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Science Tipoffs from TNS Newsletter for Thursday April 11, 2024 ( 2 items )  

CERN Pays Tribute to Peter Higgs
GENEVA, Switzerland, April 11 -- The European Organization for Nuclear Research issued the following news release: Peter Higgs has passed away at the age of 94. An iconic figure in modern science, Higgs in 1964 postulated the existence of the eponymous Higgs boson. Its discovery at CERN in 2012 was the crowning achievement of the Standard Model (SM) of particle physics - a remarkable theory which explains the visible universe at the most fundamental level. Alongside Robert Brout and Francois E  more

Research Corporation for Science Advancement: Scialog - Neurobiology and Changing Ecosystems to Launch in 2025
TUCSON, Arizona, April 11 -- Research Corporation for Science Advancement issued the following news: Neural systems, shaped by millions of years of evolution, enable living things to perceive and react to their surroundings. But how does the nervous system adapt to today's unprecedented challenge of rapid and extensive human-caused environmental changes, including exposure to pollution, toxins, and increasingly unpredictable environments? In 2025, Research Corporation for Science Advancement,   more