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sábado, 23 de agosto de 2014
University mergers: will others follow the Welsh model? | Higher Education Network | Guardian Professional
University mergers: will others follow the Welsh model? | Higher Education Network | Guardian Professional:
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The Vega Science Trust - Richard Feynman Video - The Douglas Robb Memorial Lectures - Part 1
The Vega Science Trust - Richard Feynman Video - The Douglas Robb Memorial Lectures - Part 1:
The Sir Douglas Robb Lectures - University of Auckland 1979 with Richard Feynman. This video lecture series and his QED book were aimed at an educated public audience and don't require too much Mathematics.
The Videos:
Photons - Corpuscles of Light: http://goo.gl/SVR2p
Fits of Reflection and Transmission: http://goo.gl/soKYQ
Electrons and their Interactions: http://goo.gl/P08s1
New Queries: http://goo.gl/9lW5F
The Book:
QED:The Strange Theory of Light and Matter: http://goo.gl/WCd4e
This quote on what might be called the beauty of simplicity is a bit more Mathematical and is from Richard Feynman's 1965 Nobel Lecture.
I would like to interrupt here to make a remark. The fact that electrodynamics can be written in so many ways - the differential equations of Maxwell, various minimum principles with fields, minimum principles without fields, all different kinds of ways, was something I knew, but I have never understood. It always seems odd to me that the fundamental laws of physics, when discovered, can appear in so many different forms that are not apparently identical at first, but, with a little mathematical fiddling you can show the relationship. An example of that is the Schrödinger equation and the Heisenberg formulation of quantum mechanics. I don't know why this is - it remains a mystery, but it was something I learned from experience. There is always another way to say the same thing that doesn't look at all like the way you said it before. I don't know what the reason for this is. I think it is somehow a representation of the simplicity of nature. A thing like the inverse square law is just right to be represented by the solution of Poisson's equation, which, therefore, is a very different way to say the same thing that doesn't look at all like the way you said it before. I don't know what it means, that nature chooses these curious forms, but maybe that is a way of defining simplicity. Perhaps a thing is simple if you can describe it fully in several different ways without immediately knowing that you are describing the same thing.
More here: http://goo.gl/zx2E8
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The Sir Douglas Robb Lectures - University of Auckland 1979 with Richard Feynman. This video lecture series and his QED book were aimed at an educated public audience and don't require too much Mathematics.
The Videos:
Photons - Corpuscles of Light: http://goo.gl/SVR2p
Fits of Reflection and Transmission: http://goo.gl/soKYQ
Electrons and their Interactions: http://goo.gl/P08s1
New Queries: http://goo.gl/9lW5F
The Book:
QED:The Strange Theory of Light and Matter: http://goo.gl/WCd4e
This quote on what might be called the beauty of simplicity is a bit more Mathematical and is from Richard Feynman's 1965 Nobel Lecture.
I would like to interrupt here to make a remark. The fact that electrodynamics can be written in so many ways - the differential equations of Maxwell, various minimum principles with fields, minimum principles without fields, all different kinds of ways, was something I knew, but I have never understood. It always seems odd to me that the fundamental laws of physics, when discovered, can appear in so many different forms that are not apparently identical at first, but, with a little mathematical fiddling you can show the relationship. An example of that is the Schrödinger equation and the Heisenberg formulation of quantum mechanics. I don't know why this is - it remains a mystery, but it was something I learned from experience. There is always another way to say the same thing that doesn't look at all like the way you said it before. I don't know what the reason for this is. I think it is somehow a representation of the simplicity of nature. A thing like the inverse square law is just right to be represented by the solution of Poisson's equation, which, therefore, is a very different way to say the same thing that doesn't look at all like the way you said it before. I don't know what it means, that nature chooses these curious forms, but maybe that is a way of defining simplicity. Perhaps a thing is simple if you can describe it fully in several different ways without immediately knowing that you are describing the same thing.
More here: http://goo.gl/zx2E8
Ps thanks to A Tomé for pointing this
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A new state of beauty and charm
A new state of beauty and charm:
Thanks to A Tomé for pointing this
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Michio Kaku and Morgan Freeman Explain Entropy
I am grateful to my colleague A Tomé for sending me these links herein posted
"I know all about entropy," said Adell, standing on his dignity.
