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15 Jan 21:21

Turtling Up

by Chris

I can’t see a Korean Geobukseon, or Turtle ship, without thinking of the many hours I’ve spent playing Age of Empires II. Alex Jones’ (Orion Pax) armored battleship is a superb model of this beautiful style of Asian shipbuilding which LEGO builders rarely cover.

Geobukseon

21 Dec 15:57

Photo

by cranberryzero


02 Dec 21:43

The immaculate #KateMoss pictorial in the 60th anniversary...



The immaculate #KateMoss pictorial in the 60th anniversary issue, available now, only on #iPlayboy. Get it here: http://ply.by/uCaCqv

Photography by Mert Alas and Marcus Piggott. #mertandmarcus

28 Jun 19:00

Obama hopes Bulls draft Senegal's Dieng

President Barack Obama is in Africa to promote democracy and trade but he can't keep his mind off the NBA draft about to begin back home.
09 May 22:24

Fleshing out the story, but still being succinct.  That’s...



Fleshing out the story, but still being succinct.  That’s talent!

09 May 19:37

Atoms with Pear-Shaped Nuclei

by Alex Santoso

Maybe these atoms need to go on a diet; they're a bit pear-shaped!

Physicists have found that the certain atoms have pear-shaped nuclei at their centers, and it may be a good place to look for new types of physics:

The findings could help scientists search for physics beyond the Standard Model, said Witold Nazarewicz, a theoretical nuclear physicist at the University of Tennessee-Knoxville and Oak Ridge National Laboratory, who was not involved in the study.

Specifically, the pear-shaped nucleus could provide a good place to search for an electric dipole moment, or an asymmetrical distribution of positive and negative charge inside neutrons. An electric dipole moment would provide a way to test extension theories to the Standard Model, such as supersymmetry, which could help explain why there is more matter than antimatter in the universe.

"There are strong theoretical suggestions that in nuclei that have those pearlike shapes, that this electric dipole moment can be very large," Nazarewicz told LiveScience. "These systems are very good hunting grounds for future searches for this dipole moment."

Tia Ghose of LiveScience has the post: Link