tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1149574905485287914.post8889889308505126260..comments2023-06-19T06:28:32.714-07:00Comments on VWXYNot?: w00t!Cath@VWXYNot?http://www.blogger.com/profile/01164268321173313605noreply@blogger.comBlogger22125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1149574905485287914.post-51706036921466426132008-05-22T07:56:00.000-07:002008-05-22T07:56:00.000-07:00EGF and Mermaid: thanks! Mermaid, I will tell all ...EGF and Mermaid: thanks! Mermaid, I will tell all tomorrow...<BR/><BR/>Okham, I saw the highlights yesterday and I agree! Not just John Terry (although you could blame that on the weather and dodgy pitch) but everyone who hit the woodwork. And Anelka too of course.Cath@VWXYNot?https://www.blogger.com/profile/01164268321173313605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1149574905485287914.post-16251313256543455462008-05-22T07:43:00.000-07:002008-05-22T07:43:00.000-07:00Congratulations on your successful grant. You will...Congratulations on your successful grant. You will have to tell me all the details over coffee. Nice that your very first grant has already provided evidence as to how valuable you are!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1149574905485287914.post-80759881166905133552008-05-21T20:14:00.000-07:002008-05-21T20:14:00.000-07:00I take it it wasn't exactly a classic? Well... it ...<I>I take it it wasn't exactly a classic? </I><BR/><BR/>Well... it was entertaining all right, but a bit on the scrappy side. Some Chelsea players will have nightmares about this evening for a long time...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1149574905485287914.post-64009254180669255132008-05-21T16:12:00.000-07:002008-05-21T16:12:00.000-07:00I didn't get to see the game, I just updated it re...I didn't get to see the game, I just updated it regularly on the BBC website (sad, I know). Maybe I'll see some highlights tonight. I take it it wasn't exactly a classic?Cath@VWXYNot?https://www.blogger.com/profile/01164268321173313605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1149574905485287914.post-43912067251589169062008-05-21T15:18:00.000-07:002008-05-21T15:18:00.000-07:00I don't want Man U to win, but I also really want ...<I>I don't want Man U to win, but I also really want Chelsea to lose</I><BR/><BR/>Well, they both tried really hard to lose the game, didn't they...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1149574905485287914.post-81335723322905087142008-05-21T14:15:00.000-07:002008-05-21T14:15:00.000-07:00See, this is why I love blogging. I could probably...See, this is why I love blogging. I could probably have wandered around my building talking to biologists for hours without finding out this much information about photons, antimatter, dark matter and other physicsy things. And that "fool me once" quote is my favourite all-time Bushism! And thanks again for all the good wishes! You're all awesome.<BR/><BR/>Now, back to checking on that champions Cath@VWXYNot?https://www.blogger.com/profile/01164268321173313605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1149574905485287914.post-36997737022942230162008-05-21T13:09:00.000-07:002008-05-21T13:09:00.000-07:00Congrats!Congrats!DancingFishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10309494766930447380noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1149574905485287914.post-41779131978151024132008-05-21T10:18:00.000-07:002008-05-21T10:18:00.000-07:00I think a photon is defined as having a "wave-part...I think a photon is defined as having a "wave-particle duality" and not being a 'only' a particle - in my native Swedish it would be described as "not a real particle but having energy in a package like a particle although not having any mass therefore not a particle" ;)<BR/><BR/>(Can you tell that I am not a physicist?)<BR/><BR/>I think the major thing with physics for me is that chemistry/challhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10421219663804628119noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1149574905485287914.post-45117260711113741302008-05-21T09:57:00.000-07:002008-05-21T09:57:00.000-07:00A photon has properties of both particles and wave...A photon has properties of both particles and waves, but I am pretty sure it is considered a particle :) It has zero mass and a momentum, travels at the speed of light, can be refracted (like a wave), and transfers a predictable amount of energy to matter it is interacting with (not quite like a wave).<BR/><BR/>Gotta love the GWB quotes :)ScienceGirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00071055167798044468noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1149574905485287914.post-5445250132795565382008-05-21T09:35:00.000-07:002008-05-21T09:35:00.000-07:00Okham: I thought antimatter was still hypothetical...<I>Okham: I thought antimatter was still hypothetical... </I><BR/><BR/>Oh no, it's very real, discovered 76 years ago (you may read about it <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antimatter" REL="nofollow">here</A>). No, it has nothing to do with <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dark_matter" REL="nofollow">Dark Matter</A> which is still hypothetical.