{"id":2137,"date":"2013-01-04T09:30:07","date_gmt":"2013-01-04T14:30:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/schulich\/?p=2137"},"modified":"2013-06-18T14:34:17","modified_gmt":"2013-06-18T18:34:17","slug":"a-look-at-2012s-scientific-achievements","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/schulich\/a-look-at-2012s-scientific-achievements\/","title":{"rendered":"A look at 2012\u2019s scientific achievements"},"content":{"rendered":"

In the latest issue of the New Scientist<\/a><\/em> magazine, there is an article that briefly summarizes last year\u2019s discoveries and debates in the physical sciences.\u00a0 These were:<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>1- \u201cBeyond Higgs: Deviant decays hint at exotic physics\u201d [read more<\/a>]<\/p>\n

2- \u201cNeutrino speed errors dash exotic physics dreams\u201d [read more<\/a>]<\/p>\n

3- \u201cIf you want to be president, hire geeks not pundits\u201d [read more<\/a>]<\/p>\n

4- \u201cWhy physicists can’t avoid a creation event\u201d [read more<\/a>]<\/p>\n

5- \u201cFiendish ‘ABC proof’ heralds new mathematical universe\u201d [read more<\/a>]<\/p>\n

6- \u201cDeath-defying time crystal could outlast the universe\u201d [read more<\/a>]<\/p>\n

7- \u201cTruth of the matter: The Majorana particle mystery\u201d [read more<\/a>]<\/p>\n

8- \u201cQuantum measurements leave Schr\u00f6dinger’s cat alive\u201d [read more<\/a>]<\/p>\n

9- \u201cUS judge rules that you can’t copyright pi\u201d [read more<\/a>]<\/p>\n

10- \u201cMove over graphene, silicene is the new star material\u201d [read more<\/a>]<\/p>\n

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