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A Brief History of Mind-Bending Ideas About Black Holes
Last week, physicist Stephen Hawking made headlines by saying that black holes – the incredibly massive astronomical objects that made him famous – do not exist. Or they exist, but not how we think. Or something. In fact, to really ...
Last week, physicist Stephen Hawking made headlines by saying that black holes – the incredibly massive astronomical objects that made him famous – do not exist. Or they exist, but not how we think. Or something. In fact, to really ...
Soap-bubble cyclone is a deadly storm in miniature
Heating soap bubbles from underneath creates vortices that are the baby brothers of huge cyclones – even Jupiter's famous Great Red Spot
Heating soap bubbles from underneath creates vortices that are the baby brothers of huge cyclones – even Jupiter's famous Great Red Spot
Physics
Source: New Scientist
Posted on: Tuesday, Jan 28, 2014, 7:46am
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Source: New Scientist
Posted on: Tuesday, Jan 28, 2014, 7:46am
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The u-bit may be omniscient, but it's no God particle
We have a new entity to help explain the universe: the omniscient, omnipresent and unseen u-bit. But let's resist the obvious analogy
We have a new entity to help explain the universe: the omniscient, omnipresent and unseen u-bit. But let's resist the obvious analogy
Physics
Source: New Scientist
Posted on: Monday, Jan 27, 2014, 8:20am
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Source: New Scientist
Posted on: Monday, Jan 27, 2014, 8:20am
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Squeeze light to teleport quantum energy
A trick that forces photons to travel in entangled pairs could help send energy across great distances, thanks to quantum teleportation
A trick that forces photons to travel in entangled pairs could help send energy across great distances, thanks to quantum teleportation
Physics
Source: New Scientist
Posted on: Friday, Jan 24, 2014, 7:58am
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Source: New Scientist
Posted on: Friday, Jan 24, 2014, 7:58am
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Natural ball lightning probed for the first time
A thunderstorm in China has delivered the first evidence from nature that ball lightning forms thanks to vaporised dirt
A thunderstorm in China has delivered the first evidence from nature that ball lightning forms thanks to vaporised dirt
Physics
Source: New Scientist
Posted on: Friday, Jan 17, 2014, 11:49am
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Source: New Scientist
Posted on: Friday, Jan 17, 2014, 11:49am
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Zoologger: Hunting falcons rely on sailor's trick
When peregrine falcons hunt prey birds like crows, they rely on a simple technique to ensure they intercept their victims
When peregrine falcons hunt prey birds like crows, they rely on a simple technique to ensure they intercept their victims
Physics
Source: New Scientist
Posted on: Thursday, Jan 16, 2014, 7:53am
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Source: New Scientist
Posted on: Thursday, Jan 16, 2014, 7:53am
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Spin: The quantum twist coming to a computer near you
A mysterious quantum property is already harnessed in your hard drive – now it's set to take over the rest of your gadgets (full text available to subscribers)
A mysterious quantum property is already harnessed in your hard drive – now it's set to take over the rest of your gadgets (full text available to subscribers)
Physics
Source: New Scientist
Posted on: Tuesday, Jan 14, 2014, 8:01am
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Source: New Scientist
Posted on: Tuesday, Jan 14, 2014, 8:01am
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'Cosmic neutrinos are ready to take centre stage'
The search for neutrinos from deep space gives us a new vista on some of the most violent processes in the universe, says astrophysicist Ray Jayawardhana
The search for neutrinos from deep space gives us a new vista on some of the most violent processes in the universe, says astrophysicist Ray Jayawardhana
Physics
Source: New Scientist
Posted on: Monday, Jan 13, 2014, 9:13am
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Source: New Scientist
Posted on: Monday, Jan 13, 2014, 9:13am
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Sorry, Albert: Physics that challenges Einstein
Gravity, relativity, space and time – Albert Einstein explained all these and more. But his ideas are under scrutiny like never before
Gravity, relativity, space and time – Albert Einstein explained all these and more. But his ideas are under scrutiny like never before
Physics
Source: New Scientist
Posted on: Monday, Jan 06, 2014, 9:11am
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Source: New Scientist
Posted on: Monday, Jan 06, 2014, 9:11am
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Where they found the 'god particle'
Scientists and technicians are hard at work upgrading the machinery so that the $10 billion dollar Large Hadron Collider can ramp back up in 2015 at unprecedented energies.
Scientists and technicians are hard at work upgrading the machinery so that the $10 billion dollar Large Hadron Collider can ramp back up in 2015 at unprecedented energies.
