Category: Physics

Large Hadron Collider turns up five new particles

This is the stuff that binds Quarks together Source: Large Hadron Collider turns up five new particles

Posted: March 21, 2017 in Physics

Using the ‘Bootstrap,’ Physicists Uncover Geometry of Theory Space | Quanta Magazine

A decades-old method called the “bootstrap” is enabling new discoveries about the geometry underlying all quantum theories. Source: Using the ‘Bootstrap,’ Physicists Uncover Geometry of >>>

Posted: February 23, 2017 in Mathematics, Physics, Quantum Physics

Physicists solve decades-old scientific mystery of negative differential resistance – Science Bulletin

Animation of negative differential resistance. Credit: University of AlbertaWith a storied history that includes more than a half-century of research, a Nobel Prize, and multiple >>>

Posted: January 6, 2017 in Physics

A ripple in spacetime: LIGO discovery heralded as breakthrough of 2016

February’s announcement confirmed a more than 100-year-old prediction by Albert Einstein and opened the door to years of future cosmic exploration. Source: A ripple in >>>

Posted: December 26, 2016 in Physics

Grand Unification Dream Kept at Bay

Physicists have failed to find disintegrating protons, throwing into limbo the beloved theory that the forces of nature were unified at the beginning of time. >>>

Posted: December 18, 2016 in Physics

A Controversial New Gravity Hypothesis Has Passed Its First Test

A controversial new hypothesis that suggests our understanding of gravity is wrong has just passed an important first test. Source: A Controversial New Gravity Hypothesis >>>

Posted: December 17, 2016 in Physics

Physicists discover ‘apparent departure from the laws of thermodynamics’

According to the basic laws of thermodynamics, if you leave a warm apple pie in a winter window eventually the pie would cool down to >>>

Posted: August 20, 2016 in Physics

Astronomers Confirm Model Of How Stars Go Nova

Polish astronomers have been able to document fully a white dwarf go from sleeping to erupting in a regular nova. Source: Astronomers Confirm Model Of >>>

Posted: August 20, 2016 in Cosmology, Physics, Space

A new ‘Einstein’ equation suggests wormholes hold key to quantum gravity | Science News

A new Einsteinian equation, ER=EPR, may be the clue physicists need to merge quantum mechanics with general relativity. Source: A new ‘Einstein’ equation suggests wormholes >>>

Posted: August 17, 2016 in Physics, Quantum Physics

Researchers orbit a muon around an atom, confirm physics is broken

The proton’s charge radius shouldn’t change, and yet it appears to. Source: Researchers orbit a muon around an atom, confirm physics is broken

Posted: August 13, 2016 in Physics