The Planck scales - a length and a mass* - indicate the limits in which we expect quantum gravitational effects to become important Gravit...

I know, I am frequently bitching about the USA on this blog. It's just because I am pissed off they take my fingerprints each time I tra...

The German Helmholtz Association has formed an alliance 'Physics at the Terascale' which is specifically designed to support elemen...

The Loops 2007 this year was held at the University in Morelia, Mexico, in a very nice building ( see also Stefan's previous post ). Th...

I have to admit that it took some time until I understood the idea of the " Philosophia Naturalis Blog Carnival ", even more so as...

This is planet Eris, in the outskirts of the Solar System, as seen through the eyes of the Hubble Space Telescope: Hubble Telescope's Ad...

The conference Loops'07 takes place this week in Morelia, Mexico . The Colegio de San Nicolás in Morelia, where the Loops'07 takes ...

The earth is hit by cosmic rays all the time. Those with the highest energies collide with atoms already in the upper atmosphere, and produc...

These days I came by chance across some older issues of the Scientific American, out of a collection Bee had inherited some time ago from a ...

What I just read in the newspaper, I thought it might amuse you. Mumbai, India, June 17th 2007: Pradeep Hode, a 30 year-old from Diva in Tha...

Taking the plane is usually a fast, and often a quite convenient way of travelling. But sometimes, thunderstorms interfere with the flight p...

Some inspiriation for your next seminar: "better get used to staying up all night" - yo, man.

I meant to tell you something about the String Pheno , but the slides are still not online. So, instead just a lovely photo from the old par...

My husband just sent me an email, reporting that a former colleague pointed out this very interesting article at physicsweb.org Blog life: B...

Can you spot a fake smile? Take the test . "Scientists distinguish between genuine and fake smiles by using a coding system called the ...

Oh well, I promised you photos from Europe, didn't I? Here's how you look like if you hang above a door frame for too long ;-) Seen ...

And here I am in Warsaw for the next conference, the Planck 2007 . I am very happy to report that this time my-stupid-bag arrived with me. H...

I have been fascinated by the idea of extra dimensions (XDs) long before I finished high school. I, as apparently many other theoretical phy...

On the weekend, I flew to Rome to addend the String Pheno 2007 . Meanwhile, my baggage decided to have a vacation in Palermo. It arrived wi...