| How does the Higgs Boson and top quark mass help us infer the stability/metastability of the universe? Posted: 22 Sep 2020 05:00 PM PDT I'm just an aficionado so try to keep it dumbed down please! All articles I've seen state that the mass of the Higgs and the top quark seem to be on the limit between stability and metastability, although it still hasn't been confirmed. My question is not regarding in which state the universe is but why does this measurements relate to it. Why does it mean than if the masses of these particles was different then the universe will be in another estate of stability/instability/metaestability/non-perturbability? In short, where do the regions of this chart come from and why are they there? Also, what does the non-perturbability region mean? Thanks! EDIT: I see lots of shadow banned people here. submitted by /u/Maezel [link] [comments] |
| What propels vomit out of your stomach? Posted: 23 Sep 2020 05:27 AM PDT |
| AskScience AMA Series: We're excited to bring you industry experts from the official Peer Review Week 2020 Panel. Join our experts who will be answering all your questions around the theme 'Trust in Peer Review'. Ask us anything! All welcome. Posted: 23 Sep 2020 04:00 AM PDT Join our expert panel to discuss this year's #PeerRevWeek20 theme #TrustInPeerReview. Peer Review Week (PRW) committee is hosting two live sessions on 24th September 2020 to enable our community all over the world to join a session in your timezone and interact with industry experts. Simply reply to this post with your peer review questions following the theme of #TrustInPeerReview before or during the event and we'll answer them live, giving you a diverse range of answers. LIVE Thursday 24 September 2020 Session 1 Asia Pacific, Middle East, India, Australia, New Zealand time zones - 6am-8am BST/ 10.30am-12.30pm IST/1pm-3pm CST/3pm-5pm AEST/5pm-7pm NZST Lou Peck (host), Eleanor Colla, Gareth Dyke, Tamika Heiden, Bahar Mehmani Session 2 Europe and US/Canada time zones - 9am-11am EDT/2pm-4pm BST Lou Peck (host), Anupama Kapadia, Joris Van Rossum, Michael Willis Panellist biographies - Host - Lou Peck, Founder and Managing Director of The International Bunch
- Lou Peck has been in the academic publishing industry for 19 years working for organizations such as British Standards Institution, ProQuest, Royal Society of Chemistry, EBL - Ebook Library and Kudos. Since 2016, Lou has been consulting for libraries, publishers and intermediaries when in 2019 she grew her one-man-band consultancy into a specialist marketing and publishing consultancy with a team that spans the globe. Lou has been involved with peer review over the past few years and is this year co-chairing Peer Review Week 2020 with Phil Hurst from the Royal Society. She volunteers time as Vice Chair of CILIP Cymru Wales Committee, Vice Chair of ALPSP Membership and Marketing Committee and a Business Wales mentor. (https://www.reddit.com/user/LouPeckOfficial)
- Panellist - Eleanor Colla, Research Relationships Manager | Researcher Services Librarian at University of New England
- Eleanor Colla is the Research Relationships Manager at the University of New England, New South Wales, Australia. In her role, she works closely with the Research Office, Faculties, and librarians to advocate on a number of topics including open scholarship, strategic publishing practices, and ethical use of metrics, as well as implement and improve institution-wide research output, assessment, and reporting. Eleanor also has experience with supporting academics and post-graduate students with their research at any point of need within the research lifecycle. (https://www.reddit.com/user/ecolla)
- Panellist - Gareth Dyke, Researcher, Author and Head of Training at TopEdit
- Gareth Dyke is a writer, palaeontologist, researcher, and educator with deep experience at the interface between publishing and academia. He is Head of Training at TopEdit, an international English editing and author services provider. He has authored ca. 280 articles in peer reviewed journals over the last 20 years (including in Nature and Science). He helps authors write, communicate, and publish research effectively in English and has well-developed networks most notably in China and Central Asia (Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan). Extensive experience creating, growing, and managing high impact academic journals working with Taylor & Francis and Eurasia Academic Publishing. (https://www.reddit.com/user/garethdyke)
- Panellist - Anupama Kapadia, Business Head, Publication Support at Enago
- Anupama Kapadia has over 11 years of industry experience in various scholarly publishing functions. She has successfully led and supported several organizational initiatives. She is currently investing her time in journal production workflows and metrics related to scholarly publication. (https://www.reddit.com/user/anupama_kapadia)
- Panellist - Tamika Heiden, Principal at Research Impact Academy and Adjunct Research Fellow at The University of Western Australia
- Tamika Heiden has a background of research experience and training in knowledge translation. She helps researchers access research funding through a program of innovative workshops, consulting, membership, coaching in knowledge translation, and linking researchers to end-users to ensure research impact. Tamika works with researchers and research organizations to create opportunities for research translation and impact so they can get their greatest work into the world. (https://www.reddit.com/user/impactacademy)
- Panellist - Bahar Mehmani, Reviewer Experience Lead at RELX Group
- Bahar Mehmani is an experienced researcher with in-depth knowledge in the peer review process. She is Reviewer Experience Lead in the Global STM journals at Elsevier. She works on several peer review initiatives and projects, all of which are designed to recognize reviewers' contribution to the progress of science. Bahar is Co-chair of Peer Review Week 2020 Events and International Outreach Sub-committee, Vice-chair of the Peer Review Committee and Council Member of the European Association of Science Editors (EASE). She received her PhD in Theoretical Physics from the University of Amsterdam (UvA) in 2010. Before joining Elsevier, she was a postdoc researcher at Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light (MPL). (https://www.reddit.com/user/bmehmani)
- Panellist - Joris Van Rossum, Director at The International Association of STM Publishers
