Physics news

Henry J · Post by **Henry J** » Fri Mar 25, 2005 12:40 pm

Re "Snakes and cockroaches. What's next, spiders?"

They're probably doing it just to "bug" people...

lswot · Post by **lswot** » Sat Mar 26, 2005 5:58 am

Henry J wrote:Re "Snakes and cockroaches. What's next, spiders?"

They're probably doing it just to "bug" people...

He HAD to say it......

Henry J · Post by **Henry J** » Mon Mar 28, 2005 9:26 am

ITALIAN, US COSMOLOGISTS PRESENT ALTERNATE EXPLANATION FOR ACCELERATING EXPANSION OF THE UNIVERSE.

Why is the universe expanding at an accelerating rate, spreading its contents over ever greater dimensions of space? An original solution to this puzzle, certainly the most fascinating question in modern cosmology, [...]

(Will dark energy go the way of the luminiferous ether?)

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Exotic physics finds black holes could be most 'perfect,' low-viscosity fluid

In three spatial dimensions, it is a close relative of the quark-gluon plasma, the super-hot state of matter that hasn't existed since the tiniest fraction of a second after the big bang that started the universe. When viewed in 10 dimensions, the minimum number prescribed by what physicists call "string theory," it is a black hole.

(Or, how fast can you pour a black hole from a beaker?)

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Answer from 'dusty shelf' aids quest to see matter as it was just after big bang

Scientists trying to recreate conditions that existed just a few millionths of a second after the big bang that started the universe have run into a mysterious problem -- [...]

(Yeah, the quarks aren't cooperating. Better call Odo.)

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lswot · Post by **lswot** » Mon Mar 28, 2005 12:14 pm

There's more than ONE Quark?

Henry J · Post by **Henry J** » Wed Mar 30, 2005 10:46 am

Case physicist has knack at turning sow’s ears into new science discoveries

Charles Rosenblatt’s post-doctoral fellow became distracted by a telephone call and left a batch of a polymer—which had been deposited on a glass substrate in order to align a liquid crystal—baking in an oven for too long and at too high of a temperature.

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MICE to Go Ahead

In the quest to unravel the characteristics of the mysterious neutrino particle, millions of which pass through us undetected every day, scientists from several international universities have joined forces with UK research colleagues to build a unique engineering technology demonstrator at the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory in Oxfordshire. Known as MICE [Muon Ionisation Cooling Experiment] [...]

(Mice? Call Orkin!)

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Henry J · Post by **Henry J** » Thu Mar 31, 2005 9:52 am

Researchers find evidence of dark energy in our galactic neighborhood

Now an international team of researchers has used data from powerful computer models, supported by observations from the Hubble Space Telescope, to find evidence of dark energy right in our own cosmic neighborhood.

(Well, there goes the neighborhood!

)

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lswot · Post by **lswot** » Thu Mar 31, 2005 11:13 am

Henry J wrote:Researchers find evidence of dark energy in our galactic neighborhood
Now an international team of researchers has used data from powerful computer models, supported by observations from the Hubble Space Telescope, to find evidence of dark energy right in our own cosmic neighborhood.
(Well, there goes the neighborhood! )

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Henry J · Post by **Henry J** » Fri Apr 08, 2005 9:16 am

Superglue of planet formation: sticky ice

Experiments point to clingy grains of ice to solve age-old mystery of how primordial dust pulled together to form planets

(the ice was here, the ice was there...)

Henry J · Post by **Henry J** » Mon Apr 11, 2005 7:27 am

Theories of high-temperature superconductivity violate Pauli Principle

Scientists seeking to explain high-temperature superconductivity have been violating the Pauli exclusion principle, [...]

(Uh oh, if these guys is breaking da "law"...)

lswot · Post by **lswot** » Mon Apr 11, 2005 10:59 am

Henry J wrote:Theories of high-temperature superconductivity violate Pauli Principle
Scientists seeking to explain high-temperature superconductivity have been violating the Pauli exclusion principle, [...]
(Uh oh, if these guys is breaking da "law"...)

I'd like to see the Cops who arrest these guys.
STOP! Your under arrest for hypothesizing!

Website · Post by **brian** » Fri Apr 15, 2005 5:47 am

Scientists at Harvard University have shown how ultra-cold atoms can be used to freeze and control light to form the "core" - or central processing unit - of an optical computer. Optical computers would transport information ten times faster than traditional electronic devices, smashing the intrinsic speed limit of silicon technology. This new research could be a major breakthrough in the quest to create super-fast computers that use light instead of electrons to process information. Professor Lene Hau is one of the world's foremost authorities on "slow light". Her research group became famous for slowing down light, which normally travels at 186,000 miles per second, to less than the speed of a bicycle.

Full article here: http://www.physorg.com/news3679.html

lswot · Post by **lswot** » Fri Apr 15, 2005 10:47 am

Oh, great....now we'll NEVER see the light at the end of the tunnel? (till it's to late...that is)

Henry J · Post by **Henry J** » Mon Apr 18, 2005 11:27 am

New isotope gives a glimpse of the origins of precious metals

The beginnings of precious metals like gold can be traced to the blink of an eye in an exploding star billions of years ago,

Henry J · Post by **Henry J** » Tue Apr 19, 2005 8:55 am

FERMILAB EXPERIMENT TO BEAM NEUTRINOS THROUGH DAIRYLAND

In an effort to pin down the elusive nature and qualities of one of nature's most intriguing subatomic particles - the neutrino - scientists at Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, or Fermilab, in Illinois will soon send a beam of the ghostlike particles coursing through subterranean Wisconsin to a detector deep in a mine in northern Minnesota.

(Moo!)

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Galaxy observations show no change in fundamental physical constant

A fundamental number that affects the color of light emitted by atoms as well as all chemical interactions has not changed in more than 7 billion years,

(Which part of "constant" did they not understand?

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Henry

lswot · Post by **lswot** » Tue Apr 19, 2005 9:57 am

(Which part of "constant" did they not understand? )

dunno......they'll probably want a grant to prove the opposite.