Physics news

Henry J · Post by **Henry J** » Wed Oct 27, 2004 2:56 pm

Scientists Zero In On Why Time Flows In One Direction

The big bang could be a normal event in the natural evolution of the universe that will happen repeatedly over incredibly vast time scales as the universe expands, empties out and cools off, according to two University of Chicago physicists.

(Don't we just love temporal mechanics?

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Henry

lswot · Post by **lswot** » Thu Oct 28, 2004 11:13 am

Henry J wrote:Scientists Zero In On Why Time Flows In One Direction
The big bang could be a normal event in the natural evolution of the universe that will happen repeatedly over incredibly vast time scales as the universe expands, empties out and cools off, according to two University of Chicago physicists.
(Don't we just love temporal mechanics? )

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Henry

NO!

Gosh.....you mean all these 'back in time' scenario's we've seen in movies, books and TV, were wrong..... ??

DonaldTurner · Post by **DonaldTurner** » Sun Oct 31, 2004 7:35 pm

lswot wrote:
Henry J wrote:Scientists Zero In On Why Time Flows In One Direction
The big bang could be a normal event in the natural evolution of the universe that will happen repeatedly over incredibly vast time scales as the universe expands, empties out and cools off, according to two University of Chicago physicists.
(Don't we just love temporal mechanics? )

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Henry
NO! Gosh.....you mean all these 'back in time' scenario's we've seen in movies, books and TV, were wrong..... ??

Even people who believe that time travel is possible would grant that time flows in one direction, that is, that absent time travel, we experience things from past to future rather than vice versa.

Henry J · Post by **Henry J** » Mon Nov 08, 2004 8:26 am

Most Precise Measurement Ever Made Of Helium-6 Charge Radius

ARGONNE, Ill. (Oct. 29, 2004) — Researchers in Argonne's Physics Division teamed up to conduct the most precise measurement ever made of the charge radius — one aspect of the size — of the Borromean nucleus of helium-6.

Snapshot Yields Inside Look At Molecular Movement

[...] an international team of physicists has obtained the clearest snapshot yet of the simultaneous behavior of all the electrons and nuclei inside a molecule. [...]

(Okay, but that illustration looks like something out of a horror movie...)

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Henry

lswot · Post by **lswot** » Tue Nov 09, 2004 11:49 am

Henry J wrote:
Most Precise Measurement Ever Made Of Helium-6 Charge Radius
ARGONNE, Ill. (Oct. 29, 2004) — Researchers in Argonne's Physics Division teamed up to conduct the most precise measurement ever made of the charge radius — one aspect of the size — of the Borromean nucleus of helium-6.
Henry

Size matters?

Henry J wrote: Snapshot Yields Inside Look At Molecular Movement
[...] an international team of physicists has obtained the clearest snapshot yet of the simultaneous behavior of all the electrons and nuclei inside a molecule. [...]
(Okay, but that illustration looks like something out of a horror movie...)
Henry

Probably is......

Henry J · Post by **Henry J** » Thu Nov 18, 2004 1:19 pm

Sandia Imagists Overcome Maelstrom Obscuring Z Machine’s Drive Force

[...] Now, by inserting a pretty, two-inch-long crystal that reflects at only a single frequency [...]

(Hmm - didn't say if it was made from dilithium or not?

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Henry

Website · Post by **brian** » Thu Nov 18, 2004 3:37 pm

The sandinistas were overcome by a maelstrom?

Henry J · Post by **Henry J** » Thu Nov 18, 2004 4:05 pm

Yeah, poor things.

Henry J · Post by **Henry J** » Mon Dec 13, 2004 1:15 pm

MIT, Columbia Begin New Energy Experiment: Half-ton Levitating Ring Is Key To Work

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- MIT and Columbia University students and researchers have begun operation of a novel experiment that confines high-temperature ionized gas, called plasma, using the strong magnetic fields from a half-ton superconducting ring inside a huge vessel reminiscent of a spaceship. The experiment, the first of its kind, will test whether nature's way of confining high-temperature gas might lead to a new source of energy for the world.

(Well, without antimatter and dilithium crystal technology, this may be the next best thing, huh?)

Henry

Henry J · Post by **Henry J** » Tue Dec 14, 2004 11:43 am

Henry J · Post by **Henry J** » Tue Feb 01, 2005 9:39 am

Optical Tweezers To Prove Einstein Right

100 years after Einstein’s landmark paper, optical tweezer technology could confirm the theory of classical Brownian motion in details that Einstein missed when he first proposed it a century ago.

Henry

Henry J · Post by **Henry J** » Thu Feb 17, 2005 1:09 pm

New Measurement Undermines Physicists' Theories For Nature's Hidden 'Particle-force' Collaboration

A new measurement by a student and professor at the University of Rochester has shed new light on the limits of scientists' standard model of physics. Doctoral student Ben Kilminster and Kevin McFarland, professor of physics, used the particle accelerator at Fermilab to conduct the first measurement ever done with enough precision to discern certain characteristics of how the top quark, the heaviest particle in known physics, decays.

lswot · Post by **lswot** » Fri Feb 18, 2005 11:01 am

Quark is decaying?

Henry J · Post by **Henry J** » Fri Feb 18, 2005 11:06 am

Well, remember, he did get eaten by a big snake on Graduation Day, after all.

lswot · Post by **lswot** » Fri Feb 18, 2005 11:09 am