Physics

After 175 Years, Two False Conjectures, And The Birth Of Computing, This Theorem Finally Has A Proof

After 175 Years, Two False Conjectures, And The Birth Of Computing, This Theorem Finally Has A Proof

Being startled is something that mathematicians really enjoy. Bonus points if it solves an issue that was previously thought to be unsolvable while also looking…
Fifth Force’s Investigation Into The Mysterious “Chameleon” Indicates It Isn’t Actually There

Fifth Force’s Investigation Into The Mysterious “Chameleon” Indicates It Isn’t Actually There

The existence of an energy field that permeates all of time and space is the best explanation for why the cosmos is expanding at an…
Water Becomes Two Liquids When Supercooled, And We’re Starting To Learn Their Natures

Water Becomes Two Liquids When Supercooled, And We’re Starting To Learn Their Natures

Water molecules can coalesce into bigger forms when it is extremely cold and still stay liquid. There are two ways they can accomplish this, producing…
Researchers are Recalculating the Gravitational Constant

Researchers are Recalculating the Gravitational Constant

ETH Zurich researchers used a new measurement technique to redetermine the gravitational constant G. Although there is still a lot of uncertainty about this value,…
Neutron Lifetime Puzzle – a Problem for Physicists

Neutron Lifetime Puzzle – a Problem for Physicists

To address a long-standing mystery about how long a neutron can “live” outside of an atomic nucleus, physicists entertained a wild but testable theory positing…
A Recipe for Discovering Dark Matter and Halo Phenomena

A Recipe for Discovering Dark Matter and Halo Phenomena

Wolfgang “Wolfi” Mittig and Yassid Ayyad went looking for the universe’s missing mass, better known as dark matter, in the heart of an atom about…
New Insights into Dark Matter

New Insights into Dark Matter

Dark matter, unlike ordinary matter, does not interact with the electromagnetic force. It does not absorb, reflect, or emit light, making it extremely difficult to…
Neutrons in the Double-Slit Experiment Really Do Individually Take Both Paths

Neutrons in the Double-Slit Experiment Really Do Individually Take Both Paths

A variant of Einstein’s thought experiment, made feasible by technical advancements, has verified a key concept of quantum physics. Individual particles, rather than statistical methodologies,…
Nuclear Isomers Were Discovered 100 Years Ago, And Physicists Are Still Unraveling Their Mysteries

Nuclear Isomers Were Discovered 100 Years Ago, And Physicists Are Still Unraveling Their Mysteries

The discovery of nuclear fission is ascribed to Nobel Laureate Otto Hahn. Despite the fact that fission was one of the most important discoveries of…
Lightning Can Produce Gamma-Ray Flashes and We Might Finally Know How

Lightning Can Produce Gamma-Ray Flashes and We Might Finally Know How

The most energetic light wave created in the cosmos is gamma-rays. They are so energetic that they may be detected in radioactive decays, countless cosmic…
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