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The stagnation of physics
Browse a shelf of popular science books in physics and you’ll often find a similar theme. Whether offering insights into The Hidden Reality (2011),...
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5 Physics Equations Everyone Should Know
Our physics expert picks his top-five equations, plus a scheme to supply US power needs with a bucket of baseballs. Thanks, Einstein! All the tech we...
wired.com - 30+ days ago
science
Theoretical physicists completely determine the statistics of quantum entanglement
For the first time , theoretical physicists from the Institute of Theoretical Physics (IPhT) in Paris-Saclay have completely determined the statistics...
phys.org - 10 days ago
space
In time for the equinox, Israel’s first solar observatory opens in northern Druze town
ISFIYA — A dozen 11th-grade physics students stood inside Solaris – the first national solar observatory in Israel – and watched a solar flare...
sofisrael.com - 13 days ago
technology
Muonic atoms unlock new possibilities in nuclear physics
University of Queensland researchers have made a breakthrough in muonic atom research, clearing the way for new nuclear physics experiments. A team at...
phys.org - 16 days ago
books
How economics wrecked the world — and how we can escape from "Ricardo's Dream"
Economists some time s present their discipline as the queen of the social sciences, a claim staked primarily on a superificial resemblance to physics: It has universal laws! Expressed in numbers! But that confidence can go horribly wrong. The global financial crisis of 2008 and ensuing Great...
salon.com - 30+ days ago
science / space
High-Energy Neutrinos May Hint at New Physics—or New Civilizations
In 1991, the most energetic particle known was detected, with an energy of 3.2 × 10^ {20} electron volts, or equivalently 320 billion time s the...
thedebrief.org - 9 days ago
science
Torpedo Bats and the Physics of the Sweet Spot
Baseball season just started, and everyone’s talking about these crazy new bats. Will they change the game? In any sport, having the best gear can...
wired.com - 1 day ago
cool stuff
Quantum physics discovery: Light travels through both space and time
Physicists from Imperial College London have achieved a groundbreaking milestone in quantum physics by reimagining the classic double-slit...
thebrighterside.news - 30+ days ago
movie & tv
George R.R. Martin co-writes peer-reviewed physics paper about his Wild Cards series
George R.R. Martin is best known as the author of the Song of Ice and Fire series, adapted by HBO as the TV show Game of Thrones. Since that show...
winteriscoming.net - 30+ days ago
science
An exception to the laws of thermodynamics: Shape-recovering liquid defies textbooks
A team of researchers led by a physics graduate student at the University of Massachusetts Amherst made the surprising discovery of what they call a...
phys.org - 1 day ago
technology
Four Ways Engineers Are Trying to Break Physics
In particle physics, the smallest problems often require the biggest solutions.Along the border of France and Switzerland, around a hundred meters...
ieee.org - 3 days ago
science
Nobel laureate Steven Weinberg’s posthumously published memoir details a swashbuckling life in physics - 3 Quarks Daily
Graham Farmelo in Nature: ‘Big Steve,’ his students called him. Steven Weinberg was not physically imposing, but was an intellectually dominant and...
3quarksdaily.com - 30+ days ago
memes
28 Breaking The Laws Of Physics Memes That Will Make You Question The Laws Of Physics - Epic Fails
Breaking the Laws of Physics Memes: When Laughter Defies Gravity! There’s nothing funnier than watching someone break the laws of physics without...
chameleonmemes.com - 18 days ago
gaming
Remember the Havok Physics Engine? In case you forgot, its new trailer kicks things into overdrive
If you were an avid gamer in the early naughts, then you surely remember the legendary Havok Engine, (in)famous for its striking physics in games such...
destructoid.com - 30+ days ago
science
Why Won't This Contraption Turn? New Physics Puzzle Baffles Internet
If it did work, it would break a few important laws of the universe....
iflscience.com - 30+ days ago
science
Scientists Confirm The Universe Is Expanding Too Fast
Scientists have confirmed the space around us appears to be growing faster than physics can explain, based off precise measurements of a galaxy...
sciencealert.com - 30+ days ago
education
CMU now offers track in quantum physics, thanks to advocacy from a student
Claire Gist became interested in quantum physics in middle school. Her appreciation for the field grew in high school, and when it came time to apply...
post-gazette.com - 30+ days ago
architecture
Beyond the Visible
Zac Henderson’s photographs are influenced by humanity’s effort to understand its place in the cosmos. The artist is fascinated by astrophysics,...
aestheticamagazine.com - 30+ days ago
learning
Creating a global map of different physics laboratory classes
Physics lab courses are vital to science education, providing hands-on experience and technical skills that lectures can't offer. Yet, it's...
phys.org - 30+ days ago
science / space
Unknown physics may help dark energy act as 'antigravity' throughout the universe
"There are more questions than answers at this point." Dark energy could have an accomplice that helps it slow the growth of large cosmic structures,...
space.com - 9 days ago
science
Physicists Use Optical Vortex Beams to Control Ionization for the First time
A new discovery in strong-field physics demonstrates, for the first time , that ionization—the process by which electrons are ejected from atoms or...
thedebrief.org - 12 days ago
space
Is our cosmos just a membrane on the edge of a far stranger reality?
String theory is the best candidate we have for a theory of everything. Bend to its rule and the various tangled theories of conventional physics...
newscientist.com - 17 days ago
books
Han Kang: ‘One year I couldn’t bear fiction and read astrophysics instead’
The novelist on South Korean tales, discovering Dostoevsky, and the comfort of nature books...
theguardian.com - 30+ days ago
innovation
Scientists push the limits of physics with shocking new energy device: 'We … knew it was something great'
University of Colorado scientists may not be breaking the laws of physics with their thermal energy work, but they are reportedly teasing them.The...
thecooldown.com - 16 days ago