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About a singular man

About a singular man

14 March 2018 Sonali Comments 1 comment

The great physicist and mathematician Stephen Hawking past away today. Sonali reflects on her interactions with this singular man.

On Love and Gravity

On Love and Gravity

4 December 2017 Sonali Comments 0 Comment

In this first guest blog, Sonali Mohapatra describes how gravity and Black Holes inspire her as a physicist and a poet.

Brilliant physicists make bad businessmen

Brilliant physicists make bad businessmen

30 November 2017 Djuna Comments 0 Comment

Brilliant at math, yet terrible at business: in this post I examine how Einstein, Newton, and Tesla’s lost vast sums of money at the stock market.

More evidence for the superiority of cats

More evidence for the superiority of cats

24 November 2017 Djuna Comments 0 Comment

Unsurprisingly, our feline friends have had to assist humans in our clumsy explorations of nature: here further evidence for such interventions.

Making Gravitational Waves with a Dark Force

Making Gravitational Waves with a Dark Force

10 November 2017 Djuna Comments 4 comments

What are gravitational waves? What is Dark Matter? Can we learn about Dark Matter using gravitational waves? Exciting times ahead.

Cosmology with Cruijff

Cosmology with Cruijff

13 July 2016 Djuna Comments 0 Comment

Johan Cruijff, the legendary Dutch football player and coach, knew a thing or two about science!

Gender equality – Key challenges in the classroom

Gender equality – Key challenges in the classroom

21 April 2016 Djuna Comments 0 Comment

Why is there such gender-inequality in the sciences? And what can we do about it? Here some reflections on science education and pop culture.

The Quantum Solar Cell

The Quantum Solar Cell

10 December 2015 Luke & Djuna Comments 2 comments

In this collaborative post, we give an example of an application of quantum mechanics in renewable energy is quantum dotted solar cells.

A Peering Review of Peer review

A Peering Review of Peer review

23 November 2015 Djuna Comments 5 comments

What is peer review, and what is the scientific method? Does it work in the way that it is supposed to? Has it always been like that. This post reflects on the process and politics of scientific research.

About “chicks in the sciences” [1]

About “chicks in the sciences” [1]

12 October 2015 Djuna Comments 2 comments

A feminist account of the world of theoretical physics including my favourite youtube video of all times.

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In quantum field theory, messenger fields mediate between visible and the invisible sectors. The visible sector consists of the particles we can “see” (not necessarily with our naked eyes but definitely in experiments), the invisible sector has particles we cannot “see”. On this blog I hope to communicate my excitement about physics to everyone that would like to read about it. Keep posted by liking the Quantum Messenger on Facebook or by following me on Twitter.
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