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In December PRL published our paper describing the first observation of simulton propagation in an atomic vapour, predicted back in 1981. (with @DurhamQlm, @etotheipiequals)
A two-color solitonlike pulse is shown to propagate through an opaque medium as though it were nearly transparent
Letter: go.aps.org/2Eaa9Vx
Synopsis: go.aps.org/2ROzwnF
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Devastated to hear music critic Neil Kulkarni has died
Having grown up enthralled by his words in Melody Maker, Vox, Kerrang!, The Source, DJ and more, we were giddy when he contributed a few bits to DiS
Our hearts go out to his family, friends, students and readers
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The cost of freezing fuel duty from 2010 (a 37% real terms cut) is about £6bn a year. If Britain tolled its motorways at the same price France does, it would raise £7bn a year. Funny how we can afford free motorways and endlessly declining fuel tax revenues but not a train
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Almost a quarter of the HS2 money, unless I’ve misunderstood the background paper, is going on pothole repairs
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So, 2 years ago, Rishi was boasting of investing £96bn to improve rail in the Midlands and the North.
Now, after cancelling HS2, he's boasting of investing £36 billion.
I thought there was extra money from the HS2 cancellation - but it just looks like a cut to me???
This is the biggest ever public investment in Britain’s rail network with £96 billion to deliver faster and better journeys to more people across the North and the Midlands. #LevellingUp
We have the usual sleeplessness of having a newborn at home but also have to spend long days in the hospital with Jules watching monitors in case he stops breathing, which usually happens a few times a day. There’s v little sleep happening.
What version of Transpennine Upgrade/Northern Powerhouse Rail/Crossrail North/HS3 will they announce now they’ve cancelled the final northern bit of HS2? The important thing is that there’s never any plans or intention to actually build it, just put it off another decade.
HS2 took 15 years to get to this point. Cancel it and announce something new, then you can wait 15 years and cancel it again.
After 12 years on Jekyll I’ve moved ogdeu.eu to @quarto_pub.
I’ve been looking for something better suited to technical writing for the web for a long time and I’ve found Quarto brilliant.
There were a few things I had to edit to make it feel like my site, mostly removing boilerplate and styling, but it’s impressively customisable.
Hopefully no links have broken but let me know if you find any bugs.
‘The horse raising its head above the skyline to listen among the constellations and then bending to graze again. He studied those worlds sprawled in their pale ignitions upon the nameless night.’