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  1. Best of the @PhysicsWorld blog in 2009: http://tinyurl.com/yhvgpnp about 10 hours ago from web
  2. Pictures of the people and the breakthroughs that have helped to define the landscape of physics this year: http://tinyurl.com/yc4yy7o 12:50 PM Dec 21st from web
  3. PhysicsWorld's breakthrough of the year: the first complete quantum computer http://tinyurl.com/yek5x37 8:13 AM Dec 21st from web
  4. PhysicsWorld's book of the year is The Strangest Man @grahamfarmelo 's biography of Paul Dirac: http://tinyurl.com/yenhdnn 7:01 AM Dec 21st from web
  5. PhysicsWorld looks at the year ahead: http://tinyurl.com/ylzla38 5:49 AM Dec 21st from web
  6. #stfc and £600m uni cuts in Private Eye xmas edition: "2011 looks a good bet for anyone who wants to get a 2nd-hand white coat on the cheap" 9:48 AM Dec 19th from web
  7. PW dark matter story here: http://tinyurl.com/ydzbpwe 7:50 AM Dec 18th from web
  8. Dark matter #arxiv paper here: http://tinyurl.com/yak6j3n PW story coming this afternoon 4:03 AM Dec 18th from web
  9. Correct! RT @skyponderer: I can feel Beckham heading back to Old Trafford in #ChampionsLeague... 3:25 AM Dec 18th from Echofon
  10. Quote of the day: "While this result is consistent with dark matter, it is also consistent with backgrounds," -Fermilab director,Pier Oddone 3:19 AM Dec 18th from web
  11. dark matter paper seems not on #arxiv @physicsworld blog about the results: http://tinyurl.com/y85umfy News story to follow... 11:10 PM Dec 17th from web
  12. That was quick! RT @gbrumfiel: Some reaction about #CDMS dark matter signal is here: http://j.mp/7FAOYl 3:20 PM Dec 17th from Echofon
  13. Cooley from CDMS says they would need 5 events to be statistically sure -- they only saw 2. So still no conclusive evidence of dark matter 2:58 PM Dec 17th from web
  14. Have we seen the first detection of dark matter? CDMS sees 2 events in the detector on a background of 0.5. Signicant evidence for WIMPs? 2:51 PM Dec 17th from web
  15. RT @seanmcarroll: JoAnne is live-blogging the dark matter announcement -- spread the word. http://is.gd/5rHB2 1:48 PM Dec 17th from web
  16. Watching the dark matter talk (or annoucement?) by Jodi Cooley at SLAC today. Live webfeed here: http://tinyurl.com/ydncnhp 1:47 PM Dec 17th from web
  17. Avatar's moon Pandora could be real, if only we had the James Webb Space Telescope to look for it... http://tinyurl.com/ycqhrjc 1:08 PM Dec 17th from web
  18. Updated PW story on the #stfc: http://tinyurl.com/y8skm5u physicists call for the funding council to be reformed 3:50 AM Dec 17th from web
  19. Shame the #stfc gloom overshadowed the release of stunning new images taken by Herschel: http://tinyurl.com/ybk97mc 10:47 AM Dec 16th from web
  20. UK physics hit by savage cuts. PW story on the #stfc outcome http://tinyurl.com/y8skm5u 9:17 AM Dec 16th from web
  • Name Michael Banks
  • Location Bristol
  • Bio News Editor of Physics World magazine
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