Hints of cold dark matter pop up in 10-year-old circuit
Some of the most wanted stuff in the universe may have shown its face in a simple tabletop experiment nearly a decade ago – only no one noticed at the time
Some of the most wanted stuff in the universe may have shown its face in a simple tabletop experiment nearly a decade ago – only no one noticed at the time
Physics
Source: New Scientist
Posted on: Wednesday, Dec 04, 2013, 7:43am
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Source: New Scientist
Posted on: Wednesday, Dec 04, 2013, 7:43am
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Wormholes and Quantum Entanglement May Be Linked
Theoretical physicists have forged a connection between the concept of entanglement — a mysterious quantum mechanical connection between two widely separated particles — and that of a wormhole, a hypothetical connection between black holes that serves as a shortcut through ...
Theoretical physicists have forged a connection between the concept of entanglement — a mysterious quantum mechanical connection between two widely separated particles — and that of a wormhole, a hypothetical connection between black holes that serves as a shortcut through ...
'Ghost Particles' In Antarctica Offer Glimpse Of Deep Space
By putting light sensors inside a giant ice cube that's a mile beneath the South Pole, scientists detected 28 neutrinos from beyond the solar system. It's just a start – but researchers hope the work could eventually yield a way to see through debris clouds to the core of exploding stars.
By putting light sensors inside a giant ice cube that's a mile beneath the South Pole, scientists detected 28 neutrinos from beyond the solar system. It's just a start – but researchers hope the work could eventually yield a way to see through debris clouds to the core of exploding stars.
Weird Nanophotonic Materials Bend and Trap Light to Make Crazy Colors
At the NanoPhotonics Centre at the University of Cambridge, scientists are tinkering with tiny, photonic structures and creating crazy new materials that manipulate light and change color in strange ways.
At the NanoPhotonics Centre at the University of Cambridge, scientists are tinkering with tiny, photonic structures and creating crazy new materials that manipulate light and change color in strange ways.
Going hypersonic: spyplane could jump to Mach 6
Aircraft could fly at six times the speed of sound, now that engineers claim to have solved a problem that prevented aircraft flying faster than Mach 3
Aircraft could fly at six times the speed of sound, now that engineers claim to have solved a problem that prevented aircraft flying faster than Mach 3
Physics
Source: New Scientist
Posted on: Wednesday, Nov 06, 2013, 7:56am
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Source: New Scientist
Posted on: Wednesday, Nov 06, 2013, 7:56am
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Physics probes 'splashback' problem
US physicists study the fluid dynamics of urine "splashback", with hygiene implications for men and women.
US physicists study the fluid dynamics of urine "splashback", with hygiene implications for men and women.
Physics
Source: BBC News
Posted on: Wednesday, Nov 06, 2013, 7:56am
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Source: BBC News
Posted on: Wednesday, Nov 06, 2013, 7:56am
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How'd They Do That? The Story Of A Giant Rock And A Road Of Ice
Huge stone slabs weighing up to 300 tons that now reside in Beijing's Forbidden City were slid more than 40 miles in 15th- and 16th-century China over water-lubricated ice roads in the dead of winter. Though spoked wheels had been around for almost 3,000 years, the ice roads were smoother and required less manpower.
Huge stone slabs weighing up to 300 tons that now reside in Beijing's Forbidden City were slid more than 40 miles in 15th- and 16th-century China over water-lubricated ice roads in the dead of winter. Though spoked wheels had been around for almost 3,000 years, the ice roads were smoother and required less manpower.
Search for universe's "dark matter" comes up empty
Underground experiment fails to find evidence of physics' "Holy Grail": invisible matter that makes up a quarter of the universe
Underground experiment fails to find evidence of physics' "Holy Grail": invisible matter that makes up a quarter of the universe
Physics
Source: CBSNews
Posted on: Thursday, Oct 31, 2013, 10:01am
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Source: CBSNews
Posted on: Thursday, Oct 31, 2013, 10:01am
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No need for inflation if cosmos was a bouncing baby
Our universe could have bounced from the ashes of a dying cosmos, thanks to a push from a ghostly force, and without the help of inflation
Our universe could have bounced from the ashes of a dying cosmos, thanks to a push from a ghostly force, and without the help of inflation
Physics
Source: New Scientist
Posted on: Thursday, Oct 24, 2013, 8:42am
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Source: New Scientist
Posted on: Thursday, Oct 24, 2013, 8:42am
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Are Iran's Centrifuges Just Few Turns From A Nuclear Bomb?
