Chicago’s Dark Matter was a wondrous exploration in what experts think the nature of matter is.

For Dr.’s Rocky Kolb, Juan Collar, & Carlos Wagner of the University of Chicago, WIMP’s are the best candidates for Dark Matter.

WIMP’s stands for Weakly Interacting Massive Particles, the invisible matter that is theorized to constitute nearly 90% of the matter of the entire universe.

Continue reading “Chicago’s Dark Matter Photographs! Hot Off the Presses!”

By Eric Isaacs

Courtesy: U.S. Department of Energy

Four decades ago, NASA put a man on the moon using a computer system less powerful than the electronics in many modern-day toasters. With that audacious act of technological faith, the United States took a giant step toward global leadership in science, engineering, and a myriad of other sectors that had not yet been imagined.

Continue reading “Why America Must Win the Supercomputing Race”

In preparation for Thursday’s Chicago’s Dark Matter discussion, we thought it would be good to look at exactly what the difference is between Dark Matter and Dark Energy.

It turns out that NASA has a great article explaining both.

Continue reading “Dark Matter? Dark Energy? What’s the Difference?”

Originally published at: http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2008/04/21/guest-post-juan-collar-on-dark-matter-detection/

Courtesy: Discover Magazine (2008)

You may have heard some of the buzz about a new result concerning the direct detection of dark matter particles in an underground laboratory. The buzz originates from a new paper by the DAMA/LIBRA collaboration; David Harris links to powerpoint slides from Rita Bernabei, leader of the experiment, from her talk at a meeting in Venice.

Continue reading “Chicago’s Dark Matter Juan Collar Guest-Blogs about DAMA for Discover Magazine (circa 2008)”

At this year’s Physics With a Bang! spectacular at the University of Chicago’s Kersten Physics Teaching Center, you’ll see sights and sounds like no other.

University of Chicago physicists Heinrich Jaeger and Sidney Nagel are at it again as they wow the crowd with their signature lectures that allow students, families, teachers and neighbors to participate in hands-on demonstrations and learn about some of the exciting science going on in the Gordon Center.

Continue reading “Ask a Scientist at Physics With a Bang to Feature Ka Yee Lee”

Did you miss Rebecca Skloot when she joined C2ST at Northwestern?

Well, here is your chance to check out our Flickr photostream from Rebecca Skloot’s book The Immortal Life of HEnrietta LAcks!

Below are photos from the reception, the lecture, and the question and answer section.  Re-live the conversation that is taking place in classrooms, around water coolers, and in backyards  all over the world!

Continue reading “New Photos! Rebecca Skloot: The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks”