Ken Perrott • Mar 29, 2012 •
As a photo of the sun this doesn’t look very impressive – until you realise it was taken using neutrinos! And also that it was taken through the earth – when the sun was on the other side of the … Continue reading → … Read More
Aimee Whitcroft • Feb 28, 2012 •
Hello, and welcome to a very watery TOSP :) [Original post on the Sciblogs The Official Sciblogs Podcast site] This week, Elf and aimee talk of things watery – watery planets, flying squid and plankton blooms – as well as new FTL neutrino info (what may have gone wrong), genius computer software, bioscience’s contribution to [...] … Read More
aimee whitcroft • Nov 25, 2011 •
Parts 2-4 available on the TOSP YouTube channel. Read More
Aimee Whitcroft • Nov 21, 2011 •
And we’re back with another new episode of TOSP! This week, aimee and Elf talk of many things, including the winners of this year’s top NZ science award(s), the world’s lightest material, stem cell research, sexism in science (‘womanspace’), a nanocar, still-faster-than-light neutrinos, the casimir effect, and a very special congratulations to one of our Scibloggers (Sciblings)! … Read More
Aimee Whitcroft • Sep 23, 2011 •
* Ahem * Well, not quite. (Note: FTL = Faster Than Light) The first image, taken in 2007, of a neutrino interaction. The neutrino, coming from the left of the figure following an interaction, produces several particles identified by their tracks in the detecting 'brick'. Credit: INFN (Italian National Institute of Nuclear Physics) … Read More
Aimee Whitcroft • Jun 07, 2011 •
As you may or may not be aware, I have something of a physics Jones. Super Kamiokande (SuperK) - one of the oh-so-awesome neutrino detectors out there I’ve found the subject interesting ever since school, although I’ll freely admit that my contact therewith has been somewhat intermittent 🙂 Recently, however, and for a slew of … Read More