"The hell you do."
"I know as much as you do."
"Then you know everything's got to run down someday."
"All right. Who says they won't?"
The Last Question by Isaac Asimov © 1956
Boltzmann’s Entropy Equation
The entropy and the number of microstates of a specific system are connected through the Boltzmann’s entropy equation:
S=k*lnW
Where k – is the Boltzmann’s constant which is equal to 1.38062e-23 J/K
W – is the number of ways of arranging the molecules (or microstates)
For a closed system, entropy can only increase, it can never decrease. For an irreversible process the entropy increases. For a reversible process the change in entropy is zero.
In more technical terms, entropy is a specific value that measures how much energy is released in a system when it settles into the lowest potential energy. Entropy assesses the amount of disorder, understood as a change in heat, from an earlier point to a later point in time. This must happen in a "closed" system, where no energy leaks in or out. Theoretically, that can be measured, but practically it is very difficult to create an absolutely closed scenario
http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-entropy.htm
Video:
Michio Kaku and Morgan Freeman Explain Entropy
Entropy
What is Entropy?
Isaac Asimov - The Last Question
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Sir Patrick Stewart shows celebrities how the ALS ice bucket challenge should be done - People - News - The Independent
Sir Patrick Stewart shows celebrities how the ALS ice bucket challenge should be done - People - News - The Independent:
Guess that with a nice cup of tea would do, as well. However, Sir Patrick does not discloses what is choice of whiskey...
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Guess that with a nice cup of tea would do, as well. However, Sir Patrick does not discloses what is choice of whiskey...
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How the Jaguar Saved My Life [Excerpt] - Scientific American
How the Jaguar Saved My Life [Excerpt] - Scientific American:
Or ... I can see you now...
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Or ... I can see you now...
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Mother fed her daughter tapeworms to make her skinny for pageant - Health & Families - Life and Style - The Independent
Mother fed her daughter tapeworms to make her skinny for pageant - Health & Families - Life and Style - The Independent:
On reading this I remembered this episode of House (curiously, called 'insensitive' which actually applies to what this piece of news points to...; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Insensitive_(House))
Hrmmmm bt way, where's my vicodin?
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On reading this I remembered this episode of House (curiously, called 'insensitive' which actually applies to what this piece of news points to...; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Insensitive_(House))
Hrmmmm bt way, where's my vicodin?
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Academics Anonymous: break down barriers between disciplines | Higher Education Network | Guardian Professional
Academics Anonymous: break down barriers between disciplines | Higher Education Network | Guardian Professional:
or the importance of 'those' synergy meetings...
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or the importance of 'those' synergy meetings...
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Campus close-up: Coventry University | News | Times Higher Education
Campus close-up: Coventry University | News | Times Higher Education:
It is all on the €€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€
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Top universities opt for public bonds to plug the funding gap | Higher Education Network | Guardian Professional
Top universities opt for public bonds to plug the funding gap | Higher Education Network | Guardian Professional:
A tentative trend? Can a university go to a sort of ''stock market''? In any EU country?
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Iraq crisis: How Saudi Arabia helped Isis take over the north of the country - Comment - Voices - The Independent
Iraq crisis: How Saudi Arabia helped Isis take over the north of the country - Comment - Voices - The Independent:
A mix of Clancy & LeCarré but a thriller (real) indeed...
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A mix of Clancy & LeCarré but a thriller (real) indeed...
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just a bit more than a month to go....
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http://www.fct.pt/apoios/
http://www.fct.pt/apoios/
O Concurso para atribuição de Bolsas Individuais de Doutoramento,Doutoramento em Empresas e Pós-Doutoramento - 2014 está aberto para submissão de candidaturas entre 31 de Julho e as 17 horas (hora de Lisboa) de 30 de Setembro de 2014.
Mais detalhes no seguimento da mensagem e nos links indicados.
of interest...
