News tagged with space dimensions
Equivalence principle in space test
May 11, 2009 |
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Since Galileo Galilei and Newton, the assumption is valid that inert and heavy mass are equivalent. This is, however, questioned by new physical theories such as the String theory. Now, the equivalence principle ...
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Brightness and darkness as perceptual dimensions
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Oct 19, 2007 |
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A common-sense assumption concerning visual perception states that brightness and darkness cannot coexist at a given spatial location. One corollary of this assumption is that achromatic colors, or perceived grey shades, ...
Who cares about the fourth dimension?
Feb 03, 2009 |
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Austrian scientists are trying to understand the mysteries of the holographic principle: How many dimensions are there in our universe?
Spacetime May Have Fractal Properties on a Quantum Scale
Mar 25, 2009 |
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(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 ...
Particle accelerator may reveal shape of alternate dimensions
Jan 30, 2008 |
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When the world's most powerful particle accelerator starts up later this year, exotic new particles may offer a glimpse of the existence and shapes of extra dimensions.
Next stop: The fourth dimension
Sep 03, 2008 |
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How did the universe come to be? What is it made of? What is mass? Can science prove that there are other dimensions? We may have answers soon.
The adventure of space enterprise in the 21st century
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Sep 02, 2008 |
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For over a half century, human activities in outer space have increased, but the high point was the Apollo Moon landings from 1969 – 1972. Now the United States has set forth a national space policy to return permanently ...
A Two-Time Universe? Physicist Explores How Second Dimension of Time Could Unify Physics Laws
May 15, 2007 |
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For a long time, Itzhak Bars has been studying time. More than a decade ago, the USC College physicist began pondering the role time plays in the basic laws of physics — the equations describing matter, gravity ...
Physicists Demonstrate How Information Can Escape From Black Holes
May 14, 2008 |
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Physicists at Penn State have provided a mechanism by which information can be recovered from black holes, those regions of space where gravity is so strong that, according to Einstein's theory of general ...
Five-Dimensional DVD Could Hold Data of 30 Blu-ray Discs
May 21, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- While many people think that Blu-ray will replace DVDs in the near future, a new study shows that DVDs may still have a lot to offer. Researchers have designed a five-dimensional DVD that ...
Physicists and engineers search for new dimension
Mar 10, 2008 |
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The universe as we currently know it is made up of three dimensions of space and one of time, but researchers in the Department of Physics and the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Virginia Tech are exploring ...
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