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JHBrewer

Professor Emeritus of Physics, University of British Columbia. Developer of and advocate for muon spin rotation/relaxation/resonance (µSR) at TRIUMF since 1973 (see http://musr.ca). Former Associate of Canadian Institute for Advanced Research, Quan…

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18 Percent Of Multiple Sclerosis Patients Misdiagnosed

With a tricky disease like multiple sclerosis, where symptoms and MRI testing results can look like other conditions, such as stroke, migraines and vitamin B12 deficiency, it's common to be…

Hubble Spots Europa Geysers Again - How They Did It - And What Next? Flyby? Lander?

So now we know what the news is, as expected, Hubble has found new evidence of possible plume activity on Europa. In a series of ten observations, they saw them on three occasions. Here are the…

Understanding The Great Discovery of A Universal Gravitational Wave Background by the Interational Pulsar Timing Array Collaboration.

What are gravitational waves? What are Pulsars and what does it mean to time a pulsar? How does this relate to past and future observations of gravitational waves? These are all fundamental questions…

Neutrinos: The Status, Circa 2017

The XVII edition of the “Neutrino Telescopes” conference closed its works yesterday after a lively debate on the future of the neutrino physics program in Europe.