Quantum Mechanics Flummoxes Physicists Again
• arcleinIt suggests that the present theory is a good description of our physical world and that we have to work harder to understand its fundamental message."
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Scots Engineers Prove Space Pioneer's 25-Year-Old Theory
• arcleinAlthough the displacement distance above or below the equator is small - of the order of 10 to 50 km - work on hybrid solar sails, which use both light pressure and thrust from a conventional electric propulsion system, is underway and aims to improv
Potentially Hazardous Asteroid Might Collide With The Earth In 2182
• arcleinbut what is most surprising is that over half of this chance (0.00054) corresponds to 2182," exp
Predictions of Human Extinction
• arcleinAnd now Professor Frank Fenner, emeritus professor of microbiology at the Australian National University, has predicted that the human race will be extinct within the next 100 years. He has claimed that the human race will be unable to survive a p
How Monarchs Fly Away Home
• arcleinNew research from the University of Guelph reveals that some North American monarchs born in the Midwest and Great Lakes fly directly east over the Appalachians and settle along the eastern seaboard. Previously, scientists believed that the majority
Retooling The Ocean Conveyor Belt
• arcleinThe old model is no longer valid for the ocean's overturning, not because it's a gross simplification, but because it ignores crucial elements such as eddies and the wind field. The concept of a conveyor belt for the overturning was developed decad
Malaria Proof Mosquitoes
• arcleinIn the study the researchers altered a gene that codes for a "signalling molecule". This molecule, a protein, enables the mosquito's cells to communicate with each other, and is crucial for parasite development inside the mosquito. The team was
Through Neutrino Eyes
• arcleinWith their work, neutrinos graduated from a theoretical novelty to a practical way to probe the universe. In addition to studying neutrinos to glean the particles’ properties, scientists can now use them to lift the veil on some of the hidden mysteri
Discovering Diamonds
• arcleinBurke's work reveals the best places to look for diamond-bearing kimberlites are the boundaries between the parts of the mantle that enclose plumes and those that don't.
Down the Lunar Rabbit Hole
• arclein"They could be entrances to a geologic wonderland," says Mark Robinson of Arizona State University, principal investigator for the LRO camera. "We believe the giant holes are skylights that formed when the ceilings of underground lava tubes collap
Dark Matter May be Building up in Sun
• arcleinBecause lightweight dark matter particles wouldn’t vaporize each other when they meet, the sun should collect the particles the way snowballs collect more snow.
Proton Smaller Than Thought
• arcleinThe radius of the proton is significantly smaller than previously thought, say physicists who have measured it to the best accuracy yet. The surprising result was obtained by studying "muonic" hydrogen in which the electron is replaced by a much he
What Would the Earth Look Like if it Stopped Spinning?
• Paul Adams via PopSciWhat would happen if the Earth stopped spinning? We don't have any reason to think it will in the next few million millennia, but Witold Fraczek, an employee of geographic imaging software company ESRI, was curious.
Benoit Mandelbrot: Fractals and the art of roughness
• Benoit Mandelbrot via TED.comAt TED2010, mathematics legend Benoit Mandelbrot develops a theme he first discussed at TED in 1984 -- the extreme complexity of roughness, and the way that fractal math can find order within patterns that seem unknowably complicated.
Very Large Telescope Finds Very Tiny Black Hole Blowing Most Massive Fiery Space Bubble
• Clay Dillow via PopSciThe ESO's Very Large Telescope, with help from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory, has found the most powerful pair of jets ever witnessed ejecting from a small, stellar-sized black hole.
First-Hand Look: One Family's Unforgettable Zero Gravity Holiday
• Sarah Stern via SPACE.comLike many American families across the country, the Stern family of Colorado celebrated the Fourth of July holiday together on Sunday. But instead of a traditional barbecue or picnic, the family took to the skies for a novel weightless daytrip on a Z
Scientific Evidence of Poltergeist Knocking?
• arcleinWhereas raps and knocking sounds produced by ordinary means exhibit a normal acoustic pattern, those recorded in alleged poltergeist cases show quite a different sound signature.
Chupacabra II
• arcleinthe problem is that the authorities do not wish to acknowledge it, and this course of action may probably be justified, since a collective panic situation may be unleashed."
World’s Most Intense X-Ray Laser Takes First Shots
• WiredTwo of the laser’s first experiments show the device will be able to take snapshots of single molecules in motion — without destroying them first.
Neutrino Surprise from MINOS
• arcleinannounced a surprise result that could point to a fundamental difference between neutrinos and their anti particles. The findings, if confirmed by further experimental runs, may help physicists to explore some of the elemental differences between mat
74-MPG City Car Makes a Smart Look Big
• WiredAs the man behind some of the most successful McLaren Formula 1 cars and the incomparable McLaren F1 supercar, Gordon Murray has designed some of the fastest cars ever. Now he’s building one of the smallest. And most radical.
Scientists Discover New Superheavy Element 117
• arcleinPosters of the periodic table on the walls of science labs in schools around the world will need to be updated after the discovery of the newest superheavy element, element 117. With the temporary name of ununseptium, the temporary symbol Uus and the
Sterile Neutrinos are Back
• arcleinCosmologists at UCL are a step closer to determining the mass of the elusive neutrino particle, not by using a giant particle detector, but by gazing up into space. Neutrinos are one of the top candidates for dark matter.
Whales Closer Than Thought
• arcleins the future of whales once more comes under global debate, some scientists say the marine mammals are not only smarter than thought but also share several attributes once claimed as exclusively human.
The Case of the Incurious Scientists
• arcleinAt first glance, the circle looks like a half-finished maze. But its broken arcs apparently contain a code which, when deciphered, reveals a formula from higher mathematics. Known as Euler’s Identity, it links together five of the most important numb
Remote-Control Tron Legacy Light Cycle Defies Gravity
• WiredA new remote-control light cycle toy scales walls just like the sci-fi vehicles do in the upcoming film Tron Legacy.
Women and Math
• arcleinThe fact that women remain minorities in these fields is far more attributable to the findings of other, lessfeminist-friendly studies. Namely, studies which show a difference in mathematical aptitude between men and women and also a difference in li
Starling Flocks
• arcleinTo watch the uncanny synchronization of a starling flock in flight is to wonder if the birds aren’t actually a single entity, governed by something beyond the usual rules of biology. New research suggests that’s true. Mathematic
Capturing "Hot" Electrons to Double Solar Power
• Technology ReviewResearchers demonstrate that high-energy electrons lost in conventional solar cells can be captured.
Nanotubes Give Batteries a Jolt
• Technology ReviewLithium-ion batteries with nanotube electrodes could go longer between charges.
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