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Title: Discuss: What is the Universe made of?
Post by: thedoc on 02/06/2015 17:54:10

Are we on the verge of solving one of the longest standing puzzles in physics? Physicists think we’re close to discovering the identity of Dark Matter, the mysterious, invisible substance that  accounts for  nearly a quarter of the mass of Universe. So how will scientists see it, and why does its discovery matter? Plus, genes for pain, how smartphones can save lives, whether babies can feel pain, and how to make tastier cheese...
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Title: new measurements being carried out with the 10-m South Pole Telescope
Post by: Pecos_Bill on 02/06/2015 18:09:00

The study of the origin, evolution and make-up of the universe has made dramatic and surprising advances over the last decades John E. Carlstrom, Professor at the University of Chicago and the deputy director of the UCSB Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics, describes new measurements being carried out with the 10-m South Pole Telescope to test the inflation theory of the origin of the Universe and to investigate the nature of dark energy. (#24126)

http://www.uctv.tv/shows/Exploring-the-Universe-from-the-South-Pole-24126