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A giant underwater observatory, under construction in the Mediterranean, has detected the most energetic neutrino ever observed. It's 30x as powerful as anything seen before -- possibly powered by radiation left over from the Big Bang.
https://www.science.org/content/article/record-setting-neutrino-opens-new-energy-window-universe #science #nature #physics
How Hans Bethe Stumbled Upon Perfect Quantum Theories
Quantum calculations amount to sophisticated estimates. But in 1931, Hans Bethe intuited precisely how a chain of particles would behave — an insight that had far-reaching consequences.
By Matt von Rippel
https://www.quantamagazine.org/how-hans-bethe-stumbled-upon-perfect-quantum-theories-20250212/
More information about Hans Bethe:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans_Bethe
Serena Valtolina is a PhD student in the “Pulsars” research group.
Her studies focus on testing and trying to improve theoretical predictions and the current tools for analysing pulsar timing array data.
ℹ️ https://www.aei.mpg.de/996144/serena-valtolina
#IDWGS #WomenInSTEM #WomenInScience #Physics #PhD #PulsarTimingArrays #PTAs #Research #Hannover
"I did not think; I investigated."
German physicist Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen died #OTD in 1923.
On 8 November 1895, he produced and detected electromagnetic radiation in a wavelength range known as X-rays or Röntgen rays, an achievement that earned him the inaugural Nobel Prize in Physics in 1901. The non-SI unit of radiation exposure, the roentgen (R), is also named after him.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilhelm_R%C3%B6ntgen
Books about Röntgen at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=R%C3%B6ntgen&submit_search=Search
Dutch-Swiss mathematician and physicist Daniel Bernoulli was born #OTD in 1700.
He is particularly remembered for his applications of mathematics to mechanics, especially fluid mechanics, and for his pioneering work in probability and statistics. His name is commemorated in the Bernoulli's principle, a particular example of the conservation of energy.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Bernoulli
Books by Daniel Bernoulli at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/41345
How Noether’s Theorem Revolutionized Physics
Emmy Noether showed that fundamental physical laws are just a consequence of simple symmetries. A century later, her insights continue to shape physics.
By Shalma Wegsman
https://www.quantamagazine.org/how-noethers-theorem-revolutionized-physics-20250207/
More information about Noether's theorem:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noether%27s_theorem
When Bohr got it wrong: the impact of a little-known paper on the development of quantum theory
Part of our International Year of Quantum Science and Technology coverage
By Philip Ball
Books by Niels Bohr at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/44167
![Niels Bohr, physicist.
The American Institute of Physics credits the photo [1] to AB Lagrelius & Westphal, which is the Swedish company used by the Nobel Foundation for most photos of its book series Les Prix Nobel. - Niels Bohr's Nobel Prize biography, from 1922](/images/status/4eb03a6b-6142-4792-93d9-19e2aceecc8a.jpeg "Niels Bohr, physicist.
The American Institute of Physics credits the photo [1] to AB Lagrelius & Westphal, which is the Swedish company used by the Nobel Foundation for most photos of its book series Les Prix Nobel. - Niels Bohr's Nobel Prize biography, from 1922")
I chose chemists (and one palaeontologist) for the first several elements of #printersolstice2425 but the next two will be about nuclear physics! Working on a #linocut portrait for the prompt lead. Maria Goeppert Mayer (1906-1972) #physicist and Nobel laureate who explained why certain nuclei are more stable with her nuclear shell model. 🧵1/2
#printmaking #wip #histsci #womenInSTEM #physics #nuclearPhysics
Please share: Our Max Planck Institute recently left X and is present here on Mastodon. Give them a follow! Beautiful pictures from the science of light!
#Mastodon #Physics #Science #Light #Quantum #Optics #Photonics #Pictures
From: @MPI_ScienceOfLight
https://wisskomm.social/@MPI_ScienceOfLight/113906463840724222
Light connects us. 🤝
So we are back with new energy on Mastodon! Looking forward to inspiring science communication with you. 🫵
Is this why his works of fiction have been delayed?!?!
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George R.R. Martin has co-authored a physics paper
"I couldn't help but wonder if a simple underlying model might tidy up the canon.”
By Jennifer Ouellette
https://arstechnica.com/science/2025/01/george-r-r-martin-has-co-authored-a-physics-paper/
Ergodic Lagrangian dynamics in a superhero universe
By I. L. Tregillis and George R. R. Martin
https://pubs.aip.org/aapt/ajp/article/93/2/127/3331568/Ergodic-Lagrangian-dynamics-in-a-superhero
Ultra-fast cancer treatments could replace conventional radiotherapy
https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20250121-the-physics-transforming-cancer
Did Hilma af Klint draw inspiration from 19th century physics?
Diagrams from Thomas Young's 1807 Lectures bear striking resemblance to abstract figures in af Klint's work.
By Jennifer Ouellette
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Young_(scientist)
TIL that you can just watch cosmic rays hit the Superkamiokande experiment's giant (30m diameter) water tank 1000m below the Japanese alps in real time online:
