Rugby World Cup 2015 final: New Zealand v Australia - BBC Sport

Rugby World Cup 2015 final: New Zealand v Australia - BBC Sport: "New Zealand win World Cup final "



A great match.

Sucess recipe: '' The All Blacks have won the Rugby World Cup for a number of reasons. The easiest to mention is because they have the best team with the best individual players with the best execution of skills under pressure. But another big reason is because of their meticulous preparation. Before their pool stage match vs Tonga the coaches deliberately exhausted the players in training to replicate playing under mental and physical fatigue. Incredible.  ''

Great words and fair play from the Aussie coach:

New Zealand win the World Cup

New Zealand 34-17 Australia

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Australia head coach Michael Cheika: "We fought back bravely, but they're the world champions and they deserve to be. I always believed, even at the end - but it wasn't to be that way. I'm really proud of my lads and I really want to thank the Australian public, both here and in Australia, for getting behind rugby.

"New Zealand won fair and square and they've been the form team since the last World Cup. We wanted to challenge them tonight, and I think we did, but we just came up short."

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From a Post message from Tahereh Rostami: This analysis yields an upper limit r0.05 < 0.09 at 95% confidence, which is robust to variations explored in analysis and priors. Combining these B-mode results with the (more model-dependent) constraints from Planck analysis of CMB temperature and other evidence yields a combined limit r0.05 < 0.07 at 95% confidence. These are the strongest constraints to date on inflationary gravitational waves.

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http://bicepkeck.org/BK-VI_20151029.pdf

We present results from an analysis of all data taken by the BICEP2 & Keck Array CMB polarization experiments up to and including the 2014 observing season. This includes the first Keck Array observations at 95 GHz. The maps reach a depth of 50 nK deg in Stokes Q and U in the 150 GHz band and 127 nK deg in the 95 GHz band. We take auto- and cross-spectra between these maps and publicly available maps from WMAP and Planck at frequencies from 23 GHz to 353 GHz. An excess over lensed-ΛCDM is detected at modest significance in the 95×150 BB spectrum, and is consistent with the dust contribution expected from our previous work. No significant evidence for synchrotron emission is found in spectra such as 23×95, or for dust/sync correlation in spectra such as 23×353. We take the likelihood of all the spectra for a multi-component model including lensed-ΛCDM, dust, synchrotron and a possible contribution from inflationary gravitational waves (as parametrized by the tensor-to-scalar ratio r), using priors on the frequency spectral behaviors of dust and synchrotron emission from previous analyses of WMAP and Planck data in other regions of the sky. This analysis yields an upper limit r0.05 < 0.09 at 95% confidence, which is robust to variations explored in analysis and priors. Combining these B-mode results with the (more model-dependent) constraints from Planck analysis of CMB temperature and other evidence yields a combined limit r0.05 < 0.07 at 95% confidence. These are the strongest constraints to date on inflationary gravitational waves.

This analysis yields an upper limit r0.05 < 0.09 at 95% confidence, which is robust to variations explored in analysis and priors. Combining these B-mode results with the (more model-dependent) constraints from Planck analysis of CMB temperature and other evidence yields a combined limit r0.05 < 0.07 at 95% confidence. These are the strongest constraints to date on inflationary gravitational waves.

Starobinsky, Starobinsky, , Starobinsky, , ...Starobinsky, !

Or some SUGRA imbedding...

Esqueça o acelerador de partículas da Europa. A China vai ter um duas vezes maior - SAPO Tek

Esqueça o acelerador de partículas da Europa. A China vai ter um duas vezes maior - SAPO Tek: "Circular Electron Positron Collider (CEPC) vai ser construído num túnel subterrâneo com um perímetro que deverá rondar entre os 50 e os 100 km, avança a imprensa chinesa, o que compara com os 27 km do Large Hadron Collider (LHC), operado pelo CERN na Suíça."





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Bradford Robotic Telescope: Information

Bradford Robotic Telescope: Information:

Sirius & Orion come as winter arrives...



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Sirius: Brightest Star in Earth's Night Sky

Sirius: Brightest Star in Earth's Night Sky:

To find Sirius, use the belt of Orion as a pointer. The three stars point downward toward Sirius to the left. To be more precise, the position of Sirius is:  

• Right Ascension: 06h 45m 08.9s
• Declination: -16 degrees 42 minutes 58 seconds

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Videos from Futuris | Horizon Magazine - European Commission

Videos from Futuris | Horizon Magazine - European Commission:



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Butterflies shine light on origin of species | Horizon Magazine - European Commission

Butterflies shine light on origin of species | Horizon Magazine - European Commission:



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Mystery bright spots could be first glimpse of another universe | New Scientist

Mystery bright spots could be first glimpse of another universe | New Scientist:



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A "selfie" with autumn/fall reddish leaves.

It was not so cold. ..

Just before Halloween and thinking about  Thanks'Giving (26 November). 

An achievement, indeed ->> Phys. Rev. D 92, 085040 (2015) - Pure de Sitter supergravity

Phys. Rev. D 92, 085040 (2015) - Pure de Sitter supergravity:

Pure de Sitter supergravity

Eric A. Bergshoeff, Daniel Z. Freedman, Renata Kallosh, and Antoine Van Proeyen

Phys. Rev. D 92, 085040 (2015) – Published 27 October 2015

Circumventing a no-go theorem established in 1977 by nonlinearly realized supersymmetry, the authors construct for the first time a pure (without additional fields) N=1 supergravity with positive cosmological constant. Besides the theoretical achievement, given the observational evidence for an accelerating universe, a simple version of de Sitter supergravity is of broad interest.

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Happy Halloween!!!!

There is batty bat in the kitchen. ...

More from Lund's ESS -> Resolving the Mechanism of Anti-Fungal Therapeutics | ESS

Resolving the Mechanism of Anti-Fungal Therapeutics | ESS: "Treating patients with serious fungal and parasitic infections remains an uphill battle for medical professionals due to the limited number of effective drug treatments available today. Part of the issue lies in the poorly understood mechanism of the action existing drugs have on fungus.  "

More from Lund's ESS



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''Chez'' Lund -> Larger Crystals a Step Forward for Bioscience and ESS User Program | ESS

Larger Crystals a Step Forward for Bioscience and ESS User Program | ESS: "The first successful user experiment at ESS demonstrates the importance of neutrons to the life sciences, and shows the way forward for ESS as a user facility. Above: Photograph (left) of a large, single crystal of X-2 L110F in complex with XXXG mounted in a quartz capillary undergoing H/D exchange (dimensions are ~1.3 x 1.2 x 1.0 mm; 1.6 mm3); and (right) a representative monochromatic neutron diffraction image collected using BIODIFF at FRM-II. IMAGES: ESS LUND and GARCHING—The heavy machinery and rapid development of the European Spallation Source (ESS) construction site make it easy to see that the project is a reality on the ground. What is less visible is that ESS is already taking shape as a user facility. The first successful ESS user experiment began last fall in collaboration with researchers from the Lund University (LU) Department of Immunotechnology. The organization and management of that partnership is a preview of the large-scale user program that ESS will become over the next decade. It is also helping to spread the word in life sciences circles that ESS is already working to expand research options in this area."




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Halloween. CC Vasco da Gama

Para tradução.

Havia um quadro Sta Catarina sec XVI entrada sala Senado mas de espada na mão pisando cabeça "real"(??) e livro aberto. Críptico.  Nem me atrevi a perguntar. ...

Estrutura dinaussarica avistada em Coimbra: não sabia o que era a porta férrea. ..

Coimbra. Sala Senado

Coimbra. Impressionante. Em particular capela S Miguel

Gatos Coimbra. Reitoria.

