AvatarBillyTeoFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoElectrons become fractions of themselves in graphene, study findsphys.org - Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyThe electron is the basic unit of electricity, as it carries a single negative charge. This is what we're taught in high school physics, and it is …
AvatarBillyTeoFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoCutting-edge theory unites quantum mechanics and Einstein's theory of general relativitythebrighterside.news - Joseph ShavitIn a cutting-edge development that has sent shockwaves through the scientific community, researchers at University College London (UCL) have unveiled …
AvatarBillyTeoFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoNew theory claims to unite Einstein's gravity with quantum mechanicsphys.org - University College LondonA radical theory that consistently unifies gravity and quantum mechanics while preserving Einstein's classical concept of spacetime has been …
AvatarBillyTeoFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoIs time travel actually possible? Scientists make groundbreaking discoverythebrighterside.news - JJ ShavitIn the vast continuum of science, the interplay of light with matter is an enduring fascination, a phenomenon that, while seemingly simple, teases at …
AvatarBillyTeoFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoAsk Ethan: Why is there no antigravity?bigthink.com - Ethan SiegelAlthough there are four known fundamental forces to the Universe, there’s only one that matters on the largest cosmic scales of all: gravitation. The …
AvatarBillyTeoAvatarAvatarMeet Strange Metals: Where Electricity May Flow Without ElectronsQuanta Magazine - Charlie WoodFor 50 years, physicists have understood current as a flow of charged particles. But a new experiment has found that in at least one strange …
AvatarBillyTeoFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoFirst Law of Thermodynamics Breakthrough Could Upend a Century of Equilibrium Theory in Physicsthedebrief.org - Micah HanksPhysicists in West Virginia have announced a potential breakthrough that could help upend a longstanding constraint imposed by the first law of …
AvatarBillyTeoFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoDanish quantum physicists make breakthrough discoverythebrighterside.news - Joseph ShavitIn a new breakthrough, researchers at the University of Copenhagen, in collaboration with Ruhr University Bochum, have solved a problem that has …
AvatarBillyTeoAvatarAvatarPhysicists Use Quantum Mechanics to Pull Energy out of Nothing | Quanta MagazineQuanta Magazine - Charlie WoodThe quantum energy teleportation protocol was proposed in 2008 and largely ignored. Now two independent experiments have shown that it works. For …
AvatarBillyTeoStoryboardScientists Prove Schrodinger's Cat Can Be in Two Places at OnceAvatarCurated byHowStuffWorksA bunch of Yale physicists decided to give Schrodinger's cat not one but two boxes. And that, strangely enough, could eventually prove handy for quantum computing. Plus, Planck's constant, the quantum internet and more on quantum science.
AvatarBillyTeoFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoPhysicists confirm hitch in proton structurephys.org - Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator FacilityNuclear physicists have confirmed that the current description of proton structure isn't all smooth sailing. A new precision measurement of the …
AvatarBillyTeoFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoPhysicists made the most precise measurement ever of a single particlenewscientist.com - Alex WilkinsA new assessment of the electron is the most precise measurement of a particle ever taken, at a precision of 1.3 parts in 10 trillion, and could tell …