The Shuttle Enterprise
While visiting the city that never sleeps I finally had the chance to visit the Intrepid Sea, Air and Space Museum in New York. The main attraction for me was the prospect of seeing and… Read More »The Shuttle Enterprise
Science
Martian Unconformity
A few posts ago I wrote about the Great Uncomformity, and I was quite interested when I got to hear about Curiosity, the rover, photographing unconformities on Mars. As I explained in the aforementioned post,… Read More »Martian Unconformity
Planetary system with two suns
If you have seen Star Wars Episode IV, you probably remember that famous scene when Luke considers his options after Uncle Owen and Aunt Beru are found dead. Atmospheric music by John Williams plays in… Read More »Planetary system with two suns
Neil Armstrong
Neil Armstrong will always be remembered as the first man to walk on the moon. He has died on Saturday 25th of August, weeks after heart surgery and days after his 82nd birthday. Neil A.… Read More »Neil Armstrong
MATLAB for mac in Mountain Lion without X11
Well, I have now made the move to Mountain Lion and for a bit it did look quite good, until I had the nerve of trying to start MATLAB. Now, I must admit that the… Read More »MATLAB for mac in Mountain Lion without X11
Y ¿Qué es el Bosón de Higgs?
Uno de los sueños más ambiciosos de los físicos es la descripción de todas las fuerzas físicas como un único conjunto de relaciones matemáticas, lo que se conoce comúnmente como unificación. Todos los fenómenos observados… Read More »Y ¿Qué es el Bosón de Higgs?
The Higgs Boson Explained…with a Cartoon
Here you go! Enjoy!
CERN announces a Higgs-like boson particle
CERN has called for a press conference today (July 4th) for an important announcement. It turns out that they are reporting the claim of the discovery of a new particle “consistent” with the Higgs boson.… Read More »CERN announces a Higgs-like boson particle
Happy birthday Turing
Today, a 100 years ago Alan Turing was born. As a form of celebration Google has put a functioning Turing machine as their latest doodle. A Turing machine is a device that uses a tape… Read More »Happy birthday Turing
Repulsive Polarons
Yes, indeed this post is about repulsive polarons, but that does not mean that they are repulsive because they cause revulsion or anything of the sort. We are talking about quasiparticles which are predicted to… Read More »Repulsive Polarons