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Spacetime May Have Fractal Properties on a Quantum Scale

Spacetime May Have Fractal Properties on a Quantum Scale

Physics / Quantum Physics

created Mar 25, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (54) | comments 40

(PhysOrg.com) -- Usually, we think of spacetime as being four-dimensional, with three dimensions of space and one dimension of time. However, this Euclidean perspective is just one of many possible multi-dimensional ...





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UQ researchers break the law -- of physics

UQ researchers break the law -- of physics

Physics / General Physics

created Jul 06, 2009 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (45) | comments 25

(PhysOrg.com) -- Two UQ Science researchers have proved two famous physical laws that have been widely used for the past 25 years do not always work.


The Dark Side of Light

The Dark Side of Light

Physics / General Physics

created Feb 19, 2008 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (193) | comments 23

Light may not seem very interesting in our everyday lives. But to scientists, light’s properties are a constant source of intrigue. The nature of light as both wave and particle, light as the universal speed ...


Scientists create the first synthetic nanoscale fractal molecule

Scientists create the first synthetic nanoscale fractal molecule

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created May 11, 2006 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (35) | comments 0

From snowflakes to the leaves on a tree, objects in nature are made of irregular molecules called fractals. Scientists now have created and captured an image of the largest man-made fractal molecule at the ...


Strange travels: Unusual journey of transport phenomena in fractured materials

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Dec 17, 2008 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Transport phenomena in highly heterogeneous media can be dramatically different from those in homogeneous media and therefore are of great fundamental and practical interest. Anomalous transport occurs in semiconductor physics, ...


Creativity in mathematics

Other Sciences / Mathematics

created Dec 08, 2009 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

"Mathematics links Art and Science in one great enterprise, the human attempt to make sense of the universe." So writes Abel Prizewinner and Fields Medalist Sir Michael F. Atiyah in the January 2010 Notices of the American Ma ...


'March Madness' effects observed in ultracold gases

'March Madness' effects observed in ultracold gases

Physics /

created Mar 31, 2006 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (12) | comments 0

Physicists at Harvard University, George Mason University and the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have discovered new quantum effects in ultracold gases that may lead to improved understanding ...


Lightweight composites to get trimmer and smarter

Lightweight composites to get trimmer and smarter

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Dec 10, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- CSIRO researchers have set themselves the goal of producing a new generation of super-strong, lightweight polymer composite materials for use in aircraft, road vehicles, trains and ferries.


Understanding mechanical properties of silicon nanowires paves way for nanodevices

Understanding mechanical properties of silicon nanowires paves way for nanodevices

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Nov 11, 2009 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Silicon nanowires are attracting significant attention from the electronics industry due to the drive for ever-smaller electronic devices, from cell phones to computers. The operation of these future devices, ...


Within a cell, actin keeps things moving

Within a cell, actin keeps things moving

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Dec 17, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Using new technology developed in his University of Oregon lab, chemist Andrew H. Marcus and his doctoral student Eric N. Senning have captured what they describe as well-orchestrated, actin-driven, ...


Measuring and modeling blood flow in malaria

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Nov 23, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

When people have malaria, they are infected with Plasmodium parasites, which enter the body from the saliva of a mosquito, infect cells in the liver, and then spread to red blood cells. Inside the blood cells, the parasites ...



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