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Drama at Opera
When your non-physicists friends start to send you links to big newspapers’ headlines reporting important physics results (usually titled ‘Einstein was wrong’: it’s been like that for almost a century…
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TeV Particle Astrophysics 2011 (and 2012)
Today was the last day of the TeV Particle Astrophysics 2011 conference in Stockholm. Tack så mycket to the LOC for the terrific job done! You can find the slides…
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GRAPPA – The new center of excellence of the U. of Amsterdam
GRAPPA (Gravitation and AstroParticle Physics Amsterdam) is the name of the new center of excellence of the University of Amsterdam. In an unprecedented effort, the University hired 4 new professors in…
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ERC Starting Grant
The proposal “WIMPs Kairos – The Moment of Truth for WIMP dark matter” has been placed in the priority list by a panel of experts of the European Research Council, and it will be funded under…
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No WIMPs yet (and no HE neutrinos either)
There were big expectations for Xenon 100, a leading experiment in the race for the direct detection of Dark Matter. But the results announced today are somewhat disappointing, since the…