Author Archives: PlatoHagel

Flatland in Expression?

Posted on January 20, 2014 by PlatoHagel

Professor Konstantin Novoselov talks about his Nobel Prize winning discovery graphene, and what the future holds for it in the 2012 Kohn Award Lecture SEE: Graphene: materials in the flatland See Also: 2012 : WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE DEEP, ELEGANT, … Continue reading →

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Raphael Bousso & Carlo Rovelli Reverse Debate

Posted on January 14, 2014 by PlatoHagel

Raphael Bousso & Carlo Rovelli Reverse Debate introduced by Max Tegmark @ FQXi conference FQXi’s 4th International Conference, “The Physics of Information” January 5-10, 2014 Vieques Island, Puerto Rico It had me scratching my head( how do you walk in … Continue reading →

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Is Reality a Virtual Simulation?

Posted on January 7, 2014 by PlatoHagel

To my mind there must be, at the bottom of it all, not an equation, but an utterly simple idea. And to me that idea, when we finally discover it, will be so compelling, so inevitable, that we will say … Continue reading →

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SCOAP3 to start on 1 January 2014

Posted on January 7, 2014 by PlatoHagel

Geneva 5 December 2013. After intense preparations and consensus building, CERN[1] has today confirmed that the SCOAP3 Open Access publishing initiative will start on 1 January 2014. With the support of partners in 24 countries[2], a vast fraction of scientific … Continue reading →

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Nima Arkani-Hamed Speaks with Ian McEwan

Posted on January 3, 2014 by PlatoHagel

You Might like to move ahead to 12:45 on sliding scale….somewhat of an improvement from 15:45 of about 3:00 seconds. Nima acknowledges in speaking,  about the introduction of this video,  of a metaphor considering the Higg’s Boson,  and of course … Continue reading →

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Russian Space Walkers

Posted on January 2, 2014 by PlatoHagel

Two Russian cosmonauts in Orlan spacesuits wrapped up a 8-hour, 7-minute spacewalk to attempt the installation of photographic equipment on the exterior of the International Space Station at 4:07 p.m. EST Friday. See: ISS Russian Space walkers Run Into Snag … Continue reading →

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Genius Materials

Posted on January 1, 2014 by PlatoHagel

Researchers working with magnetic fluids on the International Space Station are taking “smart materials” to the next level. With proper coaxing, molecules can assemble themselves into “genius materials” with surprising properties. This is opening a new frontier in material science. ScienceCasts: … Continue reading →

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Higg’s Boson Explained

Posted on January 1, 2014 by PlatoHagel

CMS p-value Dialogos of Eide

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A Scientific Look at the Term Spirit

Posted on December 28, 2013 by PlatoHagel

The English word spirit (from Latin spiritus “breath”) has many differing meanings and connotations, most of them relating to a non-corporeal substance contrasted with the material body. The word spirit is often used metaphysically to refer to the consciousness or … Continue reading →

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LHC and Open Access

Posted on December 25, 2013 by PlatoHagel

The CMS experiment at the LHC has released a portion of its data to the public for use in education and outreach. Explore this page to find out more about the data and how to analyse it yourself. LHC data … Continue reading →

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