Jared Stang and Stephanne Taylor, Physics & Astronomy co-editors Gather near and listen closely, The story isn’t crass. It’s all about new physics seen, The particle explaining mass. After analyzing first run data, Coming from the LHC, Physicists reported with joy, They made a discovery. But our story starts years earlier, In nineteen eighty-four. A […]
Stephanne Taylor, Physics & Astronomy co-editor The Thirty Metre Telescope (TMT) project is exactly what it says on the box: a telescope with a staggering 30 metre segmented lens, housed in an 18-storey observatory in the very early stages of construction on Mauna Kea, Hawai’i. If built, the TMT will be the largest telescope in […]
Stephanne Taylor and Jared Stang, Physics & Astronomy co-editors In 2011, a massive earthquake struck the east coast of Japan. Both the earthquake itself – and the tsunami that followed – left a wake of destruction, most famously at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. Three reactor cores were damaged and began to leak radiation […]
By Steph Taylor & Jared Stang Physics and Astronomy subject editors Last Friday was Marie Curie’s 147th birthday. To put it mildly, Marie Curie was an astonishing scientist, and certainly someone to look up to regardless of gender. Marie Curie was the first woman in France to obtain a PhD in physics. In the same […]
Stephanne Taylor and Jared Stang, Physics & Astronomy co-editors First up, some good news! This week is the debut of Jared Stang as Physics and Astronomy subject co-editor. Jared has just completed his PhD in string theory and theoretical physics at UBC and looks forward to playing a larger role in the national science community. […]
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