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Post your comment Friday, July 30, 2010 @ 3:15AMTo log in enter your Email and your Password. If you forgot your Password click here . Have you seen the adverts for the new Marvel Super Heroes 4D experience at Madame Tussauds?
Eccentric but brilliant physicist claims gravity doesn't exist Tuesday, July 13, 2010 @ 3:33PMI know that something is keeping me from floating off as I type away at this keyboard, but thanks to Erik Verlinde, a string theorist and professor of physics at the University of Amsterdam, I no longer know what . But I'm not the only one feeling a little, well, adrift right now.
Uzu for iPad is endlessly complicated, simply fun Monday, July 12, 2010 @ 11:53AMiPad app Uzu , Japanese for Vortex, is described by the developer as a “kinetic multitouch particle visualizer." While that may sound complicated, it can be broken down fairly simply: you touch your iPad’s screen and it looks awesome. Inspired by childhood trips to the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago, developer Jason Smith's application attempts to bring the same amount of awe and ...
God and the Pope under attack (Part 1) Wednesday, July 7, 2010 @ 12:13PMTHAT CERTAINLY IS AN ATTENTION-GRABBING headline that, some critics say, is this newspaper’s flavor. But I assure you, it’s accurate. And it is certainly news in a country where Masses are held even in malls, where prelates pontificate on politics, and where a jogging cleric’s rants are news sound bites.
Letters to the Editor published Wednesday, July 7, 2010 Wednesday, July 7, 2010 @ 8:40AMI strongly disagree with the tone and title of your July 3rd article, “Project woes fan smoldering feud between commissioners.” There is no feud between Commissioner Rhodes and me.
Hadron Collider smashes its beam collision record Sunday, June 27, 2010 @ 8:03PMThe Large Hadron Collider doubles its rate of particle collisions, paving the way for a new phase of operation.
LHC smashes collision record Sunday, June 27, 2010 @ 8:03PMThe Large Hadron Collider doubles its rate of particle collisions, paving the way for a new phase of operation.
Vitamin D and mental agility in elders Friday, June 25, 2010 @ 11:24AMAt a time when consumer interest in health-enhancing foods is high, Agricultural Research Service (ARS)-funded scientists have contributed to a limited but growing body of evidence of a link between vitamin D and cognitive function.
New research questions dominance of larger charities in the charity sector Friday, June 25, 2010 @ 9:54AMThe University of Southampton has played a key role in a major new piece of research that challenges the belief that the biggest charities are becoming increasingly dominant in financial terms - a development sometimes known as 'Tescoisation'.
Curbing speculation could destabilize commodity prices, study says Friday, June 25, 2010 @ 9:54AMPrice spikes for gasoline, grain and other commodities could be magnified if lawmakers curb speculative trading in futures markets, according to a new study released today in conjunction with this weekend's G20 summit.
Health of future generations determined by childhood conditions Friday, June 25, 2010 @ 9:24AM(PhysOrg.com) -- A growing body of economic research, published in the latest issue of Research in Public Policy, finds compelling evidence that the conditions to which children are exposed in their early and even foetal years can dramatically affect their future.
Points system used in football matches encourages dirty play Friday, June 25, 2010 @ 9:24AMA study by the University of Oviedo has shown that the change in the system used to reward wins in the European leagues, going from two to three points, has led to an increase in dirty play in football matches. The researchers used the number of red cards issued in each match during the 94/95 and 95/96 seasons, when the change was made in the scoring system, as an indicator of "sabotage" in the ...
Diabetes doubles risk of heart attack and strokes Friday, June 25, 2010 @ 9:09AM(PhysOrg.com) -- Having diabetes doubles the risk of developing a wide range of blood vessel diseases, including heart attacks and different types of stroke, researchers in Cambridge have found.
Deepak Chopra: Michio Kaku Interview By Deepak Chopra Wednesday, June 16, 2010 @ 5:05PMMichio Kaku interview on Deepak Chopra Wellness Radio-Sirius XM September 19, 2009 Deepak Chopra: My very special guest today is Dr. Michio Kaku and Dr....
‘We’re trying to figure out how the world works’ Saturday, June 12, 2010 @ 2:00AMRob Myers is sitting on a leather chair, talking about a holographic dimension where gravity doesn’t exist.
Could string theory explain similarities between utracold gases and quark gluon plasma? Thursday, June 10, 2010 @ 11:21AMFor a few millionths of a second after the Big Bang, the universe consisted of a hot soup of elementary particles called quarks and gluons. A few microseconds later, those particles began cooling to form protons and neutrons, the building blocks of matter. Could string theory explain similarities between utracold gases and quark gluon plasma?
Explained: Quark gluon plasma Wednesday, June 9, 2010 @ 11:53AMFor a few millionths of a second after the Big Bang, the universe consisted of a hot soup of elementary particles called quarks and gluons. A few microseconds later, those particles began cooling to form protons and neutrons, the building blocks of matter.
