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... By Jay Rosen , New York University If extreme polarization is now an enduring feature of American politics — not just a bug ... absent; yet, today, politics is dominated by intense party polarization and limited agreement among representatives on policy problems and ...

Article - The Conversation - Oct 24 2014 - 10:00am - 0 attachments

... the position of the hots pot by carefully controlling the polarization of the laser beam. "We have devised a technique that can create unusual states of polarization in the doughnut shaped laser beam, such as star-shaped (axial) or ...

Article - News Staff - Oct 20 2014 - 4:45pm - 0 attachments

... BICEP.  The shaded regions are the current 2014 dust polarization data  [ arXiv:1409.5738 ]  .  The solid ... meeting that the data indicated no strong signal of B Mode polarization at that time, even though more analysis was needed.  It seems ...

Blog Post - Hontas Farmer - Sep 23 2014 - 8:11am - 0 attachments

... the existence of primordial B -modes in the measured polarization of the cosmic microwave background (CMB) radiation. Contrary to ... possible discovery of primordial B -modes in the CMB polarization would yield a significant set of potential evidence for the ...

Article - Luis Gonzalez-Mes... - Sep 21 2014 - 12:44am - 0 attachments

... ) The BICEP2 collaboration reports a B -mode polarization of the cosmic microwave background (CMB) radiation inconsistent ... 1. BICEP2 Collaboration, BICEP2 I: Detection Of B-mode Polarization at Degree Angular Scales , arXiv:1403.3985 2. BICEP2 ...

Blog Post - Luis Gonzalez-Mes... - Aug 29 2014 - 7:23am - 0 attachments

... and B spectra of the cosmic microwave background (CMB) polarization. But what about the possible theoretical interpretations of the ... (density) perturbations cannot produce B-modes in the polarization of the CMB, and that the only possibility to generate them is ...

Article - Luis Gonzalez-Mes... - Aug 12 2014 - 1:38am - 0 attachments

I guess every profession has its own kind of personalized spam. Here is a couple of recent samples from my own: From a Fermilab address: "According to the TRAIN database training for course FN000508 / CR - Workplace Violence and Active Shooter/ ...

Blog Post - Tommaso Dorigo - Jul 19 2014 - 1:59pm - 0 attachments

... the nanorods (seen in orange), which in turn affects the polarization of the light and, then, the amount of light that can pass through the polarizers. Bottom: Images show how a polarization-modulated pattern changes darkness/brightness by rotating the ...

Article - News Staff - Jun 27 2014 - 1:30pm - 0 attachments

... to create ideal conditions for rumor persistence, belief polarization and the dissemination of misinformation that can – intentionally ...

Article - News Staff - Jun 15 2014 - 10:02am - 0 attachments

... of the effects of the gravitational waves, over the polarization of the cosmic microwave background as it was stated in a study ...

Event - Hank Campbell - Jun 10 2014 - 8:31am - 0 attachments