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Junto alguns links que poderão ser de interesse e importantes, na sequência da leitura do artigo de P. Neto (P. 37 Publico hoje (23 Agosto)):
- http://s3platform.jrc.ec.
europa.eu/documents/10157/ 412938/Universities_S3.pdf - http://ec.europa.eu/research/
index.cfm?pg=events&eventcode= 3DB045C8-E6FE-6D79- D831F9EC8964E102 - http://www.eua.be/Libraries/
Publication/EUA_Seville_ Report_web.sflb.ashx - http://s3platform.jrc.ec.
europa.eu/universities - http://www.espon.eu/export/
sites/default/Documents/ Publications/ ScientificReports/ SecondFebruary2014/ESPON_ SCIENTIFIC_REPORT_2.pdf
Também de interesse:
sexta-feira, 22 de agosto de 2014
A different winter?
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/iceland-upgrades-volcano-warning-as-airlines-fear-repeat-of-2010-ash-crisis-9677941.html
sines
http://economico.sapo.pt/noticias/sines-foi-o-porto-que-mais-cresceu-nos-contentores-a-nivel-mundial-em-2013_199943.html
[1408.4875] Illustrating SUSY breaking effects on various inflation mechanisms
[1408.4875] Illustrating SUSY breaking effects on various inflation mechanisms: "Illustrating SUSY breaking effects on various inflation mechanisms
Hiroyuki Abe, Shuntaro Aoki, Fuminori Hasegawa, Yusuke Yamada
(Submitted on 21 Aug 2014)
We consider the supersymmetry breaking effects on typical inflation models with different types of K\"ahler potential. The critical size of supersymmetry-breaking scale, above which the flatness of the inflaton potential is spoiled, drastically changes model by model. We present the universal description of such effects in terms of a field-dependent scaling factor by which gravity-mediated supersymmetry breaking terms are suppressed or enhanced, based on the conformal supergravity framework. Such a description would be useful when we estimate them in constructing supersymmetric models of particle cosmology.
Comments: 20pages, 3 figures
Subjects: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th); High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
Cite as: arXiv:1408.4875 [hep-th]"
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Endowing the Standard Model with a new r-symmetry (World Scientific)
Endowing the Standard Model with a new r-symmetry (World Scientific)
Ngee-Pong Chang, Int. J. Mod. Phys. A, 29, 1444008 (2014) [11 pages] DOI: 10.1142/S0217751X14440084
Read More: http://www.worldscientific.com/doi/abs/10.1142/S0217751X14440084
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n the Standard Model, there is the single Higgs field, ϕ, which gives rise to constituent quark and lepton masses. The Yukawa coupling is a highly complex set of 3 ×3 matrices, resulting in many textures of quark and lepton masses.
In this talk, we propose to transfer the complexity of the Yukawa coupling matrices to a family of Higgs fields, so that the Yukawa coupling itself becomes a simple interaction.
In the context of an Enriched Standard Model, we introduce a new r-symmetry in the extended SU(2)L ×U(1)Y ×U(1)R model and show how a particularly simple scenario results in a near degeneracy of masses in the 126 GeV region, with a hierarchy of heavier masses suggested by the quark and lepton texture mass matrices.
Read More: http://www.worldscientific.com/doi/abs/10.1142/S0217751X14440084
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Mass hierarchy and physics beyond the Standard Theory (World Scientific)
Mass hierarchy and physics beyond the Standard Theory (World Scientific)
I. Antoniadis, Int. J. Mod. Phys. A, 29, 1444001 (2014) [13 pages] DOI: 10.1142/S0217751X14440011
discuss the status of the mass hierarchy problem and prospects for beyond the Standard Model physics in the light of the Higgs scalar discovery at the LHC and the experimental searches for new physics. In particular, I will discuss in this context low energy supersymmetry and large extra dimensions with low string scale.
Read More: http://www.worldscientific.com/doi/abs/10.1142/S0217751X14440011
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I. Antoniadis, Int. J. Mod. Phys. A, 29, 1444001 (2014) [13 pages] DOI: 10.1142/S0217751X14440011
discuss the status of the mass hierarchy problem and prospects for beyond the Standard Model physics in the light of the Higgs scalar discovery at the LHC and the experimental searches for new physics. In particular, I will discuss in this context low energy supersymmetry and large extra dimensions with low string scale.
