|
|
At the outskirts of the solar system, beyond the orbit of Neptune, lies an expansive field of icy debris known as the Kuiper belt. The orbits of the individual asteroid-like bodies within the Kuiper…
name
Konstantin Batygin Date
April 9th, 2019
|
|
|
I knew from the time I was a very young child that I wanted to be an astronomer. The dream lasted until I got to college, where I learned to my dismay that I actually had no passion for doing what an…
name
Michael Lemonick Date
March 12th, 2019
|
|
|
What kinds of shapes can you make by folding a sheet of paper? How strong can you make them, or how flexible? Although we've been folding paper for centuries, we're still discovering…
name
Zeb Rocklin Date
February 25th, 2019
|
|
|
The creation of the elements in the universe took billions of years and required various processes.The first few minutes of the big bang produced only hydrogen (H) and helium (He). No new elements…
name
James Sowell Date
February 6th, 2019
|
|
|
In celebration of Black History Month, Ivan Allen College, Office of the Dean presented a panel discussion on African Societies in Development. Moderator, Georgia A. Persons, School of Public Policy,…
name
Georgia A. Persons, Ruth Uwaifo Oyelere, Michael L. Best, Date
February 20th, 2007
|
|
|
Fluid turbulence is one of the greatest unsolved problems of classical physics (and the subject of a million dollar mathematical (Millenium) challenge). Centuries of research--including Leonardo da…
name
Michael F. Schatz Date
November 26th, 2018
|
|
|
The recent emergence of neuro-disciplines like neuro-economics, neuro-anthropology, neurophilosophy and neuro-politics is exciting for those working in these ‘neurofied’ disciplines, as…
name
Machiel Keestra Date
November 8th, 2018
|
|
|
The 2018 Nobel Prize in Physics recognizes two breakthrough inventions in laser physics. The first, optical tweezers, allows scientist and engineers to use lasers like the tractor beams of Star Trek…
name
Jennifer Curtis, Chandra Raman, Rick Trebino Date
October 23rd, 2018
|
|
|
The 2016 confirmation of Einstein's prediction of gravitational waves has put the spotlight back on the importance of curvature for the physics of the universe. While the ability of mass to…
name
Elisabetta Matsumoto Date
October 15th, 2018
|
|
|
Are we alone in the universe? The scientific hunt for extraterrestrial intelligence is now well into its fifth decade, and we still haven’t discovered any cosmic company. Could all this mean…
name
Seth Shostak biography
Seth Shostak is a Senior Astronomer at the SETI Institute. Date
September 24th, 2018
|
|
|
Scientists and journalists have similar, but not identical interests in getting information about their work to the public in an appealing, but accurate way. James Gorman will draw on his experience…
name
James Gorman Date
March 27th, 2018
|
|
|
August 17, 2017, is a milestone date for astrophysics. For the first time, the LIGO and Virgo gravitational-wave observatories detected signals from the collision of two neutron stars. The powerful…
name
Laura Cadonati, Nepomuk Otte, Ignacio Taboada Date
February 13th, 2018
|
|
|
This presentation will describe an arc in the mathematical/theoretical physics research of the presenter that has traversed concept spaces from equations, to graphical imagery, to coding theory…
name
S. James Gates, Jr. Date
March 26th, 2018
|
|
|
The world of quantum physics appears mysterious, even spooky, and far removed from everyday phenomena we can observe in the world around us. Especially the realm of living organisms was thought to be…
name
Thorsten Ritz Date
February 5th, 2018
|
|
|
For over two millennia, civilizations have pondered over the questions of cosmogenesis. But serious attempts to address them began only with Einstein's discovery of general relativity a century…
name
Abhay Ashtekar Date
November 14th, 2017
|
|
|
https://mediaspace.gatech.edu/media/stavins/1_mbf8yujp
name
Robert N. Stavins Date
October 30th, 2017
|
