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It Might Be Possible to Detect Gravitons After All
...hypothetical particle thought to carry the force of gravity — is the ultimate physics experiment. Conventional wisdom, however, says it can’t be done. According to one infamous estimate, an Earth-size...
Physicists Pin Down How Quantum Uncertainty Sharpens Measurements
...Researchers say that the new understanding forges links between disparate areas of quantum physics and that it could prove useful in experiments that use sensitive photon detectors. The paper is...
A Physicist’s Approach to Biology Brings Ecological Insights
...migrated to biophysics, probing the complicated mechanics of the DNA molecule. He returned to MIT as a postdoc, and this time he pushed beyond the boundaries of conventional biophysics, using...
Physicists Spot Quantum Tornadoes Twirling in a ‘Supersolid’
...predictions, but the images alone are a satisfying validation, he said. “This is very relevant for the whole physics community.” Hertkorn wants to see the results replicated by other groups...
The New Thermodynamic Understanding of Clocks
Studies of the simplest possible clocks have revealed their fundamental limitations — as well as insights into the nature of time itself. In 2013, a masters student in physics named...
The Voyage to the End of Ice
...rest of the planet. To nail down the answer, an expedition to the top of the world has to untangle the knotty physics of ice. “Pull out your ice picks,”...
Mathematicians Disprove Conjecture Made to Save Black Holes
...time, it fulfills his ambition by other means, showing that his intuition about the physics inside black holes was correct, just not for the reason he suspected. Relativity’s Cardinal Sin...
What Made the Moon? New Ideas Try to Rescue a Troubled Theory
...from melted bits of Earth. The Apollo rocks are then in direct conflict with what the physics insist must be true. “The canonical model is in serious crisis,” said Sarah...
Scientists Unravel How the Tonga Volcano Caused Worldwide Tsunamis
...hours after the volcano’s explosive zenith. “All of the mechanics and physics are quite similar,” said Eric Anderson, a researcher at the Colorado School of Mines who studies interactions between...