Read More: http://www.worldscientific.com/doi/abs/10.1142/S0217751X14440011
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APOD: 2014 August 21 - Venus and Jupiter at Dawn
APOD: 2014 August 21 - Venus and Jupiter at Dawn: "The serene and colorful view is from Istia beach near the city of Capoliveri on the island of Elba. Distant lights and rolling hills are along Italy's Tuscan coast. "
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quarta-feira, 20 de agosto de 2014
70
Universidades precisam de mais 70 milhões de euros para submeter os orçamentos para o próximo ano
As universidades públicas reclamaram, nesta terça-feira, um reforço de 60 a 70 milhões de euros nas transferências do Estado para o próximo ano, de forma a poderem submeter os seus orçamentos até ao prazo legal, que termina no final da semana. A diferença prende-se com as consequências das recentes decisões do Tribunal Constitucional (TC), que chumbou as reduções dos vencimentos dos salários dos funcionários públicos que o Governo queria ver aplicadas, o que implicará um aumento de custos fixos para as instituições de ensino superior.
Ver mais em http://publico.pt/1666971
Maths and space science
http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/nasa-is-using-origami-to-fold-up-82foot-solar-arrays-into-9foot-tubes-9676353.html
terça-feira, 19 de agosto de 2014
Fundos para a Ciência em 2014-2020 d
Fundos para a Ciência em 2014-2020 duplicam: "FUNDOS PARA A CIÊNCIA EM 2014-2020 "
&...
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O Acordo de Parceria entre Portugal e a União Europeia garante o financiamento da ciência fundamental e, em paralelo, um novo modelo de financiamento da ciência e tecnologia por fundos estruturais em que serão especialmente valorizados tanto a competitividade científica internacional das unidades de ciência e tecnologia como a transferência do conhecimento para o tecido produtivo. Em comunicado, o Ministério da Educação e Ciência destacou a promoção da capacidade das unidades de I&D para concorrerem aos fundos competitivos do Horizonte 2020, o apoio ao empreendedorismo de base tecnológica, a inserção de recursos humanos altamente qualificados nas empresas para aumentar o investimento empresarial em atividades de I&D, a mobilidade interinstitucional de investigadores e a internacionalização do sistema científico e tecnológico.
A respeito da mobilidade interinstitucional, o Acordo prevê que “o número de doutorandos e pós-doutorandos provenientes ou formados nas próprias instituições não poderá exceder 1/3 do total dos doutorandos e pós-doutorandos admitidos a esses programas” sempre respeitando as regras de mérito e não-discriminação.
De destacar também a aposta em áreas consolidadas e/ou emergentes, identificadas nas Estratégias de Investigação e Inovação para a especialização inteligente nacional e regionais (RIS3). Por exemplo, pelo menos 2/3 dos montantes do financiamento à formação doutoral devem ser “alinhados com as estratégias nacional e regionais RIS3 ou com outras prioridades políticas nacionais”.
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E quem avalia os avaliadores? - PÚBLICO
E quem avalia os avaliadores? - PÚBLICO: "E quem avalia os avaliadores?"
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domingo, 17 de agosto de 2014
quarta-feira, 13 de agosto de 2014
The Rise of the Post-Post-Postdoc
https://chroniclevitae.com/news/655-the-rise-of-the-post-post-postdoc?cid=pm&utm_source=pm&utm_medium=en
terça-feira, 12 de agosto de 2014
HE budget. Tough.
Novo corte no financiamento do ensino superior pode chegar aos 14 milhões de euros O investimento directo do Estado no ensino superior vai voltar a descer no próximo ano. O Governo prepara-se para cortar até 14 milhões de euros nas transferências para as universidades e politécnicos no Orçamento de Estado (OE) de 2015. A decisão foi tornada pública esta terça-feira pela tutela, antes mesmo de ser transmitida às instituições, o que acabou por apanhar os reitores de surpresa. Além da forma, as críticas são também dirigidas ao conteúdo da proposta: esta verba deixa as contas do sector “para lá da capacidade” de funcionamento. Ver mais em http://publico.pt/1666255
De "cidadania activa" um artigo opiniao de P T Pereira Publico este Domingo....
