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What’s been going on in the universe

By S.C. Kavassalis
Posted: April 11, 2011

Category: This Week In The Universe | Tagged (2+1), ALICE, antimatter, BF models, CERN, chern-simons theory, dark matter, EDELWEISS, Einstein@Home, Fermi bubble, gamma ray, gravity waves, group field theory, Higgs, Hořava-Gravity, hubble constant, LHC, LISA, low dimension, MOND, pioneer anomaly, supersymmetry, SUSY, Tevatron, top quark, topological QFT, WIMPs | 12 Comments

This “Week” in the Universe: February 1st – February 21st

By S.C. Kavassalis
Posted: February 22, 2011

Category: This Week In The Universe | Tagged 1102.0283, analogue, carlo rovelli, Closed Timelike Curves via Postselection, closed-timelike-curves, cold dark matter, CTCs, dark matter, dark matter detection, Deutsch, double field theory, galaxy formation, graphene, Higgs, joseph silk, loop, Loop Gravity, loop quantum gravity, postselection | 2 Comments

This Week in the Universe: November 23rd – November 29th

By S.C. Kavassalis
Posted: November 30, 2010

Category: This Week In The Universe | Tagged ALICE, ATLAS, baryonic matter, Bianchi, Bin-Nun, Black Hole Entropy, black holes, Buzzi, CERN, CMS, dark energy, dark matter, Davoudiasl, duality, early universe, Eugenio Bianchi, experiment, geometry, heavy ions, lead, LHC, Loop Gravity, Lucchesi, Marinoni, matter, metric, Morrissey, non-baryonic matter, Peron, polymer physics, precession, Sigurdson, Tulin | Leave a comment

This “Week” in the Universe: October 12th – October 25th

By S.C. Kavassalis
Posted: October 26, 2010

Category: This Week In The Universe | Tagged AdS/CFT correspondence, astrophysics, cosmic distance ladder, cosmology, dark matter, experimental quantum gravity, funding, gamma rays, general relativity, Horava-Lifshitz gravity, Inflation, loop, loop quantum gravity, neutrinos, observatory, pulsars, quantum gravity, standard candle, string theory, supernovae, symmetry breaking | 2 Comments

This Week in the Universe: October 5th – October 11th

By S.C. Kavassalis
Posted: October 11, 2010

Category: This Week In The Universe | Tagged astrophysics, cosmology, curved space, dark matter, funding, magnetic fields, quark-gluon plasma, quarks, quasars | 2 Comments

This Week in the Universe: September 9th – September 15th

By S.C. Kavassalis
Posted: September 15, 2010

Category: This Week In The Universe | Tagged astrophysics, black strings, dark matter, stellar dynamics | 4 Comments

This (Long) Week in the Universe: August 24th – September 1st

By S.C. Kavassalis
Posted: September 1, 2010

Category: This Week In The Universe | Tagged astrophysics, black holes, dark matter, fundamental constants, galaxy mergers, gauge/gravity duality, gravity, string theory | 7 Comments