Where Alice in Wonderland meets Albert Einstein
Phys.org – Nov. 24
One hundred years ago this month, Albert Einstein published his theory of general relativity, one of the most important scientific achievements in the last century. . . . The latest results from the “Cheshire Cat” group of galaxies show how manifestations of Einstein’s 100-year-old theory can lead to new discoveries today. Astronomers have given the group this name because of the smiling cat-like appearance. Some of the feline features are actually distant galaxies whose light has been stretched and bent by the large amounts of mass, most of which is in the form of dark matter detectable only through its gravitational effect, found in the system. . . . A new paper on the Cheshire Cat was recently published in The Astrophysical Journal and appears online. The authors are Jimmy Irwin (University of Alabama), Renato Dupke (National Observatory of Brazil), Rodrigo Carrasco (Gemini Observatory), Peter Maksym (Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics), Lucas Johnson, Raymond White III (Alabama).
SciTechDaily – Nov. 24
Los Alamos (N.M.) Daily Post – Nov. 24
Carson Perrella named Rural Medical Scholar
Opelika-Auburn News – Nov. 24
Carson Perrella of Salem has been named a University of Alabama “Rural Medical Scholar” with plans to attend medical school through the Rural Medical Scholars Program, RMSP is designated for rural Alabama students who plan to practice medicine in rural Alabama. Alabama has a historic shortage of family doctors and other primary care physicians in rural areas of the state. Sixty-two of Alabama’s 67 counties are officially designated as completely or partially Health Professional Shortage Areas. RMSP serves Alabama by producing physicians who can become leaders in developing healthy rural communities.
Elect Her aims to get women voted into student governments
USA Today College – Nov. 24
Women at some 50 schools nationwide are being offered one-day leadership workshops as part of a national campaign to get women involved in student government. The program is run by Elect Her, a collaboration between the American Association of University Women (AAUW) and Running Start. Launched in 2009, it’s held over the academic year, with most campuses having their events this year in the spring. . . . Kelsi Long attended an Elect Her workshop at the University of Alabama last semester and is now a student government senator. She says women best understand the needs of other women, so female voices are necessary in helping to make political decisions. “Women know what we want and what we need,” says Long. “I don’t think a male voice can totally share that at times.”
Alabama’s October home sales rose 3 percent over last year
Alabama News Center – Nov. 23
Forecast: October sales were 4 percent or 141 units above our monthly forecast. Alabama Center for Real Estate‘s (ACRE) year-to-date sales forecast through October projected 40,253 closed transactions while the actual sales were 42,974 units, a 7 percent rise.