Physicists Explain Quark Gluon Plasma Wednesday, June 9, 2010 @ 10:24AMImage Caption: A visualization of one of the first full-energy collisions between gold ions at Brookhaven Lab's Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider, as captured by the Solenoidal Tracker At RHIC (STAR) detector. Image: Brookhaven National Laboratory
"Twistor" Theory Reignites the Latest Superstring Revolution Monday, June 7, 2010 @ 7:11AMIn the late 1960s the renowned University of Oxford physicist and mathematician Roger Penrose came up with a radically new way to develop a unified theory of physics. Instead of seeking to explain how particles move and interact within space and time, he proposed that space and time themselves are secondary constructs that emerge out of a deeper level of reality. But his so-called twistor theory ...
A physicist finds God in cosmic harmonies Wednesday, May 19, 2010 @ 6:54AMIn The Purpose-Guided Universe, Bernard Haisch makes his case for a physical cosmos that is deity-driven. Marcus Chown isn't convinced
Molest victim recalls traumatic experience with YPAP member Mark Chow Thursday, April 22, 2010 @ 7:01AMThe 24 year old lady who was the victim of YPAP member Mark Chow in his second molest case has written about her traumatic experience on her blog. Calling herself as “Shirley Zhuang”, she described Mark as an “asshole” who should be locked away in prison, if not a mental hospital for good. According to information posted [...]
Random, but not by chance: A quantum random-number generator for encryption, security Monday, April 19, 2010 @ 5:24AMRandom number sequences are essential to a host of encryption schemes. But true randomness in the strict sense is not possible in the classical world; it only occurs in quantum-mechanical processes. Now researchers have devised and demonstrated the first random-number generator in which the output is certified random by laws of physics.
Confronting Theory Saturday, April 17, 2010 @ 9:22AMThese days, if you go to university to study humanities or media studies, you will encounter something called theory. It's a bit philosophical and a bit French and it maintains that there is no universal human nature and that science cannot be truly objective. This week, we meet Philip Bell, whose new book, Confronting Theory - The psychology of cultural studies comes to grips with what somebody ...
The Editor's Desk Wednesday, April 14, 2010 @ 6:22AM► GEEKING OUT, QUANTUM STYLE: Insofar as I'm able to grasp it, which isn't so far at all, I get a little geeked out on the subject of quantum physics. That layman's interest has prompted me to read Columbia University math and physics professor Brian Greene's amazingly engaging explanations of things like string theory and inflationary cosmology in his book, "The Fabric of the Cosmos: Space ...
Science books address string theory, advanced computing, history of the universe Monday, April 12, 2010 @ 11:00PMNATURAL COMPUTING DNA, Quantum Bits, and the Future of Smart Machines
Amazing Laser Application 6: LIGO! [Uncertain Principles] Monday, April 12, 2010 @ 11:52AMWhat's the application? LIGO stands for Laser Interferometer Graviitational Wave Observatory , because (astro)physicists feel free to drop inconvenient words when making up cute acronyms. This is an experiment to look for disturbances in space-time caused by massive objects, which would manifest as a slight stretching and compression of space itself. What problem(s) is it the solution to? 1 ...
Cern creates 10 million mini-Big Bangs in one week Friday, April 9, 2010 @ 2:47AMPhysicists at the Cern research centre said they had created 10 million mini-Big Bangs in the first week of mega-power operations of their marathon probe into the secrets of the cosmos.
10 million mini-big bangs created in one week Wednesday, April 7, 2010 @ 9:04PMPhysicists at the CERN research centre said on Wednesday they had created 10 million mini-Big Bangs in the first week of mega-power operations of their marathon probe into the secrets of the cosmos.
CERN physicists say they have created 10 million mini big bangs Wednesday, April 7, 2010 @ 8:22PMPhysicists at the CERN research centre said on Thursday (NZT) they had created 10 million mini-Big Bangs in the first week of mega-power operations of their marathon probe into the secrets of the cosmos
LHC makes 10 million mini-Bangs Wednesday, April 7, 2010 @ 2:29PMPhysicists at Cern say they have created 10 million mini-Big Bangs in the first week of mega-power operations of their marathon probe into the secrets of the cosmos.
Cern creates 10m mini-Big Bangs in a week Wednesday, April 7, 2010 @ 9:50AMGENEVA, April 7 — Physicists at the Cern research centre said today they had created 10 million mini-Big Bangs in the first week of mega-power operations of their marathon probe into the secrets of the cosmos. Spokesman James Gillies said the subterranean Large Hadron Collider (LHC), in which tiny particles of matter are smashed together at a fraction of a second under the speed of light, was ...
Did the Universe start from a Singularity? [Starts With A Bang] Monday, April 5, 2010 @ 7:52PMThe most formidable weapon against errors of every kind is reason. I have never used any other, and I trust I never shall. -Thomas Paine I've been telling you the history of the Universe over the past few months in serial. Parts 1 through 8 are currently up, and have taken us from Inflation up through the formation of neutral atoms , covering the first 380,000 years of the Universe. During this ...
