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Particles
World's Largest Atom Smasher May Have Just Found Evidence for Why Our Universe Exists
Live Science - Stephanie Pappas
For the first time ever, physicists at the world’s largest atom smasher have observed differences in the decay of particles and antiparticles …
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Northern Lights
A geostorm will give residents in the Northern US and Canada a rare chance to see the aurora borealis
CNN - By Paul P. Murphy, CNN
(CNN) — Many Americans and Canadians have a great chance to see the northern lights on Friday night and early Saturday morning. A solar flare that erupted on March 20 is set to slam into Earth on Friday
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Dark Matter
What if everything we know about dark matter is totally wrong?
Wired UK - Katia Moskvitch
SNOLAB There’s a mine, deep underground in Canada, that’s unlike any other. Just outside of Sudbury, Ontario, in a forest where curious bears …
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Science Fiction
Multiple realities aren’t just science fiction anymore
syfy.com - Elizabeth Rayne
Existing in more than one reality like Donnie Darko is something that has been imagined by sci-fi almost as long as the genre has existed, but always …
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Northern Lights
Northern Lights May Be Visible This Weekend In NoVA
Patch - Deb Belt
WASHINGTON, DC — The Northern Lights, one of nature's greatest marvels, could be visible low on the horizon in northern Virginia this weekend, …
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Neutron Stars
Supernova 'Kicks' Spinning Star So Hard, It's Hurtling Through Space at 2.5 Million MPH
Live Science - Stephanie Pappas
Astronomers have clocked a pulsar careening through space at a mind-boggling 2.5 million mph (4 million km/h). It seems to have been kicked to such …
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Science
360-Degree Video Puts You in the Center of the Milky Way Galaxy
futurism.com - Victor Tangermann
Galaxy Quest Strap in and hold tight — you’re about to be teleported into a 360-degree rendering of the center of the Milky Way galaxy. The …
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Particles
A Groundbreaking New Study Has Revealed Why Matter Is So Widespread In The Universe
The Inquisitr - Kristine Moore
While conducting antimatter research, physicists have finally verified for the first time that there is a very big difference in the decay of matter …
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Northern Lights
You Can See The Northern Lights This Weekend in These U.S. Cities
Fatherly - Amanda Tarlton
When and where to look. On Saturday night, people in certain cities across the U.S. may see the sky light up in shimmering shades of green, blue and …
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Geophysics
Researchers propose new type of planetary object
phys.org
May 22, 2017 , American Geophysical Union Scientists suggest in a new study the existence of a planetary object called a "synestia," a huge, spinning, …
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Antarctica
Mysterious green icebergs from Antarctica might be fertilizing the southern ocean
cbc.ca - CBC Radio ·
Scientists think they've finally figured out why some icebergs around Antarctica take on a vivid green hue rather than the blueish snowy white colour …
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Quarks
Physicists calculate proton's pressure distribution for first time
phys.org
February 22, 2019 by Jennifer Chu, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Neutron stars are among the densest-known objects in the universe, …
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Sports Industry
Climate change is taking a toll on the $20 billion winter sports industry — and swanky ski homes could lose value
CNBC - Diana Olick
Skiers in the western U.S. are enjoying one of the best seasons in years. But experts warn that years like this are quickly becoming the exception, …
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Northern Lights
Geostorm Gives Sky Watchers in Northern US and Canada Chance to See Northern Lights
Geek - By Stephanie Valera
Aurora alert! Residents in northern U.S. and in Canada might be able to see the northern lights or aurora borealis this Friday night to Saturday. A …
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Quantum Computing
