Detalle: si pedís a ChatGPT que os escriba un correo con un enlace, pero no queréis que se note la ayudita, acordaos de borrar el “source=http://chatgpt.com” del enlace. A mí ya me han llegado correos de estudiantes con este Easter Egg 😉

¿Cuánto varía la nota media de los estudiantes del grado en Física entre universidades españolas? 👇

¿Cuánto varía la nota media de los estudiantes del grado en Física entre universidades españolas? Aquí una pequeña muestra:

El ministerio concede ahora los premios nacionales fin de carrera a estudiantes que acabaron la carrera hace 6 años?? 🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️ Pronto los darán a título póstumo... webific.ific.uv.es/web/content/...

Just for fun, here’s my ongoing ranking of HEP scientists by publishing longevity (yrs between 1st & last paper): 1️⃣ Bethe: 76 yrs (1931–2007) 2️⃣ Sirlin: 64 yrs (1956–2020) 3️⃣ Gell-Mann: 63 yrs (1951–2014) 4⃣ Vainshtein: 61+ yrs (1964-2025+) 5⃣ Barger: 60+ yrs (1965–2025+)

La inflación de notas ha ocurrido incluso en universidades como Harvard, donde el porcentaje de notas A (=máxima calificación) ha pasado del 26% al 60% en sólo 20 años 🤯. Si todos tenemos A entonces A no significa nada.

Finally the rumours become public: The CEPC Chinese collider project is on hold. cerncourier.com/a/cepc-matur...

Sad to hear of Peter Minkowski’s passing. His work on grand unification and the seesaw mechanism left a lasting mark on particle physics. He is part of a remarkable lineage: Sommerfeld → Pauli → Fierz → Minkowski.

C.N. Yang, a giant of physics, has passed away. Renowned for the Lee–Yang hypothesis of parity violation, Yang–Mills gauge theories, and so much more. He received the Nobel Prize... 68 years ago! 🤯

Here in Vancouver for a conference, two colleagues who live in the US (but aren’t US citizens) had to cancel their participation due to visa issues. A sign of the times.

Just learned that Pepe Bernabéu was the first Spaniard to hold a Staff Member position in CERN’s Theory Division (1971-1978). Yet another example of what a true trailblazer he was.

Triste noticia: ha fallecido nuestro compañero Pepe Bernabéu, figura absolutamente clave de la física en Valencia. Sad news: our colleague Pepe Bernabéu has passed away, an absolutely key figure in physics in Valencia.

In 1900 the number of senior faculty in theoretical physics was 8 in Germany, 2 in the US, 1 in Holland, and none in the British Empire. The emergence of theoretical physics as a semi-autonomous discipline is a 20th-century phenomenon. Source: "Inward bound" (A. Pais)