Category: Physics
No gravity needed.
Astronaut makes a boomerang work in outer space.
Post date: Friday, March 21st, 2008.
Squeezed vacuum.
Physicists successfully store nothing and retrieve it.
Post date: Sunday, March 2nd, 2008.
Higgs boson.
Researchers are trying to create a baby universe that will evaporate out of a wormhole. (via)
Post date: Sunday, August 6th, 2006.
Stable bound state.
Physicists force two atoms to stay together by placing a repulsive force between them.
Post date: Thursday, June 15th, 2006.
Quantum Critical Point.
Scientists observe matter lose a dimension in the lab and go from 3D to 2D. (via)
Post date: Thursday, June 1st, 2006.
Randall-Sundrum braneworld model.
Theory of gravity that holds that the visible universe is a membrane embedded within a larger universe. (via)
Post date: Thursday, May 25th, 2006.
Launch Ring.
Circular accelerator acting like a magnetic sling shot that will launch payloads into space.
Post date: Tuesday, May 23rd, 2006.
Mach-Lorentz thrusters.
Engine that produces gravinertial propulsion by changing the mass of an object and applying a current to it. (via)
Post date: Thursday, May 18th, 2006.
Negative speed.
Light travelling in reverse goes faster than the speed of light.
Post date: Friday, May 12th, 2006.
A galaxy far, far away.
Astronomers discover molecular hydrogen 12.3 billion light-years away. (via)
Post date: Wednesday, May 10th, 2006.
Leidenfrost effect.
Physicists discover that they can make water run uphill. (via)
Post date: Monday, May 1st, 2006.
CoMnSi1-xGex.
Material discovered that gets colder when placed in a magnetic field. (via)
Post date: Monday, April 24th, 2006.
Quantum key distribution.
System that uses particles of light for encrypting information produces “unbreakable” code.
Post date: Tuesday, April 18th, 2006.
Disorder in complex systems.
Physicists discover that introducing disorder into a system removes the chaos and creates order.
Post date: Tuesday, April 4th, 2006.
Linear response theory.
Scientists discover a molecule that spins without causing friction.
Post date: Thursday, March 30th, 2006.
42.
Post date: Tuesday, March 28th, 2006.
Quantum telecloning.
Scientists have successfully cloned and teleported an entire beam of laser light.
Post date: Thursday, February 16th, 2006.
Double crystal fusion.
Researchers have successfully produced tabletop fusion at room temperature.
Post date: Tuesday, February 14th, 2006.
Gravitational field equation.
Physicist to prove that travelling at the speed of light is possible and safe.
Post date: Sunday, February 12th, 2006.
Fluid turbulence.
Scientists have solved the last great unsolved problem of classical physics.
Post date: Tuesday, January 31st, 2006.
Optical matter arrays.
Scientists have assembled matter particles that are held together by light. (via)
Post date: Monday, January 30th, 2006.
Contact.
Physicist believes that microwave radiation left over from the Big Bang may contain a hidden message from the creator of the universe. (via)
Post date: Wednesday, January 25th, 2006.
Theoretical square law.
Scientist swims in syrup for science. (via)
Post date: Tuesday, January 10th, 2006.
Quantum chromodynamics.
Physicists may have discovered a new form of matter called a glueball. (via)
Post date: Tuesday, December 20th, 2005.
Neodymium magnets.
The most powerful magnets on Earth. (via)
Post date: Tuesday, December 13th, 2005.
Interferometer.
Scientists have built a device that can detect gravitational waves. (via)
Post date: Monday, November 7th, 2005.
Collective synchronization.
Wobbling bridge in England caused by people walking the same way. (via)
Post date: Thursday, November 3rd, 2005.
HE = PI x C/T + BM.
Russian physicist has discovered a scientific formula for laughter. (via)
Post date: Monday, October 3rd, 2005.
Cheerio Effect.
Why floating things tend to clump together. (via)
Post date: Thursday, September 22nd, 2005.
Acid nebula.
Astronomers have detected a 10 million-mile-wide cosmic dust cloud heading toward Earth that vaporizes comets, asteroids, planets, and entire stars! (via)
Post date: Monday, September 19th, 2005.
Electromagnetically induced transparency.
Researchers in Australia have stopped light for more than one second. UPDATE: This optical technique has also allowed them to peer through solid objects.
Post date: Wednesday, September 14th, 2005.
Energy.
Explaining and understanding the equation E = mc2. (via)
Post date: Saturday, August 27th, 2005.
No love for the B Minus Time Traveller.
Even if you could travel back in time, you still may not be able to alter the past. (via)
Post date: Monday, June 20th, 2005.
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