UWI Physics

jus reminding everyone that anastasia's presentation is tomorrow at 3 pm

http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn21021-venus-has-an-ozone-layer-too.html

Venus has an ozone layer, too - space - 06 October 2011 - New Scientist Its discovery on the hellishly hot planet suggests that astrobiologists must tread carefully when using ozone as a potential signpost for life

http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn21017-physics-nobel-winner-we-discovered-a-cosmic-mystery.html

Physics Nobel winner: We discovered a cosmic mystery - physics-math - 06 October 2011 - New Scientis Adam Riess explains why his discovery of accelerating cosmic expansion is Nobel-worthy – even though we don't understand its cause

http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn21006-stillmysterious-dark-energy-takes-physics-nobel.html

Still-mysterious dark energy takes physics Nobel - physics-math - 04 October 2011 - New Scientist Cosmologists who used exploding stars to deduce that the expansion of the universe is accelerating have won the physics prize

A useful link for labs...just browse through n u might find one useful
http://www.physics.usyd.edu.au/pdfs/current/sphys/3yr_lab/

Index of /pdfs/current/sphys/3yr_lab

optics and polarization...making people happy!..

http://gizmodo.com/5842052/mongolian-nomads-see-a-picture-of-themselves-for-the-first-time-in-their-lives

Mongolian Nomads See a Picture of Themselves for the First Time in Their Lives We all take seeing ourselves for granted. We're surrounded by it. It happens a disgusting amount. Login screens, buddy icons, Facebook vanity bonanzas—portraits mean nothing.

http://www.youtube.com/profile?src_vid=CV9nS_5kYgM&user=brusspup&annotation_id=annotation_425710&feature=iv

brusspup I am fascinated with the science of optical illusions. What happens in our brain when we view an optical illusion? The information gathered by the eye is processed in the brain to create an idea or image that does not match with a physical measurement of the stimulus source. On this channel you wi...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DfPeprQ7oGc

Dr Quantum - Double Slit Experiment Dr Quantum - Double Slit Experiment

http://www.ted.com/talks/a_robot_that_flies_like_a_bird.html

A robot that flies like a bird | Video on TED.com TED Talks Plenty of robots can fly -- but none can fly like a real bird. That is, until Markus Fischer and his team at Festo built SmartBird, a large, lightweight robot, modeled on a seagull, that flies by flapping its wings. A soaring demo fresh from TEDGlobal 2011.

http://www.ted.com/talks/paul_bloom_the_origins_of_pleasure.html

Paul Bloom: The origins of pleasure | Video on TED.com TED Talks Why do we like an original painting better than a forgery? Psychologist Paul Bloom argues that human beings are essentialists -- that our beliefs about the history of an object change how we experience it, not simply as an illusion, but as a deep feature of what pleasure (and pain) is.

The videos posted ...are posted for your viewing pleasure AND to help final year students who are currently preparing for final year projects:

Take note of a few simple things:

(i) Words spoken clearly

(ii)Correct Pronunciation

(iii) Fluent Delivery

(iv) Appropriate Pausing

(v) Principal Ideas Emphasized

(vi) Suitable Volume

(vii) Modulation

(viii) Enthusiasim

(ix) Gestures and Facial Expressions

(x) Visual Contact

http://www.ted.com/talks/lucianne_walkowicz_finding_planets_around_other_stars.html

Lucianne Walkowicz: Finding planets around other stars | Video on TED.com TED Talks How do we find planets -- even habitable planets -- around other stars? By looking for tiny dimming as a planet passes in front of its sun, TED Fellow Lucianne Walkowicz and the Kepler mission have found some 1,200 potential new planetary systems. With new techniques, they may even find on...