- Joris Van Rossum is a publishing executive and consultant with broad industry knowledge. He currently leads two projects at STM, the Research Data Year, and creating Standard Taxonomy for Peer Review. Joris worked at Elsevier for almost 15 years, where his last role was sr. director of Publishing Innovation, and has been active as an entrepreneur and consultant. (https://www.reddit.com/user/Joris_Rossum)
- Panellist - Michael Willis, Senior Manager, Research Advocate at John Wiley & Sons
- Michael Willis is experienced in editorial and peer review management for academic journals across many disciplines. Michael is supporting and being the voice for researchers in the publishing process, including editors, authors and peer reviewers. (https://www.reddit.com/user/CTYerkes)
What is Peer Review Week? Peer Review Week (PRW) is an annual weekly celebration of all things 'peer review', covering a specific theme which changes every year. The voluntary Steering Committee is open to anyone involved or interested in peer review from publishers, service providers, libraries, to peer reviewers, and the research and author community. It provides a platform for us all to come together with the common goal of celebrating peer review including the good, the bad and the ugly! (https://peerreviewweek.wordpress.com/get-involved/) We'll also check back and answer any additional questions that come in. Lou will be online throughout the day and running both PRW sessions. Make sure you add your questions below! submitted by /u/AskScienceModerator [link] [comments] |
| Ask Anything Wednesday - Engineering, Mathematics, Computer Science Posted: 23 Sep 2020 08:08 AM PDT Welcome to our weekly feature, Ask Anything Wednesday - this week we are focusing on Engineering, Mathematics, Computer Science Do you have a question within these topics you weren't sure was worth submitting? Is something a bit too speculative for a typical /r/AskScience post? No question is too big or small for AAW. In this thread you can ask any science-related question! Things like: "What would happen if...", "How will the future...", "If all the rules for 'X' were different...", "Why does my...". Asking Questions: Please post your question as a top-level response to this, and our team of panellists will be here to answer and discuss your questions. The other topic areas will appear in future Ask Anything Wednesdays, so if you have other questions not covered by this weeks theme please either hold on to it until those topics come around, or go and post over in our sister subreddit /r/AskScienceDiscussion , where every day is Ask Anything Wednesday! Off-theme questions in this post will be removed to try and keep the thread a manageable size for both our readers and panellists. Answering Questions: Please only answer a posted question if you are an expert in the field. The full guidelines for posting responses in AskScience can be found here. In short, this is a moderated subreddit, and responses which do not meet our quality guidelines will be removed. Remember, peer reviewed sources are always appreciated, and anecdotes are absolutely not appropriate. In general if your answer begins with 'I think', or 'I've heard', then it's not suitable for /r/AskScience. If you would like to become a member of the AskScience panel, please refer to the information provided here. Past AskAnythingWednesday posts can be found here. Ask away! submitted by /u/AutoModerator [link] [comments] |
| Why can't you see your own eyes move in a mirror? Posted: 22 Sep 2020 10:00 AM PDT |
| Why doesn't the immune system reject donated blood if they have different DNA but same blood type? Posted: 23 Sep 2020 02:40 AM PDT I do know that there's a term of transplant rejection but why doesn't it apply to blood as well when they have the same blood type? submitted by /u/NomadicEngi [link] [comments] |
| Do the flu or any other common diseases ever have long-term complications like what we’re seeing from COVID-19? Posted: 23 Sep 2020 02:29 AM PDT I keep on seeing articles about the potential long term effects of COVID-19, ranging from organ damage to neurological conditions. I was wondering if any other common illnesses have comparable long-term effects. submitted by /u/sunbearimon [link] [comments] |
| Do conjoined twins' immune systems attack each other? What about chimeric twins? Posted: 22 Sep 2020 10:40 PM PDT I know that when blood transfusions and transplants are done, incompatible immune systems can be a huge problem. So how does that work when they're two connected bodies? submitted by /u/ToiletSpeckles [link] [comments] |
| Why fever is the most common symptom in infectious diseases? Posted: 22 Sep 2020 08:04 PM PDT |
| Are some infinities really bigger than other infinities? Posted: 23 Sep 2020 07:32 AM PDT I am really bad at both math and science and therefore have trouble understanding the idea of some infinities being bigger than other infinities. "There are infinite numbers between 0 and 1. There's .1 and .12 and .112 and an infinite collection of others. Of course, there is a bigger infinite set of numbers between 0 and 2, or between 0 and a million. Some infinities are bigger than other infinities." I understand the idea and the concept behind it BUT doesn't this involve comparing the two collections of numbers? And isn't that defeating the purpose of infinity as you need a clear start and end to something if you want to compare it? I don't really know how to express this in words, but isn't comparing two collections of numbers that are constantly getting bigger like trying to compare two cars in detail while they drive past you at high speeds? lmao. I don't know. submitted by /u/Smartanton [link] [comments] |
| How did Rutherford bombard the atom with alpha particles when discovering the nucleus in the Gold Foil Experiment? Posted: 22 Sep 2020 08:06 PM PDT I'm confused of how Rutherford 1. isolated an alpha particle, and 2. How did he even know what an alpha particle was or even measure it?? If they hadn't discovered the nucleus yet how was it possible for him to know to shoot 2 protons and 2 neutrons at the atom? I'd really appreciate if someone could explain this as I haven't found anywhere that explains these details. Thanks for your help!! submitted by /u/petulantwalrus [link] [comments] |
| Is there a three-dimensional analogue of complex number plane? If not, then why? Posted: 22 Sep 2020 01:11 PM PDT I had an idea whether it is possible to plot the mandelbrot equation in three dimensions, but looking to it more (I am fairly novice on understanding mathematics) it seems there is no three dimensional analogue of complex numbers but instead quaternions. Why is that? Do complex numbers have points in only two dimensions or are there more? submitted by /u/stumppi [link] [comments] |
