Mars, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced Thursday.
Known as the Lunar Gateway, the project includes an outpost that will provide living space for astronauts orbiting the moon, a docking station for visiting spacecraft and laboratories for research.
“Canada’s historic investment will create good jobs for Canadians, keep our astronaut program running and our aerospace industry strong and growing, while opening up a new realm of possibilities for Canadian research and innovation,” Trudeau said at the Canadian Space Agency headquarters in Saint-Hubert, Que.