An Optimist’s View of the 4 Challenges to Quantum Computing
ieee.org - Jim Clarke
The technical challenges are very difficult, but the promise is too great to quit so early in the quantum computing marathon, writes Intel's Jim …
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Northern Lights
Northern Lights may glow in N.J. sky this weekend, thanks to a big geostorm
nj.com - Len Melisurgo
A dazzling sky phenomenon known as the Northern Lights might be visible in parts of New Jersey and New York this weekend, experts say.In case you …
Northern Lights
You might be able to see the Northern Lights over Metro Vancouver tonight
vancouverisawesome.com - Tri-City News
Metro Vancouver will be offered a great chance to see the northern lights on Friday night and early Saturday morning. That’s mostly due to a solar …
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Qubits
Quasiparticles experimentally shown to interfere for first time
phys.org
March 4, 2019 , Purdue University Qubits, the units used to encode information in quantum computing, are not all created equal. Some researchers …
Science
Top stories: Jack the Ripper, engineering coral, and the first woman to win math’s Nobel
sciencemag.org - Alex Fox
Forensic scientists say they have finally identified Jack the Ripper, the notorious serial killer who terrorized the streets of London more than a …
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Alaska Panhandle
Alaska taking shape near Yakutat
sitnews.us - http://www.sitnews.us
By NED ROZELL March 21, 2019 Thursday PM (SitNews) - The forces shaping Alaska never sleep, especially near Yakutat. I visited the fishing town of about …
Northern Lights
Aurora sighting possible this weekend
woodtv.com - Ellen Bacca
Video >>App users: Tap to view this article with maps and graphs GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — A geomagnetic storm is set to slam into earth this …
Magnetism
Theory of Magnetic Domain Phases in Ferromagnetic Superconductors
aps.org - Zh. Devizorova, S. Mironov, and A. Buzdin
Author(s): Zh. Devizorova, S. Mironov, and A. BuzdinRecently discovered superconducting P-doped EuFe2As2 compounds reveal the situation when the …
National Geographic
Johns Hopkins University
Dear MESSENGER: How unmasking Mercury brought art to life
National Geographic - Kim Stanley Robinson
Science & InnovationStarstruck Ten years after the NASA orbiter's arrival at the innermost world, author Kim Stanley Robinson reflects on how the planet inspired his fiction. 5 Minute Read By Kim Stanley
Time Management
Daily briefing: Six easy time-management tips for scientists
nature.com - Flora Graham
Make a plan and don’t panic. Plus: first primate born from transplanted testicular tissue and six time-management tips for scientists. Hello Nature …
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Science
ATLAS experiment finds evidence of three massive vector boson productions
phys.org - ATLAS Experiment
Since weak bosons are unstable, they are reconstructed in the detector via their decays to pairs of leptons (including invisible neutrinos) or quarks …
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9 things we blame the changing weather for
The Telegraph - By Annabel Rivkin and Emilie McMeekan
Ravening Hunger - The moment it’s jumper-not-coat weather, our jeans sigh with relief in anticipation of ‘salad mode’, rather than just-ate-the-fridge mode. We shake off the cheese and it becomes all seeds
Science
Synopsis: Entangled Photon Source Ticks All Boxes
aps.org - physics.aps.org
Hui Wang, Hai Hu, T.-H. Chung, Jian Qin, Xiaoxia Yang, J.-P. Li, R.-Z. Liu, H.-S. Zhong, Y.-M. He, Xing Ding, Y.-H. Deng, Qing Dai, Y.-H. Huo, Sven …
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Machine Learning
What can machine learning reveal about the solid Earth?
phys.org - Josie Garthwaite
Scientists seeking to understand Earth's inner clockwork have deployed armies of sensors listening for signs of slips, rumbles, exhales and other …
Qubits
Pulsed Sagnac source of polarization-entangled photon pairs in telecommunication band
nature.com - www.nature.com
1. Kok, P. et al. Linear optical quantum computing with photonic qubits. Rev. Mod. Phys. 79, 135–174 (2007). 2. O’Brien, J. L. Optical quantum computing. …
Philippines
Pagasa declares start of dry season
sunstar.com.ph - www.sunstar.com.ph
THE state weather bureau officially declared Friday, March 22, the start of the dry season in the Philippines. In a statement, the Philippine …