22/06/2021
If a lifeboat is never used, because its ship never sinks, is it still a lifeboat? If something doesn't happen, does that mean it is impossible? Philip Ball reviews "The Science of Can and Can't" by Oxford physicist Chiara Marletto
Not everything that can happen does happen – reformulating physics as laws about the impossible – Physics World
Philip Ball reviews The Science of Can and Can’t by Chiara Marletto
22/06/2021
Phonon probe simultaneously measures spatial and mechanical information from deep inside the body.
Ultrasonic probe promises stiffness-based disease diagnostics – Physics World
A novel phonon probe can simultaneously measure 3D spatial and mechanical information from microscopic objects in hard-to-reach parts of the body
22/06/2021
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#IIUI ANNOUNCES #ADMISSIONS FOR #FALL SEMESTER 2021
International Islamic University, Islamabad (IIUI) has annouced admissions for fall semester 2021 in more than 100 degrees programs. https://admission.iiu.ed...
22/06/2021
Knowledge SUCCESS hosted a series of four regional workshops in mid-2020 in Africa, Asia, and the United States. Through a design thinking approach rooted in empathy and behavioral economics, participants worked on solutions to give FP programs a new breakthrough. Center's Director Mr. Ehtesham Abbas, represented Asia on a Webinar to give key insights about knowledge management that FP/RH professionals identified. You can watch it at this link below:
22/06/2021
What can you do to promote harmony and tolerance in society?
Listen to radio shows by Aawaz II Programme to know how we can work together to promote the rights of children, women, youth, religious minorities, persons with disabilities, and transgender persons to facilitate their development.
22/06/2021
Almost one in ten of all children worldwide are in child labour.
Let’s accelerate action now to end child labour.
Spread this message to raise awareness to prevent child labour on this World Day Against Child Labour 2021
22/06/2021
After a flawless launch six months ago, the U.S.-European Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich ocean-monitoring satellite is starting to provide science data, with the first streams available to the public beginning tomorrow, June 22:
Major Ocean-Observing Satellite Starts Providing Science Data
Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich, the latest spacecraft to monitor sea surface height, releases its first science measurements to users.
22/06/2021
We've awarded cooperative agreements to 10 minority-serving universities for projects seeking to help us better understand the ocean’s role in Earth’s system. Over three years, we’ll distribute more than $6.6 million in funding. Check out their proposals:
NASA Awards Funds to Minority-Serving Institutions for Ocean Research
NASA’s Minority University Research and Education Project (MUREP) Ocean Biology and Biogeochemistry, or OCEAN, has awarded cooperative agreements to 10 universities for projects that will support NASA’s Science Mission Directorate in seeking a better understanding of the ocean’s role in the Ea...
21/06/2021
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21/06/2021
Join our upcoming CIRS webinar to hear Roy A Lowe, corporate sales manager at CIRS, discuss the CIRS Zeus Phantom for E2E QA and testing of MRgRT systems
CIRS Zeus Phantom for E2E QA and testing of MRgRT systems – Physics World
Join the audience for a live webinar on 22 June 2021 sponsored by CIRS
21/06/2021
Why sticky baseballs follow a greater curve, beer mats make poor Frisbees in this week's
Why sticky baseballs follow a greater curve, beer mats make poor Frisbees – Physics World
Excerpts from the Red Folder
21/06/2021
Physicists should be wary of data from gravitational-wave observatories that appear to contradict Einstein’s general theory of relativity, say researchers http://ow.ly/eHIf50FdowL