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“The Biggest News in the Universe”
College of LSA, University of Michigan Einstein guessed at gravitational waves a century ago. The idea of inflation was conceived in 1981. The concepts were mathematically sound, but no one had uncovered tangible evidence to confirm these leaps of imagination. So while it was solid theory, it was also, in a way, pretend. (Click here […]
“What the universe is made of (probably) narrated by a boa wearing physicist”
Washington Post If the cocktail shaker on the cover doesn’t convince you that “The Cosmic Cocktail” might be an unusually entertaining physics book, maybe the lavender feather boa that author Katherine Freese wears for her dust-jacket photo will. (Click here to download the publication as an Adobe PDF file)
“Review: The Cosmic Cocktail”
The Space Review Freese suggests in the book that “any time now, the question of the dark matter may be answered” by any one of the wide range of experimental approaches. (Click here to download the publication as an Adobe PDF file)
“UM Physicist On Her Big Bang Model’s Validation: ‘Woo hoo!’”
CBS WWJ-TV 62 Detroit Freese’s “natural inflation” model, which she describes as much simpler than some of its failed counterparts, will serve as a starting point for scientists to deepen their understanding of inflation and the earliest universe.
“Scotland Dark jagt Mister Wimp”
page 28, by: Robert Gast Physiker sind in einen einzigartigen Kriminalfall verstrickt: Sie wollen die rätselhafte Dunkle Materie, die seit dem Urknall im Kosmos ihr Unwesen treibt, endlich dingfest machen. Allzu viele Verstecke bleiben ihr nicht mehr (Click here to download the publication as an Adobe PDF file) (Click here to download the 2nd page […]
“Light in the Dark”
by: Tom Siegfried Scientists may be on the brink of identifying a mysterious form of matter. For decades, astronomers have grappled with their inability to decipher the universe’s darkest secret: the identity of most of its matter.
“DNA May Help Scientists Find ‘Dark Matter,’ the Glue that Binds Galaxies”
by: Brian Vastag That wonder molecule of life on Earth, DNA, is now being enlisted in the search for an exotic species zooming through the cosmos: dark matter.
“Hunting Dark Matter with DNA”
by: Tanya Lewis Physicists racing to detect the mysterious substance known as dark matter are thinking outside the box by looking inside the cell. A new proposal for tracking dark matter particles relies on strands of DNA. All the ordinary stuff in the universe, from the atoms in people to the hot plasma in stars, […]