Regenerar o país, no público e no privado, levará assim anos, e exige assumir um modelo realista da natureza humana (nem santos nem pecadores), escolher líderes capazes, desenvolver a ética pessoal e normas de cooperação, reforçar as exigências de transparência e prestação de contas, e desenhar estruturas de governança que alinhem os interesses entre os que delegam o seu voto ou o seu capital e os que, através deles, exercem respetivamente o poder político ou económico. Se o caminho é longo e moroso porque não começar já?
segunda-feira, 11 de agosto de 2014
domingo, 10 de agosto de 2014
Window. Nano. On the brain...
http://physicsworld.com/cws/article/news/2014/aug/08/nanoparticles-open-a-new-window-into-the-brain
Curry as a life saver. It is great food, super meals as well
http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/comment/stand-up-for-curry-itcan-save-your-life-9657909.html
Not a waterfall. Quite the opposite, really...
http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/magnetic-microhairs-make-water-run-uphill-9656985.html
sábado, 9 de agosto de 2014
6 lessons learnt from the first evaluation (that are also tips for the applicants) ...at H2020. As i mentioned , do please consider to think as a nordwand challenge.... feasible, sure.
http://ec.europa.eu/easme/sme-instrument-6-lessons-learnt-from-the-first-evaluation_en.htm
Here are 6 lessons we learnt from this very first evaluation exercise that we think can be useful for the future applicants.
Most of the non-selected proposals were:
- Too much focused on the project and not enough on the business opportunity;
- Not convincing when describing the company (you have to explain why your company will succeed and not your competitor);
- Not providing enough information on competing solutions;
- Having a too low level of innovation, planning to develop a product that already exists on the market;
- Proposing just an idea without any concept for its commercialisation;
- Just trying their luck (the SME Instrument is not a lottery!).
If you keep these 6 points in mind when drafting your proposal, you may have higher chances to succeed. The next deadline for phase 1 is on the 24th September 2014 (but the call is continuously open).
Nb. Nordwand -> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xbbXWyI2AqE~
feasible, sure
Rosetta pics. a w e s o m e.......
http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Space_Science/Rosetta/Highlights/Postcards_from_Rosetta
![[4/5] Comet on 3 August 2014](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_vIDK6nVHZd-ogOgn-Aw58lmW9DVS83T7hoD00zXuHJn0AgojAFu7ZWi0e1pBid59r1UqXaQqKMD11AVbpciLWUC4oFG-jrGo4IphKtuAoiCAj_60C4zs5yXxAAbv8DFiRFmuzd8Ki8AsUqXZ1ZgCdaQk2IxFZfGQZh3Lp8Hkh5g4eIHxzAWdmUJ0m956RZC1VgpTO2lmQEsAGqona5yIEqCQsFqXT62DDY1CA6Qhp__jto7EJcmcVvgqQ=s0-d)
So here it is something ours ccdr N or C or so could also provide for..... or try to... or think to consider to provide to try for...
http://www.juntadeandalucia.es/economiainnovacionyciencia/talentia/
Kepler 186f. Home. Sort of. Or almost....
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dr-sten-odenwald/a-journey-to-an-amazing-earth-like-planet_b_5655548.html
terça-feira, 5 de agosto de 2014
Courses -> modules. From MIT.
http://chronicle.com/blogs/wiredcampus/are-courses-outdated-mit-considers-offering-modules-instead/54257?cid=pm&utm_source=pm&utm_medium=en
segunda-feira, 4 de agosto de 2014
Dois cafés e a conta com Maria Nazaré - Jornal O Globo
Dois cafés e a conta com Maria Nazaré - Jornal O Globo:
Catadora de lixo ficou 30 anos sem estudar e enfrentou depressão e problemas físicos até chegar à faculdade de Direito
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Catadora de lixo ficou 30 anos sem estudar e enfrentou depressão e problemas físicos até chegar à faculdade de Direito
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IOP Conferences from proteins and peptides, to DNA, glycopolymers and carbohydrates
IOP Conferences:
This meeting will bring together physicists, chemists and biologists to focus on the recent developments in experiment, modeling and theory of self-assembling biopolymeric systems. Such systems will range from proteins and peptides, to DNA, glycopolymers and carbohydrates.
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This meeting will bring together physicists, chemists and biologists to focus on the recent developments in experiment, modeling and theory of self-assembling biopolymeric systems. Such systems will range from proteins and peptides, to DNA, glycopolymers and carbohydrates.
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