Where can we find a summary of the discoveries of every year

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The discussion revolves around finding a comprehensive summary of scientific discoveries for each year, particularly within the field of physics. Participants express interest in qualitative summaries categorized by year and subdiscipline, and explore various resources that might provide such information.

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Main Points Raised

  • One participant inquires about the existence of annual summaries of discoveries in physics, categorized by year and subdiscipline.
  • Another participant mentions that the weekly magazine Science News used to publish an annual summary issue that was comprehensive.
  • A link to the Science News website is provided, although it does not show obvious links to annual summaries.
  • A different resource, the NSF website, is shared, which lists science discoveries but only goes back a few years.
  • One participant expresses uncertainty about whether the NSF resource is general or limited to NSF-supported advances, questioning if discoveries from CERN or other sources are included.
  • Another suggestion includes investigating with Spires, which may help in finding significant articles from the year.

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Participants do not reach a consensus on a single resource that meets the inquiry's requirements, and multiple suggestions are offered without agreement on their comprehensiveness or relevance.

Contextual Notes

Participants note limitations regarding the timeframes of the resources mentioned, as some only cover recent years, and there is uncertainty about the scope of the NSF resource.

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¿Where can we find a summary of the discoveries of every year?

Hi

I was thinking in which were the most important discoveries last year, for example, and I have to recognize that I have no idea.

I suppose that if you read newspapers, magazines... you will learn a lot, but in a year there are a lot of news, and into physics there are a lot of subdisciplines.

I would like to know if exists some kind of qualitative summary of the discoveries of every year, categorised in paragraphs , I mean you can make a search like this:

Year: 2006

Category: Nuclear physics

Or:

Year: 2008

Category: quantum chromodynamicsThanks for the answers
 
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jonjacson said:
Hi

I was thinking in which were the most important discoveries last year, for example, and I have to recognize that I have no idea.

I suppose that if you read newspapers, magazines... you will learn a lot, but in a year there are a lot of news, and into physics there are a lot of subdisciplines.

I would like to know if exists some kind of qualitative summary of the discoveries of every year, categorised in paragraphs , I mean you can make a search like this:

Year: 2006

Category: Nuclear physics

Or:

Year: 2008

Category: quantum chromodynamics


Thanks for the answers

The weekly magazine Science News used to have an annual summary issue that was pretty comprehensive. I'll see if I can find a link...
 


Here's the magazine's website, but I didn't see any obvious links to the annual summary issues:

http://www.sciencenews.org/

Almost for sure you local university library will have hard copies, though. Check it out.
 


I would investigate with spires
 


berkeman said:
Here's the magazine's website, but I didn't see any obvious links to the annual summary issues:

http://www.sciencenews.org/

Almost for sure you local university library will have hard copies, though. Check it out.

Interesting, I will search in my university tomorrow for some printed material.

Evo said:
This one lists all science discoveries but it only goes back a few years.

http://www.nsf.gov/discoveries/


Great link, very similar to what I was searching for , here an example:

http://www.nsf.gov/discoveries/disc_summ.jsp?cntn_id=114372&org=NSF

But I have a doubt, ¿Is it a general resource? ¿Or is it related only with NSF supported advances?.

I mean ¿can I find something discovered at cern? (for example cern, or any other source)


humanino said:
I would investigate with spires


Nice too, most cited articles of the year, is not a review itself but can help you to find most important articles, appreciated.
 

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