Einstein equations indicate possibility of black hole formation at the LHC Monday, April 5, 2010 @ 1:08PM(PhysOrg.com) -- One of the concerns that has been voiced about the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), is that it could result in the formation of black holes that could destroy the world. While most scientists dismiss claims that anything produced in the LHC would destroy the planet, there are some that think that black formation could be seen with LHC collisions of sufficiently high energy. This ...
A look inside RHIC, Brookhaven's little big bang machine Wednesday, March 17, 2010 @ 3:17PMIn the high-energy physics community, all eyes have been on Europe for some time, as the Large Hadron Collider , or LHC, has proceeded in fits and starts to become, in 2009, the most powerful atom smasher the world has ever seen. But as the LHC has taken shape in an underground tunnel outside Geneva, colliders stateside have been fading into retirement. At the start of 2008 the U.S. had four ...
Pompey in crisis Wednesday, February 24, 2010 @ 8:47AMMatt Slater on what the future holds for Portsmouth
Stephanomics Friday, February 19, 2010 @ 6:53AMDo all these economists agree or disagree?
FILM: The Light Factory screens Uncertainty Tuesday, February 16, 2010 @ 8:54AMFriday, Feb. 19... By Anita overcash Give into suspense and supplement your knowledge (whether you know you're doing it or not) of the Many-Worlds theory of quantum mechanics by checking out The Light Factory's screening at Duke Energy Theatre of Uncertainty, a film featured in the acclaimed 2008 Toronto Film Festival and starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt (500 Days Of Summer) and Lynn Collins (of ...
Photographer wants to show what lies beneath what we see Thursday, February 11, 2010 @ 12:28AM"I try to bring the hidden to light, to make manifest the inner essence of something." Artist Burton Pritzker from "Forgotton Planes"
Ancient dawn's early light refines age of universe Thursday, February 4, 2010 @ 5:14PMSatellite images reveal new aspects of Big Bang's relic radiation
Earth Watch Monday, February 1, 2010 @ 6:47AMClimate deadline passes - but does it really matter?
The entropy force: a new direction for gravity Wednesday, January 20, 2010 @ 12:05PMNewton and Einstein described gravity, but not where it comes from. Has a physicist now found its root cause at last?
I am not afraid to believe in the Big Bang! [Starts With A Bang] Wednesday, January 13, 2010 @ 4:52PMFacts do not cease to exist because they are ignored. -Aldous Huxley People who don't like their beliefs being laughed at shouldn't have such funny beliefs. -Anonymous Over at The World's Fair , the question of belief in science arose with the provocative question, "Do you believe in the Big Bang?" I thought about it for a few seconds. What popped into my head? The thought that, 13.7 billion ...
Think about itLight and Darkness Wednesday, January 13, 2010 @ 1:00AM"I will love the light for it shows me the way. Yet I will endure the darkness for it shows me the stars."
Elastic Space — A Possible Alternative to Dark Matter and Dark Energy Thursday, January 7, 2010 @ 8:52PMGeneral Relativity predicted that observed time is not absolute. Perhaps the same can be said for observed distance.
Robert Peston Friday, December 18, 2009 @ 4:09AMFive years of stunted bankers' bonuses
Horizontal string trimmer reduces labor costs, increases peach size Friday, December 11, 2009 @ 2:16PMAs consumer demand for premium fruit increases, growers are being challenged to bring consistently high-quality fruit to market. And to boost their bottom line, orchard owners are experimenting with new techniques that can increase fruit quality while reducing labor costs.
Scientists set their sights on hearing breakthrough for babies Friday, December 11, 2009 @ 2:16PM(PhysOrg.com) -- The first year to two years of life is a critical time for hearing impaired children and their language development. Whilst young babies with hearing difficulties can now be fitted with cochlear implants, accurately assessing the effectiveness of the implants does present challenges prior to their development of language skills.
Ooguri Receives Nishina Memorial Prize Friday, November 20, 2009 @ 2:06AMHirosi Ooguri, Caltech's Fred Kavli Professor of Theoretical Physics, has been named the recipient of the 2009 Nishina Memorial Prize, the oldest and most prestigious physics award in Japan. Since 1955, the Nishina Memorial Foundation has awarded the prize annually, and past winners include four Nobel laureates in physics. The award ceremony will take place on December 4 in Tokyo.
Ooguri Receives Nishina Memorial Prize Wednesday, November 18, 2009 @ 5:06PMHirosi Ooguri, Caltech's Fred Kavli Professor of Theoretical Physics, has been named the recipient of the 2009 Nishina Memorial Prize, the oldest and most prestigious physics award in Japan. Since 1955, the Nishina Memorial Foundation has awarded the prize annually, and past winners include four Nobel laureates in physics. The award ceremony will take place on December 4 in Tokyo. Ooguri was ...
The Collider, the Particle and a Theory About Fate Tuesday, October 13, 2009 @ 10:24AMMore than a year after an explosion of sparks, soot and frigid helium shut it down, the world's biggest and most expensive physics experiment, known as the Large Hadron Collider, is poised to start up again. In December, if all goes well, protons will start smashing together in an underground racetrack outside Geneva in a search for forces and particles that reigned during the first trillionth ...