Unified Physics Theory Explains Animals Running Flying And Swimming
Durham NC (SPX) Jan 05, 2006
A single unifying physics theory can essentially describe how animals of every ilk, from flying insects to fish, get around, researchers at Duke University's Pratt School of Engineering and Pennsylvania State University have found. The team reports that all animals bear the same stamp of physics in their design.
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Einstein Was Right (Again): NIST And MIT Confirm That E=mc2
Washington DC (SPX) Dec 27, 2005
Albert Einstein was correct in his prediction that E=mc2, according to scientists at the Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) who conducted the most precise direct test ever of what is perhaps the most famous formula in science.
Laws of Nature Hold Fast So Far
Washington DC (SPX) Dec 20, 2005
An international team of astronomers has looked at something very big - a distant galaxy - to study the behavior of things very small - atoms and molecules - to gain vital clues about the fundamental nature of our entire Universe.
NIST Physicists Coax Six Atoms Into Quantum Cat State
Gaithersburg MD (SPX) Dec 16, 2005
Scientists at the Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have coaxed six atoms into spinning together in two opposite directions at the same time, a so-called Schrodinger "cat" state that obeys the unusual laws of quantum physics.
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Armored Bubbles Can Exist In Stable Non Spherical Shapes
Boston MA (SPX) Dec 15, 2005
Researchers at Harvard University have demonstrated that gas bubbles can exist in stable non-spherical shapes without the application of external force. The micron- to millimeter scale peapod-, doughnut- and sausage-shaped bubbles, created by coating ordinary gas bubbles with a tightly packed layer of tiny particles and then fusing them, are described this week on the web site of the journal Nature.
Hubble And Einstein "Weigh" Nearest White Dwarf Star
Baltimore MD (SPX) Dec 14, 2005
Astronomers have used NASA's Hubble Space Telescope to get the most precise measurement ever made of a tiny shift in the light from Earth's nearest white dwarf star and, using Einstein's theory of general relativity, accurately determined the incredibly dense star's mass.
Physicists Store And Retrieve Single Photons Between Remote Memories
Atlanta GA (SPX) Dec 12, 2005
A series of publications in the journal Nature highlights the race among competing research groups toward the long-anticipated goal of quantum networking.
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Physicists Show Quantum Storage Of Single Photons
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Dec 09, 2005
A new series of publications in the journal Nature highlights the race among competing research groups toward the long-anticipated goal of quantum networking.
Shimmering Colours Which Change With Temperature
Potsdam, Germany (SPX) Dec 04, 2005
Nail polish and expensive cars can nowadays shimmer in many colours, thanks to progress in the field of colloid chemistry, the chemistry of small particles. The bright colours in modern finishes are created because the light is reflected at layers of regularly arranged colloid particles.
Was Einstein'S "Biggest Blunder" A Stellar Success?
Toronto, Canada (SPX) Nov 23, 2005
The genius of Albert Einstein, who added a "cosmological constant" to his equation for the expansion of the universe but later retracted it, may be vindicated by new research.
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Newton More Important Than Einstein: Poll
London (AFP) Nov 23, 2005
Albert Einstein may have made the discoveries that led to nuclear and solar power, lasers and even a physical description of space and time, but Sir Isaac Newton had a greater impact on science and mankind, according to a poll published Wednesday.
Physicists Show Coherence Of Bose-Einstein Condensates Extends To Spin State Of Atoms
Atlanta GA (SPX) Nov 11, 2005
New research shows that the unique properties of atomic Bose-Einstein condensates extend to the internal spin states of the atoms from which the condensates are formed. Bose-Einstein condensates are an unusual form of matter in which all atoms exist in the same quantum state.
Einstein's Relativity Theory Proven With The 'lead' Of A Pencil
Manchester, UK (SPX) Nov 10, 2005
Scientists at The University of Manchester have discovered a new way to test Einstein's theory of relativity using the 'lead' of a pencil.
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