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Spacetime May Have Fractal Properties on a Quantum Scale

(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 ...

Physics / Quantum Physics

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Possible signs of the Higgs remain in latest analyses (Update)

(PhysOrg.com) -- Two experiments at the Large Hadron Collider have nearly eliminated the space in which the Higgs boson could dwell, scientists announced in a seminar held at CERN today. However, the ATLAS ...

Physics / General Physics

created Dec 13, 2011 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (19) | comments 23 | with audio podcast

Atoms dressed with light show new interactions, could reveal way to observe enigmatic particle

(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists at the Joint Quantum Institute (JQI) have for the first time engineered and detected the presence of high angular momentum collisions between atoms at temperatures close to absolute ...

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created Dec 08, 2011 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (7) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Flowing along in four dimensions

In 1988, John Cardy asked if there was a c-theorem in four dimensions. At the time, he reasonably expected his work on theories of quantum particles and fields to be professionally put to the test… But ...

Physics / Quantum Physics

created Nov 15, 2011 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (9) | comments 3 | with audio podcast

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

The James Webb Telescope will see Earth-like worlds

The James Web Space Telescope has been in the news a lot lately.  Often referred to as the replacement for the Hubble Space Telescope, its existence has been in jeopardy since a House committee voted ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Oct 25, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 7

The AlloSphere offers an interactive experience of nano-sized worlds

What would it be like to dive into the veins and arteries of the human body or weave through the layers of the brain? With the AlloSphere, a 33-foot diameter sphere built inside of a three-story echo-free ...

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Sep 07, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Physicists map spiraling light to harness untapped data capacity

Physicists with the Institute of Ultrafast Spectroscopy and Lasers (IUSL) at The City College of New York have presented a new way to map spiraling light that could help harness untapped data channels in optical fibers. Increased ...

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created Aug 25, 2011 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

New 3-D photonic crystal has both electronic, optical properties

In an advance that could open new avenues for solar cells, lasers, metamaterials and more, researchers at the University of Illinois have demonstrated the first optoelectronically active 3-D photonic crystal.

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Jul 24, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (15) | comments 4 | with audio podcast

The constants they are a changin': NIST posts latest adjustments to fundamental figures

The electromagnetic force has gotten a little stronger, gravity a little weaker, and the size of the smallest "quantum" of energy is now known a little better. The National Institute of Standards and Technology ...

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created Jul 20, 2011 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (16) | comments 7 | with audio podcast

EU pushes button for next Internet age

Europe geared up on Tuesday for a quantum leap in Internet traffic and a new generation of infrastructure to carry data, announcing the launch of a 600-million-euro research and investment programme.

Technology / Telecom

created May 03, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 6


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