Jonathan Williams
- UMD Astronomy
- https://www.astro.umd.edu/~jonvwill/
NSF Astronomical Sciences/Electromagnetic Spectrum Management · Astrophysicist · Engineer · Posts are my own.
Joined Dec 2017
The availability of very low power, low cost, on-chip, multi-GHz, ultra-stable direct oscillators, resonators, and waveguides will actually find a multitude of uses.
FinFETs Shimmy to 5G’s Frequencies
(Research funded by #DARPA)
https://spectrum.ieee.org/tech-talk/semiconductors/devices/finfets-shimmy-to-5gs-frequencies
New Horizons Just Took a Record Breaking Image. No Camera Has Ever Taken a Picture From This Far From Earth
Astronomers Discover 95 New Exoplanets Using Kepler
https://scitechdaily.com/astronomers-discover-95-new-exoplanets/
It's #CoSoScience Friday in Geneva, Switzerland! 🌍
New Simulation Provides First Hints of What Supermassive Black Hole Mergers Will Look Like
What does it mean for string theory that the LHC has not seen supersymmetric particles?
http://backreaction.blogspot.com/2018/02/what-does-it-mean-for-string-theory.html
Satellite observations show sea levels rising, and climate change is accelerating it
https://www.cnn.com/2018/02/12/world/sea-level-rise-accelerating/index.html
Fanboying Rainer Weiss and Kip Thorne.
I figure at least a quarter Nobel Prize rubbed off from proximity.
One in 10 people who have died in the past week died from flu or pneumonia
https://www.vox.com/2018/1/12/16882622/flu-season-epidemic-prevention-vaccine
HINODE captures record-breaking solar magnetic field
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/02/180206100302.htm
Towards a better prediction of solar eruptions
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/02/180207140354.htm
#CoSoScience https://counter.social/media/ocfbbMYmScYa_utYo64
Compound Could Transform Energy Storage for Large Grids
This is a good development. Science cannot afford wasted human potential. And too often, asking female scientists in particular to describe their careers will get you stories of surviving non-science challenges they never should have had to face.
NSF requires institutions to report sexual harassment findings
http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2018/02/nsf-requires-institutions-report-sexual-harassment-findings
Theoretical physicists at UNM manipulate light with nanoscale objects
Research funded by the National Science Foundation.
Shark Skin-Inspired Designs Improve Aerodynamic Performance
Research funded by the National Science Foundation and the Office of Naval Research.
https://scitechdaily.com/shark-skin-inspired-designs-improve-aerodynamic-performance/
UW atmospheric scientists flying through clouds above Antarctica’s Southern Ocean
Research funded by the National Science Foundation
Which problems make good research problems?
http://backreaction.blogspot.com/2018/02/which-problems-make-good-research.html
NASA Has Officially Listed Musk's Tesla Roadster As a Celestial Object
https://gizmodo.com/nasa-has-officially-listed-musks-tesla-roadster-as-a-ce-1822843923
#CoSoScience https://counter.social/media/WuYx3nn_SJLowqONeJY
How nuclear weapons research revealed new climate threats
https://www.technologyreview.com/s/609974/how-nuclear-weapons-research-revealed-new-climate-threats/
#CoSoScience https://counter.social/media/e5gziY9NeCorWmltQkw
Cleo Robotics Demonstrates Uniquely Clever Ducted Fan Drone
Jonathan Williams
- UMD Astronomy
- https://www.astro.umd.edu/~jonvwill/
NSF Astronomical Sciences/Electromagnetic Spectrum Management · Astrophysicist · Engineer · Posts are my own.
Joined Dec 2017