What the electron’s near-perfect roundness means for new physics0
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- October 30, 2018
The particle’s most precise measurement yet suggests the LHC isn’t large enough
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Crater from asteroid that killed the dinosaurs reveals how broken rocks can flow like liquid0
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- October 30, 2018
Extremely strong vibration during large impacts, landslides and earthquakes allow rock to flow
Is Anti-Gravity Real? Science Is About To Find Out0
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- October 27, 2018
It is assumed, but not experimentally verified, that antimatter masses will behave the same as matter masses in a gravitational field.
This cloud-zapping laser could help scientists create a quantum internet0
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- October 26, 2018
A fast-pulsing beam creates a tiny shock wave to dispel water droplets in the air
Black widow spiders could teach nanomaterial experts a thing or two0
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- October 26, 2018
Scientists are finally unspooling how spider silk works.
Driverless hover-taxis to take off in Singapore0
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- October 26, 2018
Test flights of a driverless hover-taxi will take place in Singapore next year, a German aviation firm said, the latest innovation to offer an escape from Asia’s monster traffic jams.
What is known about tachyons, theoretical particles that travel faster than light and move backward in time? Is there scientific reason to think they really exist?0
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- October 25, 2018
Raymond Y. Chiao is professor of physics at the University of California, Berkeley. He replies:
“Briefly, tachyons are theoretically postulated particles that travel faster than light and have ‘imaginary’ masses.
Making pions with lasers0
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- October 25, 2018
The acceleration of electrons by short, intense laser pulses is the first step in a new method for producing pions in the lab.
Bizarre Particles Keep Flying Out of Antarctica’s Ice, and They Might Shatter Modern Physics0
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- October 25, 2018
There’s something mysterious coming up from the frozen ground in Antarctica, and it could break physics as we know it.
Can Science Fiction Save the World?0
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- October 24, 2018
James Gunn, the last surviving author of the genre’s Golden Age, believes it can help, anyway
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