• Why Quantum Mechanics Defies Physics

    Updated: 2023-12-27 18:22:53
    Skip to content Universe Today Space and astronomy news Menu Videos Newsletter Podcast Contact Us Support Us Log in Credit : University of Nottingham Posted on December 27, 2023 December 18, 2023 by Paul M . Sutter Why Quantum Mechanics Defies Physics The full , weird story of the quantum world is much too large for a single article , but the period from 1905, when Einstein first published his solution to the photoelectric puzzle , to the 1960†s , when a complete , well-tested , rigorous , and insanely complicated quantum theory of the subatomic world finally emerged , is quite the . story This quantum theory would come to provide , in its own way , its own complete and total revision of our understanding of light . In the quantum picture of the subatomic world , what we call the

  • Have we found filaments of pure energy unleashed during the big bang?

    Updated: 2023-12-27 14:00:00
    Puzzling ancient galaxies and oddly shaped clusters suggest we have glimpsed cosmic strings travelling at the speed of light – and with them clues to a deeper theory of reality

  • Dark stars may be waiting in a mirror universe for us to discover them

    Updated: 2023-12-25 00:00:10
    Physicists have proposed that a mirror universe alongside our own might explain dark matter ­– and we might be able to see traces of its stars

  • Turning up the Volume of Pouring Water

    Updated: 2023-12-21 10:00:00
    Author(s): Matteo RiniThe volume of the sounds produced when a fluid jet hits the surface of a liquid depends on the shape of the jet.[Physics 16, s181] Published Thu Dec 21, 2023

  • Quantum physicists just got more certain about quantum uncertainty

    Updated: 2023-12-21 08:00:44
    An extension of Heisenberg's uncertainty principle, which places limits on how precisely you can measure the properties of quantum objects, has found that it really isn't possible to cheat the laws of quantum physics

  • Epidemic Spreading in Multilayer Networks

    Updated: 2023-12-20 10:00:00
    Author(s): Marric StephensDisease contagion is suppressed when different social groups have a large overlap in membership.[Physics 16, s179] Published Wed Dec 20, 2023

  • Atmospheric Neutrinos Revisited

    Updated: 2023-12-20 10:00:00
    Author(s): Linyan WanThe combined analysis of present and upcoming atmospheric-neutrino experiments may lead to the solution of outstanding puzzles in neutrino physics.[Physics 16, 212] Published Wed Dec 20, 2023

  • The laws of physics were broken in 2023 - by sperm

    Updated: 2023-12-20 00:00:53
    New Scientist's most popular story of the year was about the discovery that sperm break Isaac Newton's third law of motion

  • A Collective-Behavior Model for Mice

    Updated: 2023-12-19 10:00:00
    Author(s): Katherine WrightA new model reproduces both the dynamical and steady-state behavior of a group of living organisms, a first for such systems.[Physics 16, s180] Published Tue Dec 19, 2023

  • Domain Walls Break the Sound Barrier

    Updated: 2023-12-19 10:00:00
    Author(s): Ryan WilkinsonExperiments reveal that the boundaries between magnetic domains in a multilayered magnetic metal can move faster than sound, confirming a previous prediction.[Physics 16, s176] Published Tue Dec 19, 2023

  • Google wants to solve tricky physics problems with quantum computers

    Updated: 2023-12-19 08:00:31
    Quantum computers could become more useful now researchers at Google have designed an algorithm that can translate complex physical problems into the language of quantum physics

  • Neutron Pairs Condense in Excited Helium-8

    Updated: 2023-12-13 10:00:00
    Author(s): Charles DayScattering experiments show that the four extra neutrons in helium-8 can pair up and form a nuclear analog of a Bose-Einstein condensate.[Physics 16, s174] Published Wed Dec 13, 2023

  • Closing a Gap in Nuclear Theory

    Updated: 2023-12-13 10:00:00
    Author(s): Charles DayTheoretical descriptions of the first excited state of helium-4 are now consistent with experimental data.[Physics 16, 207] Published Wed Dec 13, 2023

  • Creating Fast Bunches of Electrons with Lasers

    Updated: 2023-12-12 10:00:00
    Author(s): Charles DayThe judicious shaping of a tube of plasma by one laser enhances the properties of electron bunches accelerated by another.[Physics 16, s177] Published Tue Dec 12, 2023

  • US Particle Physicists Make Their Wish List

    Updated: 2023-12-12 10:00:00
    Author(s): Katherine WrightA report from a panel of particle physicists lays out a roadmap for the future of their field. Top priorities are a cosmic microwave observatory and a muon collider.[Physics 16, 208] Published Tue Dec 12, 2023

  • Inconsistency Turns Up Again for Cosmological Observations

    Updated: 2023-12-11 10:00:00
    Author(s): Mijin YoonA new analysis of the distribution of matter in the Universe continues to find a discrepancy in the clumpiness of dark matter in the late and early Universe, suggesting a fundamental error in the standard cosmological model.[Physics 16, 193] Published Mon Dec 11, 2023

  • Recent Talk

    Updated: 2023-12-09 18:46:03
    I gave a “Spacetime is Right-handed” talk yesterday, part of a series entitled Octonions, standard model and unification. The slides are here, video should appear here. Much of the talk was devoted to explaining the usual relation between spinors and … Continue reading →

  • P5 Report

    Updated: 2023-12-07 14:33:02
    There is a HEPAP meeting going on today, with release of the long-awaited P5 report prioritizing future HEP spending. The report is available here now, to be officially unveiled later in the day and discussed at the HEPAP meeting. The … Continue reading →

  • Symmetry Violation Predicted for Bottom-Containing Baryon

    Updated: 2023-12-07 10:00:00
    Author(s): Katherine WrightResearchers predict a large “CP” violation for the decay of a baryon that contains a bottom quark, a finding that has implications for how physicists understand the Universe.[Physics 16, s175] Published Thu Dec 07, 2023

  • Carbon Monoxide Leaves Cosmic Ice with a Kick

    Updated: 2023-12-06 10:00:00
    Author(s): Matteo RiniMolecular “kicks” induced by ultraviolet light are predicted to cause carbon monoxide molecules to be released from the icy layers that cover cosmic dust.[Physics 16, s173] Published Wed Dec 06, 2023

  • Electron Crystal Reveals Its Dynamics

    Updated: 2023-12-05 10:00:00
    Author(s): Ryan WilkinsonResearchers have precisely measured the electrical-transport properties of a highly ordered Wigner solid—a crystalline state formed of electrons rather than atoms.[Physics 16, s172] Published Tue Dec 05, 2023

  • Might There Be No Quantum Gravity After All?

    Updated: 2023-12-04 10:00:00
    Author(s): Thomas GalleyA proposed model unites quantum theory with classical gravity by assuming that states evolve in a probabilistic way, like a game of chance.[Physics 16, 203] Published Mon Dec 04, 2023

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