FROM THE ERC WEBSITE: Imagine developing new anticancer therapies or tackling Parkinson’s disease? Or discovering Earth-like worlds in outer space? Can research develop batteries that make our mobile devices last longer? This is the type of cutting-edge research that the EU is promoting through the European Research Council (ERC), set up ten years ago. Some 7,000 top researchers have been…
Category: Science in Society
Darklight @ Fondazione Faraggiana
Prof. Guzzo has been invited to deliver a talk on the expansion of the universe in Novara on Tuesday April 26, 2016 at 6pm. His presentation will be the third of a cycle of conferences open to the public entitled “Discovering our Universe” organized by Fondazione Faraggiana. For further details, please go to http://www.fondazionefaraggiana.it/
Detection of a Supervoid Aligned with the Cold Spot of the Cosmic Microwave Background
The Cold Spot on the Cosmic Microwave Background was first identified 10 years ago. It is an unusually cold and large region visible by eye on the temperature maps. First seen in WMAP, and now remeasured with Planck, the properties of the Spot are very curious. It has been hypothesised to be a cosmic defect left over from just seconds…
Astronomy in the era of the LSST
In the week 24-28 November, Prof. Andy Connolly from the University of Washington (Seattle, USA) visited the Darklight group in Merate, delivering a beautiful talk on the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope (LSST). This is one of the most exciting galaxy survey projects of the next decade, entailing the construction of a dedicated 8m telescope with large field of view, which for ten years will…