<BR/><BR/><I>annihilation photons Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1149574905485287914.post-25246093722888376102008-05-21T09:09:00.000-07:002008-05-21T09:09:00.000-07:00Arduous: the scary thing is that I got the origina...Arduous: the scary thing is that I got the original joke. At least I thought I did!<BR/><BR/>SG: thanks! Is it a photon that can be either a particle or a wave? Does it depend on the observer or some such thing that makes me glad I'm a biologist?<BR/><BR/>Post-doc: thanks! The best thing is that we really didn't expect to get this one. My boss greeted the news with an expletive. So it wouldn't Cath@VWXYNot?https://www.blogger.com/profile/01164268321173313605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1149574905485287914.post-86608189805921202402008-05-21T07:58:00.000-07:002008-05-21T07:58:00.000-07:00Congratulations!Congratulations!Amandahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15650186640428219734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1149574905485287914.post-32484889581064562652008-05-21T06:45:00.000-07:002008-05-21T06:45:00.000-07:00Okay, I'm going to be the moron now...what the hec...<I>Okay, I'm going to be the moron now...what the heck's a positron? All I remember from college are protons, neutrons, and electrons.</I><BR/><BR/>Ah, but that is because of the biased and rigidly controlled education that you have received. I am sure that even mentioning <I>anti-matter</I> would have been severely punished...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1149574905485287914.post-90923469939441341932008-05-21T06:09:00.000-07:002008-05-21T06:09:00.000-07:00"Annihilation proton" ? I am no particle physicist..."Annihilation proton" ? I am no particle physicist but, maybe if you provided the full sentence it might be easier...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1149574905485287914.post-35054755552166804372008-05-20T22:40:00.000-07:002008-05-20T22:40:00.000-07:00Yay! Congratulations!!!Okay, I'm going to be the ...Yay! Congratulations!!!<BR/><BR/>Okay, I'm going to be the moron now...what the heck's a positron? All I remember from college are protons, neutrons, and electrons.Mad Hatterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12848061207872125237noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1149574905485287914.post-5827031754399185962008-05-20T20:43:00.000-07:002008-05-20T20:43:00.000-07:00Yay for you! Congratulations and much hope that t...Yay for you! Congratulations and much hope that this is the beginning of many funded applications!post-dochttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06493309260165352484noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1149574905485287914.post-45548022942018363872008-05-20T19:12:00.000-07:002008-05-20T19:12:00.000-07:00Positron and electron collide and form an annihila...Positron and electron collide and form an annihilation photon, which is similar to gamma rays (go through matter without interacting with it much). That's about all you can get from me, I am no nuclear physicist, just work with them from time to time :)<BR/><BR/>Congrats on the grant - and good luck with the stack of stuff to read!ScienceGirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00071055167798044468noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1149574905485287914.post-15851801497046932302008-05-20T17:56:00.000-07:002008-05-20T17:56:00.000-07:00Oh no wait. I thought you wrote annihilation proto...Oh no wait. I thought you wrote annihilation proton and I was like proton=positive, annihilation=negative, ha ha I will make a good joke about how an annihilation proton is an oxymoron.<BR/><BR/>Turns out I'm the moron. This is why I dropped my science major my second quarter of college. And why I switched to drama. (Yes, every parent's dream come true.)ruchihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17043512641324366469noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1149574905485287914.post-15738338893243840602008-05-20T17:25:00.000-07:002008-05-20T17:25:00.000-07:00I think I'm a physicsmoronI think I'm a physicsmoronCath@VWXYNot?https://www.blogger.com/profile/01164268321173313605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1149574905485287914.post-63737134662679427062008-05-20T17:02:00.000-07:002008-05-20T17:02:00.000-07:00Whatever it is, it sounds like an oxymoron.Whatever it is, it sounds like an oxymoron.ruchihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17043512641324366469noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1149574905485287914.post-453296287407714882008-05-20T16:53:00.000-07:002008-05-20T16:53:00.000-07:00Thanks! You don't happen to know what an annihilat...Thanks! You don't happen to know what an annihilation photon is, do you?Cath@VWXYNot?https://www.blogger.com/profile/01164268321173313605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1149574905485287914.post-14322267375506467022008-05-20T16:47:00.000-07:002008-05-20T16:47:00.000-07:00congrats!congrats!ruchihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17043512641324366469noreply@blogger.com