Talks about the country's nuclear program are set to begin in Geneva. Iran says it is making nuclear fuel for power plants, but some observers are suspicious of the country's motives.
Talks about the country's nuclear program are set to begin in Geneva. Iran says it is making nuclear fuel for power plants, but some observers are suspicious of the country's motives.
Higgs did not know he had won Nobel
Nobel Prize-winning scientist Prof Peter Higgs reveals he did not know he had won the award until a woman congratulated him in the street.
Nobel Prize-winning scientist Prof Peter Higgs reveals he did not know he had won the award until a woman congratulated him in the street.
Higgs Boson Researchers Awarded The Nobel Prize In Physics
Britain's Peter Higgs and Belgium's Francois Englert were cited by the Royal Swedish Academy for the "theoretical discovery of a mechanism that contributes to our understanding of the origin of mass of subatomic particles."
Britain's Peter Higgs and Belgium's Francois Englert were cited by the Royal Swedish Academy for the "theoretical discovery of a mechanism that contributes to our understanding of the origin of mass of subatomic particles."
Video: Kaku on asteroid threat: "We are sitting ducks"
Michio Kaku, physics professor at the City College of New York and a "CBS This Morning" contributor, discusses the threat from space from small asteroids, and what he says the world needs -- and costs "chump change" -- to help safeguard our skies.
Michio Kaku, physics professor at the City College of New York and a "CBS This Morning" contributor, discusses the threat from space from small asteroids, and what he says the world needs -- and costs "chump change" -- to help safeguard our skies.
Speed limit found for sluggish dark matter
If particles of dark matter had never formed the clumps they are in today, they would scurry around space at no more than 54 metres per second
If particles of dark matter had never formed the clumps they are in today, they would scurry around space at no more than 54 metres per second
Physics
Source: New Scientist
Posted on: Tuesday, Oct 08, 2013, 7:33am
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Source: New Scientist
Posted on: Tuesday, Oct 08, 2013, 7:33am
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Dance work shows how physics and art Collide@CERN
Dancers whirl and spin just metres away from where the Higgs was found. They're part of a contemporary dance work with a strong attraction
Dancers whirl and spin just metres away from where the Higgs was found. They're part of a contemporary dance work with a strong attraction
Physics
Source: New Scientist
Posted on: Friday, Oct 04, 2013, 11:05am
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Source: New Scientist
Posted on: Friday, Oct 04, 2013, 11:05am
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Quantum Computer Passes Math Test, But Doesn’t Answer the Big Question
Is the world’s first commercial quantum computer the real deal or not? No one is quite sure. The most recent experiment adding fodder to this debate used the quantum computer made by the Canadian company D-Wave Systems to determine hard-to-calculate ...
Is the world’s first commercial quantum computer the real deal or not? No one is quite sure. The most recent experiment adding fodder to this debate used the quantum computer made by the Canadian company D-Wave Systems to determine hard-to-calculate ...
Peter Higgs: the self-deprecating physicist revered by his peers
Particle physicists speak of admiration for man who outlined what came to be known as the Higgs mechanism
Particle physicists speak of admiration for man who outlined what came to be known as the Higgs mechanism
Physics
Source: TheGuardian
Posted on: Thursday, Oct 03, 2013, 8:14am
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Source: TheGuardian
Posted on: Thursday, Oct 03, 2013, 8:14am
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Dark matter tops physicists' wish list, post-Higgs
A survey of particle theorists reveals mixed feelings about the Higgs boson, and renewed optimism that we are well on the way to a dark matter breakthrough
A survey of particle theorists reveals mixed feelings about the Higgs boson, and renewed optimism that we are well on the way to a dark matter breakthrough
Physics
Source: New Scientist
Posted on: Wednesday, Oct 02, 2013, 7:55am
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Source: New Scientist
Posted on: Wednesday, Oct 02, 2013, 7:55am
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Hairy black hole could show gaps in Einstein's theory
A black hole sprouting hair sounds like the stuff of nightmares, but this bizarre metaphor could open a window beyond the traditional picture of the universe
A black hole sprouting hair sounds like the stuff of nightmares, but this bizarre metaphor could open a window beyond the traditional picture of the universe
Physics
Source: New Scientist
Posted on: Wednesday, Oct 02, 2013, 7:55am
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Source: New Scientist
Posted on: Wednesday, Oct 02, 2013, 7:55am
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Physicists one step closer to creating real-life lightsabers
Harvard and MIT physicists discover molecule that could bring "Star Wars"-like lightsabers to life
Harvard and MIT physicists discover molecule that could bring "Star Wars"-like lightsabers to life
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