Physics in the News

Sunday, July 6, 2014

Not quite beam me up, but Star Trek technology’s moved beyond science fiction

Teleportation aside, they'd feel right at home on earth. (Credit: AP)
Teleportation aside, they’d feel right at home on earth. (Credit: AP)
via scmp

A Bold Critic of the Big Bang’s ‘Smoking Gun’

David Spergel, a theoretical astrophysicist at Princeton University who was a theorist on NASA’s Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe mission. (Credit: Princeton)
David Spergel, a theoretical astrophysicist at Princeton University who was a theorist on NASA’s Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe mission. (Credit: Princeton)
via simonsfoundation

Bruno Zumino Dies at 91; Sought to Tie Together Laws of Universe

 Bruno Zumino in 1985. (Credit: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory)
Bruno Zumino in 1985. (Credit: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory)
via nytimes

Physicist Louis Del Monte believes that by 2045 machines will threaten human survival

 Part human, part machine, the future of artificial intelligence. (Credit: Getty Images)
Part human, part machine, the future of artificial intelligence. (Credit: Getty Images)
via news.com

Meet the brazen scientist who’s taking over NASA’s high-powered climate lab

Gavin Schmidt (Credit: Christy Field)
Gavin Schmidt (Credit: Christy Field)
via grist.org

Physician-Scientists: The Newest Endangered Species

Dr. J. Michael Bishop- (Credit: Christian Flemming/Lindau Nobel Laureate Meetings)
Dr. J. Michael Bishop- (Credit: Christian Flemming/Lindau Nobel Laureate Meetings)

via scientificamerican

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