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The Nine Circles of Scientific Hell
Fig. 1. The nine circles of scientific hell (with apologies to Dante and xkcd) Via io9 reporting on the research article. Love the “apologies to Dante and xkcd” in the caption :D Filed under: Links...
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How brainless slime molds redefine intelligence
Fascinating research reported in Scientific American: One species in particular, the SpongeBob SquarePants–yellow Physarum polycephalum, can solve mazes, mimic the layout of man-made transportation...
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Simulation: Quantum leaps
Nature News reporting on the rise of quantum simulators: Quantum simulators are the lesser sibling of an idea in physics known as quantum computers, which have been touted for more than three decades...
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Is there any particle physics beyond the standard model?
Image credit: Geoff Brumfiel (Nature). The answer seems to be: NO. Starts with a Bang reports on the upcoming LHCb publication on the muon–anti-muon decay channel of a B meson consisting of a strange...
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First Evidence for an Arrow of Time – or not?
The BaBar detector (UCSB). In our everyday, macroscopic world, time flows in one direction. People get older, eggs fall of tables and break, hot objects cool, and so on. Yet on the microscopic quantum...
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The nanotechnology patent thicket
This week’s Nature had a comment by Joshua M. Pearce on the patent situation in nanotechnology, with a lot of details on carbon nanotubes specifically that I wasn’t aware of before. Although the full...
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Time-lapse writing of a research paper
Saving so many different versions is excessive for normal purposes, but do make for a pretty neat time-lapse video. Via FlowingData. Filed under: Links Tagged: Doing science
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A bleak Horizon
News on the progress of the European budget negotiations for 2014–2020 are not good. With the pervasive push for austerity and the conflicting political agendas by different member states, such as the...
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Does biology need quantum mechanics?
Ars Technica reports on a recent Nature Physics review article on our current understanding of the role of quantum physics in biology (see also my earlier post). Filed under: Links Tagged: quantum...
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Viewpoint: A Glance at the Earliest Universe
A clearly written explanation in Physics of a recent Physical Review Letter on the use of loop quantum gravity (LQG) to analyze the origin of the universe beyond the time classical gravity breaks down....
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2012 in review (WP summary report)
Thanks to all my readers! I will keep on blogging in 2013. The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2012 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: The new Boeing 787 Dreamliner can carry...
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Behind the scenes at Nature
Peering behind the curtains to see how scientific publishing works in practice at the highest level is ever fascinating for scientists, and I believe it to be illuminating for others as well. So on a...
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Quantum foundations poll
Nature News and the Quantum Frontiers blog reported on a recent poll Anton Zeilinger and colleagues conducted at a quantum foundations meeting in Vienna, and published on arXiv. The poll was designed...
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The Episciences Project
An interesting new journal platform concept called the Episciences Project was recently unveiled by Timothy Gowers on his blog and subsequently reported on Nature News: Many mathematicians — and...
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The Overview Effect (video)
OVERVIEW from Planetary Collective on Vimeo. Watched this yesterday – amazingly inspirational. It truly sounds that seeing the Earth from space is a genuine spiritual experience. I’m definitely going...
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A Year in Helsinki (timelapse)
An awesome timelapse video shot mostly during the winter in Helsinki – most places are very familiar to me. Click here to watch it fullscreen in HD. Filed under: Links Tagged: Helsinki
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New models for academic publishing
New models for academic publishing. Toma Susi. figshare. http://dx.doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.635567 Academic publishing is changing fast. In this post, I’ll describe not only the exciting recent...
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Planck results on the CMB, and latest on the Higgs
Planck CMB. Copyright ESA and the Planck Collaboration. The Planck Collaboration released the most detailed map yet of the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB), as measured by the European Space Agency’s...
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Nature’s special issue on the future of publishing
Nature Magazine special issue: The Future of Publishing. Image credit: Brendan Monroe. Nature Magazine’s latest issue is a special on the future of publishing. There’s a ton of great content, starting...
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Update on open access in Finland
I’ve been recently involved in a few initiatives related to open access in Finland and our university, Aalto. First, there is an initiative to build a common Aalto Current Research Information System...
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