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Einstein's E=mc2 on display at Shanghai Expo

Two pages of the original manuscript of Albert Einstein's famed "General Theory of Relativity" were unveiled Thursday at Shanghai's World Expo, state media reported.

Physics / General Physics

created May 06, 2010 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 3

Einstein doctorate up for auction

The doctorate certificate that Albert Einstein obtained from the University of Zurich in 1906 will come up for auction in June, auctioneers Fischer Galerie said Friday.

Physics / General Physics

created Mar 06, 2009 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (7) | comments 0




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Particle physicists report 'intriguing hints' of Higgs Boson

Yesterday physicists in Europe reported possible signs of the Higgs boson, a missing piece in the particle-physics puzzle long suspected of giving elementary particles -- such as electrons and quarks -- their mass ...

Physics / General Physics

created Dec 14, 2011 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (11) | comments 27

One promising puzzle piece for confirming dark matter now seems unlikely fit

Like jazz musicians who make up a melody as they go along, scientists often improvise even after an experiment is underway. One recent example of this comes from the Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope. Launched ...

Physics / General Physics

created Nov 28, 2011 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (5) | comments 11

Mass is energy

Some say that the reason you can't travel faster than light is that your mass will increase as your speed approaches light speed – so, regardless of how much energy your star drive can generate, you reach ...

Physics / General Physics

created Nov 21, 2011 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (18) | comments 40

Redefining the SI base units

(PhysOrg.com) -- Metrology is poised to undergo a profound change that will benefit scientists, engineers, industry and commerce – but which almost no one will notice in daily life.

Physics / General Physics

created Nov 03, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (6) | comments 3

Can newly discovered biology 'law' save lives?

What if doctors in the intensive care unit could predict if and when a patient was about to go into cardiac arrest? They could then be ready when it happened.

Biology / Other

created Nov 02, 2011 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (10) | comments 14 | with audio podcast

Gee Whizzz! Basics on faster-than-light research

Some questions and answers about the experiment that appeared to show particles speeding faster than light.

Physics / General Physics

created Sep 23, 2011 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (8) | comments 19

Roll over Einstein: Law of physics challenged (Update 3)

One of the very pillars of physics and Einstein's theory of relativity - that nothing can go faster than the speed of light - was rocked Thursday by new findings from one of the world's foremost laboratories.

Physics / General Physics

created Sep 22, 2011 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (99) | comments 181

A hint of Higgs: An update from the LHC

The physics world was abuzz with some tantalizing news a couple of weeks ago. At a meeting of the European Physical Society in Grenoble, France, physicists -- including some from Caltech -- announced that ...

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created Aug 16, 2011 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (36) | comments 57 | with audio podcast

Astronomy without a telescope - bubblology

One model of a hypothetical multiverse has, perhaps appropriately, some similarity to a glass of beer. Imagine an eternal false vacuum – that’s a bit like a fluid, though not all that much like a f ...

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Jul 25, 2011 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (10) | comments 6

Doubly special relativity

General relativity, Einstein’s theory of gravity, gives us a useful basis for mathematically modeling the large scale universe – while quantum theory gives us a useful basis for modeling sub-atomic ...

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created Mar 21, 2011 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (11) | comments 4


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