Schrödinger's cat: A thought experiment in quantum mechanics - Chad Orzel | TED-Ed

Schrödinger's cat: A thought experiment in quantum mechanics - Chad Orzel | TED-Ed:

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‘Good Scientists Solve Problems, but Great Scientists Know What’s Worth Solving’ | The Wire

‘Good Scientists Solve Problems, but Great Scientists Know What’s Worth Solving’ | The Wire:



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La empleabilidad de los graduados universitarios: cuatro décadas de problemas estructurales - Universidad, sí

La empleabilidad de los graduados universitarios: cuatro décadas de problemas estructurales - Universidad, sí:



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Schrödinger's cat: A thought experiment in quantum mechanics - Chad Orzel | TED-Ed

Schrödinger's cat: A thought experiment in quantum mechanics - Chad Orzel | TED-Ed: "Austrian physicist Erwin Schrödinger, one of the founders of quantum mechanics, posed this famous question: If you put a cat in a sealed box with a device that has a 50% chance of killing the cat in the next hour, what will be the state of the cat when that time is up? Chad Orzel investigates this thought experiment."






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The Altwork Station is an automated desk-and-chair rig that feels like working on a cloud

The Altwork Station is an automated desk-and-chair rig that feels like working on a cloud:



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Drew Berry - Astonishing Molecular Machines

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Brutalist blocs and striking sculptures: test your knowledge of quirky campuses | Higher Education Network | The Guardian

Brutalist blocs and striking sculptures: test your knowledge of quirky campuses | Higher Education Network | The Guardian:



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String-Math 2016, Collège de France, Paris (27 June 2016 - 2 July 2016)

String-Math 2016, Collège de France, Paris (27 June 2016 - 2 July 2016):



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FQXi Community - Physics of the Observer - Call for Proposals and Program Launch

FQXi Community:



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Ministério da Educação vai encerrar cursos com poucos alunos nas privadas | Económico

Ministério da Educação vai encerrar cursos com poucos alunos nas privadas | Económico: "Ministério da Educação vai encerrar cursos com poucos alunos nas privadas Ontem 23:07 Ana Petronilho ana.petronilho@economico.pt Licenciaturas, mestrados e doutoramentos com menos de dez novos alunos em cada um dos últimos três anos lectivos não são viáveis."




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What Is the Point of College? - The New York Times

What Is the Point of College? - The New York Times:



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Gravity! From the Big Bang to Black Holes - Paris Diderot

Gravity! From the Big Bang to Black Holes - Paris Diderot:

back in 2013, you asked us to keep you up to date. Our White Paper was extremely successful and the Gravitational Universe was selected as the science theme for ESA's L3 mission. We are now getting close to the launch of the LISA Pathfinder mission, followed by the actual mission concept selection by ESA. More news are coming soon.

In the meantime we would like to point you to an internet course on the Gravitational Universe "Gravity! From the Big Bang to black holes". This 6-week course is conducted by one of the eLISA researchers Pierre Binétruy, with the participation of Nobel Prize winner George Smoot. It presents to a large public with curiosity for the Universe but no mathematical background, the various aspects of the gravitational universe, focusing in the last weeks on gravitational waves and black holes. Highlights of the course will be the celebration of the 100th anniversary of general relativity on November 25, and the launch of the LISA Pathfinder mission.
The course is absolutely free of charge and does not require a scientific background.

Join the 70,000 learners who have already registered for the course by going to http://futurelearn.com/courses/gravity .
The course starts today October 26, 2015. Registration is possible until December 6, 2015. The course is only accessible to registered learners.

Best wishes,
The eLISA Consortium




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Pavilhão do Conhecimento - Ciência Viva - Pelucia Diversus

Pavilhão do Conhecimento - Ciência Viva - Pelucia Diversus:



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Someone wrote this romantic grafitti in Fundão train station. That you can see as time and train go by... Play it, Sam.

An omen in a Lisboa street some days ago near the Parliament

Coimbra at night....

An elegance touch in the office

FALL (autumn) soft goldy reddish colours