Demystifying The Five-Sigma Criterion – Part III
Note: this is the third part of a four-part article on the Five-Sigma criterion in particle physics. See part 1 and part 2 to make more sense of the discussion below.
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Antimatter experiment seeks help from the crowd
After a successful trial run, a CERN antimatter experiment plans to use crowdsourcing to analyze its data.
Scientists investigating the effect of gravity on antimatter recently conducted a different kind of experiment: They asked members of the publi... Continue reading
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Una conferma dal passato
Il programma CANDELS ha osservato le galassie distanti 11 miliardi di anni luce, quando l'universo era giovanissimo, confermando che la classificazione per tipologie delle galassie previste dalla Sequenza di Hubble si applica anche a loro Continue reading
CERN Open Days 2013: prenotate la visita alle zone sotterranee

IAEA Helps Train African Cancer Control Workforce
The IAEA’s Virtual University for Cancer Control (VUCCnet) is on its way to becoming an international Organisation hosted in Africa and delivering high quality training in cancer diagnosis and treatment to African cancer fighters.
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Israel asks EU to reconsider Horizon 2020 stance
By Catie Lichten — 09-08-2013 Israel’s deputy foreign minister Ze’ev Elkin has called on the EU to ease its plans to exclude researchers in settlement areas from EU funding, ahead of meetings to discuss whether Israel will participate in Horizon 2020. Elkin has said he is willing to negotiate on the terms of Israel’s participation […]
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Magnetar fuori norma
Grazie a scienziati italiani, con Andrea Tiengo e Giovanni Bignami in primis, il primo associato INAF e dello IUSS Pavia, il secondo presidente dell'INAF e docente allo IUSS, e ai dati di XMM dell'ESA è stato registrato il più grande campo magnetico ... Continue reading