/science/taxonomy/term/152/all en /science/201312-news-astronomers-among-physics-top-10 <p><em>Physics World cites work by South Pole Telescope team</em></p> <p>Scientists in 平特五不中鈥檚 Astrophysics group have been honoured in <em>Physics World</em> magazine鈥檚 list of top 10 breakthroughs in physics for 2013.</p> Wed, 18 Dec 2013 23:41:04 +0000 victor.chisholm@mcgill.ca 5861 at /science /science/20131206-news-rowe-science-paper-thin-slippery-fault <p><em>Drilling in Japan Trench by international scientific team finds unusually thin, slippery geological fault</em></p> <p>The devastating tsunami that struck Japan鈥檚 Tohoku region in March 2011 was touched off by a submarine earthquake far more massive than anything geologists had expected in that zone.</p> Fri, 06 Dec 2013 20:56:30 +0000 victor.chisholm@mcgill.ca 5846 at /science