Visit to Quinta da Bacalhoa

Thursday, September 27, 2012

We just visited the “Quinta da Bacalhoa” where moscatel and various wines are produced. Hmm….

Light David defeats the supermassive Goliath

Tuesday, September 4, 2012

(or how to weigh small particles with supermassive black holes)

Supermassive black holes can be used to measure the mass of extremely light particles to unprecedented levels and rule out the existence of new exotic particles, perhaps constraining the nature of dark matter. These are the results of a recent study to be published in the prestigious Physical Review Letters. More here, for the original article click here. See also the New Scientist, Expresso, Phys.Org. and the American Physical Society coverage.