Physics news

Henry J · Post by **Henry J** » Wed Nov 15, 2006 1:34 pm

Kennedy? Willow's girlfriend? What's she got to do with it?

Oh right - Sunnydale used to be in Ca. didn't it. Ah so.

Xjmt · Post by **Xjmt** » Wed Nov 15, 2006 8:39 pm

Ah so

Flied lice with order?

Henry J · Post by **Henry J** » Fri Dec 01, 2006 8:50 am

UCLA Chemist Provides New Insights into one of Science’s Icons and its History: The Periodic Table of Chemical Elements

The periodic table of chemical elements hangs in front of chemistry classrooms and in science laboratories worldwide. Yet much was unknown about its history and evolution until now.

(It's elementary!)

One thing I wonder about though - that article says that 116 elements are known, 118 being the latest addition but two before that so far unsynthesized. But Webelements indicates that only one (#117) prior to 118 is so far undetected. So I wonder, which pre-118 element is it that Webelements and that article disagree with each other about? (My guess would be #115 since odd numbered elements are apparently harder to synthesize than even numbered ones.)

Henry

Henry J · Post by **Henry J** » Fri Dec 01, 2006 8:55 am

The 2,000-year-old computer

Cardiff experts have led an international team in unravelling the secrets of a 2,000-year-old computer which could transform the way we think about the ancient world.

(This ain't your great grandpa's abacus!)

lswot · Post by **lswot** » Fri Dec 01, 2006 11:53 am

Henry J wrote:The 2,000-year-old computer
Cardiff experts have led an international team in unravelling the secrets of a 2,000-year-old computer which could transform the way we think about the ancient world.
(This ain't your great grandpa's abacus!)

Wow.......what kind of Warranty do they have on THAT computer?

Xjmt · Post by **Xjmt** » Fri Dec 01, 2006 12:26 pm

Wow.......what kind of Warranty do they have on THAT computer?

Doesn't matter. It probably expired by the time they got it home.

lswot · Post by **lswot** » Sat Dec 02, 2006 4:27 pm

Xjmt wrote:
Wow.......what kind of Warranty do they have on THAT computer?
Doesn't matter. It probably expired by the time they got it home.

Henry J · Post by **Henry J** » Mon Dec 04, 2006 9:06 am

Well, as a famous robot once said (several times, iirc) - "that does not compute!"

Xjmt · Post by **Xjmt** » Mon Dec 04, 2006 2:31 pm

Illogical but none the less, true.

Henry J · Post by **Henry J** » Thu Dec 07, 2006 8:06 am

Long the Fixation of Physicists Worldwide, a Tiny Particle Is Found

After decades of intensive effort by both experimental and theoretical physicists worldwide, a tiny particle with no charge, a very low mass and a lifetime much shorter than a nanosecond, dubbed the "axion," has now been detected by the University at Buffalo physicist who first suggested its existence in a little-read paper as early as 1974.

Xjmt · Post by **Xjmt** » Thu Dec 07, 2006 8:10 am

After decades of intensive effort by both experimental and theoretical physicists worldwide, a tiny particle with no charge, a very low mass and a lifetime much shorter than a nanosecond, dubbed the "axion," has now been detected by the University at Buffalo physicist who first suggested its existence in a little-read paper as early as 1974.

And which Hollywood studio the it work for??

Henry J · Post by **Henry J** » Thu Dec 14, 2006 12:19 pm

UCR: UCR-Led Research Team Detects “Top Quark,” a Basic Constituent of Matter

A group of 50 international physicists, led by UC Riverside’s Ann Heinson, has detected for the first time a subatomic particle, the top quark, produced without the simultaneous production of its antimatter partner – an extremely rare event. The discovery of the single top quark could help scientists better explain how the universe works and how objects acquire their mass, thereby assisting human understanding of the fundamental nature of the universe.

Henry J · Post by **Henry J** » Fri Dec 15, 2006 12:44 pm

Very High Frequency Radiation makes Dark Matter Visible

The stars and gas which are seen in galaxies account for only a few percent of the gravitating material in the Universe. Most of the rest has remained stubbornly invisible and is now thought to be made of a new form of matter never yet seen on Earth. Researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics have discovered, however, that a sufficiently big radio telescope could make a picture of everything that gravitates, rivalling the images made by optical telescopes of everything that shines (online: 28. November 2006).

Henry J · Post by **Henry J** » Wed Jan 03, 2007 10:04 am

Team Detects 'Top Quark,' a Basic Constituent of Matter

A group of 50 international physicists, led by UC Riverside’s Ann Heinson, has detected for the first time a subatomic particle, the top quark, produced without the simultaneous production of its antimatter partner – an extremely rare event.

(And here we thought Quark was just a bartender at a space station... )

The discovery of the single top quark could help scientists better explain how the universe works and how objects acquire their mass,

(Does that mean that married top quarks are easier to detect than single ones?)

Lou · Post by **Lou** » Sun Jan 07, 2007 6:28 pm

Ah, this isn't Physics....BUT. I have a bunch of questions:

1--Will we all need to get new DVD players for the HD-DVD's

2--Will old-style DVD's play on HD-DVD's

3--What about will they play on new HD-TV's

4--And what is this new Blue-Ray?

5--How about questions 1 through 3 with regard to Blue-Ray?

Hopelessly confused

Uh, things may be moving too fast for me. Motion sickness is beginning to set in