The Buried Lottery
As part of my self-celebrations for having survived 20 years of blogging (the anniversary was a few days ago, see my previous post), I am re-posting a few representative, old articles I wrote in my column over the years. The selection will not be repre... Continue reading
Twenty Years Blogging
Twenty years ago I got access for the first time to the interface that allowed me to publish blog posts for the Quantum Diaries web site, a science outreach endeavor that involved some 12 (then 15, then 25 or so IIRC) researchers around the world. A we... Continue reading
Tracking Particles With Neuromorphic Computing
At the IV Workshop in Valencia a student from my group, Emanuele Coradin, presented the results of a novel algorithm for the identification of charged particles in a silicon tracker. The novelty is due to the use of neuromorphic computing, which works ... Continue reading
K0 Regeneration
Last week I got to the part of my course in Subnuclear Physics for Statisticians (yes, there is such a course at the Department of Statistical Sciences in Padova, and I have been giving it since its inception 6 years ago!) where I discuss CP violation ... Continue reading
And The USERN Prize Winners For 2024 Are….
USERN (Universal Scientific Education and Research Network, https://usern.org) is a non-profit, non-governmental organization that supports interdisciplinary science across borders. Founded in 2015 by a distinguished Iranian Immunologist, Prof. Nima Re... Continue reading
Flying Drones With Particle Detectors
Nowadays we study the Universe using a number of probes and techniques. Over the course of the past 100 years we moved from barely using optical telescopes, that give us access to the flux of visible photons from galaxies, supernovae, and other objects... Continue reading
Starship manda in orbita la competizione
Con i due lanci di Hera ed Europa Clipper e il successo del test del nuovo lanciatore Starship, il divario fra SpaceX e la concorrenza si fa sempre più ampio. Ne parla l’astrofisica Patrizia Caraveo in questo commento pubblicato la settimana scorsa sul Sole24Ore, che riprendiamo qui con il suo consenso Continue reading
Some Notes On The Utility Function Of Fundamental Science Experiments
Earlier this year I mentioned here that I would be writing an article on how the utility function of experiments in fundamental science could be specified, as an enabling step toward the formalization of a co-design optimization problem. Now, as the de... Continue reading