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CERN Health Insurance Scheme (CHIS): new Rules as of 1 September 2022
The new Rules of the CERN Health Insurance Scheme (CHIS) came into force on 1 September 2022. The revision of the CHIS Rules has been conducted in the context of the introduction of the new Graduate programmes. The changes are as follows (the corresponding articles of the Rules are indicated in square brackets): III 1.01 COMPULSORY …
Large Hadron Collider restarts to push physics to the edge
Scientists overseeing the largest particle accelerator on Earth switched it on for the first time in three years this weekend to solve some of the biggest mysteries in physics. The Large Hadron Collider (LHC), the powerful particle accelerator located at CERN near Geneva, Switzerland, restarted on Friday (April 22) after a three-year shutdown for maintenance …
Scientists Develop ‘Invisible Portal’ That Could Give New Dimension to Illusion Technology
From magical portals created by Marvel superhero Dr Strange to Harry Potter and his friends entering platform 9 ¾ at King’s Cross Train Station, invisible portals have always been quite fascinating and something that most of us dream of. Hence, it should come as no surprise that a team of scientists has been working on …
Slippery Rock physics majors developing space technology with NASA grant
SLIPPERY ROCK, Pa. (WKBN) –– Seven students at Slippery Rock University are helping NASA develop space exploration technology. Some of it could be used to land on Mars one day. Part of that work is developing a tiny microscope, made possible by a $25,000 grant from NASA. Recently there has been a spiked interest in the debate about aliens. Are they real? On …
Precision Is Nature’s Gift to Technology
Nobel Prize-winning physicist Frank Wilczek explores the secrets of the cosmos. Read previous columns here. Precision is a powerful tool, but it can be hard to come by. That theme, with variations, is a leitmotif of science, organic life and modern technology. It is sounding again today, at the frontier of quantum computing. Consider biology. …
Roos, emeritus physics professor and pioneer in recycling technology, has died | Vanderbilt News
Charles Roos, professor of physics, emeritus Charles E. Roos, professor of physics, emeritus, at Vanderbilt University, who built his department’s research in areas ranging from superconducting wire to recycling technology, died on Feb. 20 in Nashville. He was 93. Roos was born in Chicago on April 23, 1927. He enrolled at Swarthmore College when he …
How do you measure the distance between Earth and the Sun? (Intermediate)
How do astronomers calculate the distance of the Sun from the Earth, or the actual size of the Sun, or the speed of travel of Earth in its orbit around the Sun? Clearly, from an answer to one of these questions one can find out the answers to the others. But how do we find …
Tandem solar cells break new record – Physics World
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Nobel Prize in Physics Awarded to 3 Scientists for Work on Black Holes
The Nobel Prize in Physics was awarded three astrophysicists Tuesday for work that was literally out of the world, and indeed the universe. They are Roger Penrose, an Englishman, Reinhard Genzel, a German, and Andrea Ghez, an American. They were recognized for their work on the gateways to eternity known as black holes, massive objects …
Nobel Prize in Physics awarded for black hole discoveries to Roger Penrose, Reinhard Genzel and Andrea Ghez
Göran K. Hansson, secretary for the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, said at Tuesday’s ceremony in Stockholm that this year’s prize was about “the darkest secrets of universe.” Penrose, a professor at the University of Oxford who worked with Stephen Hawking, was awarded half of the prize “for the discovery that black hole formation is …
