Friday, 16 January 2026

The Meaning of Meaning: Carlo Rovelli finds inspiration in rebellion

Added: 04.06.2021 17:00 | 185 views | 0 comments

Rovelli has been the source of some of the most intriguing ideas in fundamental physics. In this new short film, ‘The Meaning of Meaning', the physicist explains how a rebellious past has influenced his science.

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Source: www.newscientist.com

Carlo Rovelli’s rebellious past and how it made him a better scientist

Added: 03.06.2021 16:00 | 167 views | 0 comments

Physicist Carlo Rovelli has made pioneering contributions to the science of quantum theory and consciousness. Our exclusive short film "The Meaning of Meaning" reveals the man behind the ideas

Tags: Fila , Pioneer

Source: www.newscientist.com

Andrea Ghez interview: How I proved supermassive black holes are real

Added: 02.06.2021 19:00 | 189 views | 0 comments

Twenty years ago, Andrea Ghez set out to show there is a black hole at the centre of our galaxy by watching stars orbit it. She won a Nobel prize for the work and reveals how surreal it's been

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This is the most detailed look at individual atoms ever captured

Added: 01.06.2021 17:11 | 188 views | 0 comments

The highest-resolution image of atoms has been captured, doubling the resolution of an image made in 2018 by using an algorithm to reduce blurring

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Source: www.newscientist.com

Thrilling hints of elusive dark matter particles are starting to fade

Added: 31.05.2021 11:00 | 174 views | 0 comments

A detector in Italy has observed what seem to be hints of strange dark matter particles for more than 20 years - but a similar detector in Spain is throwing doubt on the results

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Source: www.newscientist.com

Astronomers have created the largest ever map of dark matter

Added: 28.05.2021 11:21 | 200 views | 0 comments

Researchers have created the largest ever map of dark matter, the invisible material thought to account for 80 per cent of the total matter in the universe

Source: www.newscientist.com

Laser pulses travel faster than light without breaking laws of physics

Added: 27.05.2021 10:00 | 191 views | 0 comments

Pulses of laser light moving through a jet of plasma can surf a wave to travel faster or slower than the speed of light without breaking the laws of physics

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Why there are still huge mysteries in supernova physics

Added: 26.05.2021 19:00 | 185 views | 0 comments

The explosions of supernovae are so powerful they can be seen with the naked eye. The physics behind them is harder to uncover, writes Chanda Prescod-Weinstein

Source: www.newscientist.com

Neutron stars are remarkably smooth thanks to their intense gravity

Added: 24.05.2021 9:00 | 188 views | 0 comments

Neutron stars, the remnant cores of stars that have gone supernova, are some of the densest objects in the universe, and their intense gravity means their surface differs in height by less than 0.1 millimetre

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Source: www.newscientist.com

Rules of attraction: Strange chemical bonds that defy the textbooks

Added: 19.05.2021 19:00 | 183 views | 0 comments

Our most fundamental ideas about how atoms and molecules stick together are changing. That is great news for creating new materials, but brings fresh challenges to understanding the world around us

Tags: Bono , Chemicals

Source: www.newscientist.com

Clouds of atoms trap light in a way that could store quantum data

Added: 13.05.2021 23:00 | 178 views | 0 comments

When an atom absorbs light, it re-emits it almost immediately – but a cloud of atoms can hold on to the light for a while, which could be useful in future quantum computers

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Is everything predetermined? Why physicists are reviving a taboo idea

Added: 12.05.2021 19:16 | 184 views | 0 comments

Superdeterminism makes sense of the quantum world by suggesting it is not as random as it seems, but critics say it undermines the whole premise of science. Does the idea deserve its terrible reputation?

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Measuring time accurately increases the entropy in the universe

Added: 07.05.2021 23:11 | 183 views | 0 comments

A clock with controllable accuracy has shown that the better a clock is at timekeeping, the more entropy it will produce in the form of heat, increasing disorder as it ticks

Tags: Tom Ford

Source: www.newscientist.com

Physicists have measured an atom's 'neutron skin' for the first time

Added: 07.05.2021 16:19 | 185 views | 0 comments

Physicists have measured the "neutron skin" of an atom for the first time, and perhaps unsurprisingly, it is extremely thin. The measurement may help us understand the properties of neutron stars

Tags: Fire , Neutrons

Source: www.newscientist.com

Your finger can feel the change of a single atom in a material

Added: 04.05.2021 18:55 | 182 views | 0 comments

We mostly tell textures apart by their surface characteristics, but now we know that the human fingertip can sense molecular changes, even if it’s just a single swapped atom

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Why the latest muon measurements are so tantalising for physics

Added: 28.04.2021 19:03 | 181 views | 0 comments

Recent experiments hint that there may be particles that we have yet to discover, but there could be a different explanation too, writes Chanda Prescod-Weinstein

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Source: www.newscientist.com

Frozen cloud of molecules acts as a single quantum object

Added: 28.04.2021 17:00 | 180 views | 0 comments

For the first time, researchers have created a frozen cloud of molecules that share the same quantum state, meaning it behaves as if it were a single molecule

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Source: www.newscientist.com

A single pint of beer contains up to 2 million bubbles

Added: 26.04.2021 9:00 | 181 views | 0 comments

When lager is poured at 6°C, anywhere between 200,000 and 2 million tiny bubbles form, depending on the height and tilt of the glass

Tags: Beer , Pink

Source: www.newscientist.com

Stone skipping physics could help spacecraft land safely on water

Added: 20.04.2021 17:00 | 177 views | 0 comments

The rate of acceleration of a stone hitting the water is key to whether or not it will skip along the surface and could be useful when designing seaplanes and spacecraft

Source: www.newscientist.com

Explosive gas from a gun can mask crime scene blood spatter patterns

Added: 20.04.2021 17:00 | 178 views | 0 comments

In close-range shootings, blood droplets can spatter back towards the shooter – but vortices of gas from the fired gun can potentially prevent them landing on the shooter’s clothes

Tags: Fire , Shootings

Source: www.newscientist.com

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