Is naturalness already hidden within the Standard Model? | Jon Butterworth | Life & Physics
Maybe the Standard Model is even more wonderful than it appears. Maybe we really don't need supersymmetry. Plus, other difficult topics, ouzo and a big Greek weddingIn a somewhat bizarre end-of-the-summer interlude, I just spent two nights and a day in Corfu at a Summer Institute on particle physics. Originally I intended to stay longer, but embarrassingly I agreed to give a lecture here months ago and then forgot. I also didn't realise at the time that it coincided with the end of the school holidays... a tricky time when one of your children is starting a new school and your partner is a school teacher swamped with prepa...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - September 2, 2013 Category: Science Authors: Jon Butterworth Tags: theguardian.com Blogposts Corfu Particle physics Cern Science Source Type: news
The 'Uncool' Passion of Jonathan Franzen
Best-selling novelist Jonathan Franzen has fallen in love...with birds. Writing for the July issue of National Geographic magazine, Franzen describes how migrating songbirds are being hunted in high numbers in Egypt, Albania, and other places along the Mediterranean. Franzen tells SciFri about the songbirds' plight and how his passion for birds has evolved.» E-Mail This » Add to Del.icio.us (Source: NPR Health and Science)
Source: NPR Health and Science - July 26, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Rotational head trauma with callosal contusion and C6 fracture: a high-speed motorcycle accident - Vyshka G, Troshani B, Bozaxhiu D, Mitrushi A.
We present the case of a 34-year-old Albanian male who was riding a motorcycle when he collided at high-speed with a four-wheel vehicle. After a triple pivotal rotation in the air at the moment of impact, he fell from the motorcycle to the ground. The clin... (Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated))
Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - April 23, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news
For East African women, moving from Cheetos to mushmush
Patricia Leigh BrownCarlos A. Moreno/California WatchThe gatherings are meant to help daughters of East African women to understand their heritage and to encourage mothers to adapt healthy versions of American favorites like quiche and pizza.SAN DIEGO– For many daughters, the kitchen contains their mother’s secrets. In the tumult of pots and pans, the pinches of sugar and salt, reside recipes perfected over time without cookbooks, experience and intuition the only guides.For East African daughters in City Heights, a neighborhood that is a major West Coast portal for refugees, the opportunity to cook twice a mon...
Source: http://californiawatch.org/topic/health-and-welfare/feed - March 25, 2013 Category: American Health Authors: Patricia Leigh Brown Tags: Health and Welfare Daily Report cooking East Africa food San Diego traditional arts Source Type: news
For East African women, moving from Cheetos to mushmush
Patricia Leigh BrownCarlos A. Moreno/California WatchThe gatherings are meant to help daughters of East African women to understand their heritage and to encourage mothers to adapt healthy versions of American favorites like quiche and pizza.SAN DIEGO– For many daughters, the kitchen contains their mother’s secrets. In the tumult of pots and pans, the pinches of sugar and salt, reside recipes perfected over time without cookbooks, experience and intuition the only guides.For East African daughters in City Heights, a neighborhood that is a major West Coast portal for refugees, the opportunity to cook twice a mon...
Source: California Watch - March 25, 2013 Category: American Health Authors: Patricia Leigh Brown Tags: Health and Welfare Daily Report cooking East Africa food San Diego traditional arts Source Type: news
New to nature No 99: Phagocata flamenca
This Andalucian flatworm, with its flamenco ruffles, is among six new species discovered on the Iberian peninsulaPlanarians are freshwater flatworms of the order Tricladida, scavengers and predators on other invertebrates, hermaphroditic, and capable of both sexual and asexual reproduction. They are distinguished from other flatworms by their trifurcate digestive tract and ovaries positioned in front of the brain. Familiar laboratory animals noted for their regenerative properties, they can be cut in half transversely with both head and tail halves developing into new whole worms, or split at the front to induce the develo...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - February 17, 2013 Category: Science Authors: Quentin Wheeler Tags: Spain World news Features Animals The Observer Zoology Environment Science Wildlife Source Type: news
Plants help dispose of toxic threat
This article appeared in Guardian Weekly, which incorporates material from Le Monde PlantsChemistryPollutionPierre Le Hirguardian.co.uk © 2013 Guardian News and Media Limited or its affiliated companies. All rights reserved. | Use of this content is subject to our Terms & Conditions | More Feeds (Source: Guardian Unlimited Science)
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - February 5, 2013 Category: Science Authors: Pierre Le Hir Tags: News Plants Guardian Weekly Science Source Type: news
New to Nature No 49: Tulipa albanica
A tulip recently discovered in Albania may be more widespread in the BalkansOf more than 100 known species of tulips, distributed from China and south-west Asia to north Africa and Europe, only one,Tulipa australis, was previously known to be native to Albania.T albanica, discovered near the village of Surroj, has both red and more abundant yellow forms and may have a wider distribution in similar serpentine habitats in the Balkans.Quentin Wheeler is director of the International Institute for Species Exporation, Arizona State UniversityContinue reading... (Source: Guardian Unlimited Science)
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - August 6, 2011 Category: Science Authors: Quentin Wheeler Tags: Plants Wildlife Science World news Environment Conservation Source Type: news
