Physics

Oppenheimer’s victory at the Academy Awards

Tue, 12 Mar 2024 03:55:54 GMT

Nolan’s work has now been seen by well over 100 million people in dozens of countries, resulting in some $1 billion in box office revenue. It has collected 333 film awards internationally.

A Compassionate Spy: The Manhattan Project, the atomic bomb and the genesis of the Cold War

Mon, 04 Sep 2023 00:15:03 GMT

Ted Hall was only 19 years old when he passed classified secrets to the Soviet government. His role was not discovered until more than 50 years later, only a few years before his death in 1999.

Oppenheimer: A drama about “the father of the atomic bomb”

Thu, 27 Jul 2023 20:44:57 GMT

Oppenheimer is a serious and appropriately disturbing film about nuclear weapons and nuclear war. It is intended to leave viewers shaken, and it succeeds in that.

Department of Energy announces successful nuclear fusion ignition

Sat, 17 Dec 2022 00:16:38 GMT

The energy output needed to really start considering inertial confinement fusion as a power source for industrial, commercial and residential use needs to be more than 240 times what was reported on Tuesday.

Large Hadron Collider resumes collecting data at new record energy

Tue, 12 Jul 2022 03:01:12 GMT

The high-energy particle collider first confirmed the existence of the Higgs boson almost exactly 10 years ago, completing the Standard Model of Particle Physics and opening a new era of scientific inquiry.

Dr. Jose-Luis Jimenez discusses the fight for the truth about airborne transmission of COVID-19

Sat, 25 Dec 2021 18:04:29 GMT

In this interview, Dr. Jimenez reviews the science of airborne transmission, the present threat of the Omicron variant, and why the WHO and world governments refuse to educate the population on airborne transmission.

Lucy spacecraft begins 12-year mission to study asteroids and the origins of the Solar System

Mon, 18 Oct 2021 03:19:42 GMT

The probe is slated to study eight asteroids in the main asteroid belt and among Jupiter’s trojans as part of a campaign to more closely study the origins of Earth and the other planets in the Solar System.

Nobel Prize in Physics awarded for pioneering research in climate change and chaos theory

Thu, 07 Oct 2021 04:42:36 GMT

This year’s prize highlights the connection between seemingly random events, such as the weather on a given day, showing they arise from law-governed and knowable underlying processes.

Research into black holes awarded the 2020 Nobel Prize in Physics

Fri, 09 Oct 2020 02:38:19 GMT

Black holes are one of the most esoteric predictions of the general theory of relativity and they play a key role in galactic evolution across the Universe.

Nobel Prize in Physics awarded for research in cosmology and exoplanets

Fri, 11 Oct 2019 05:00:00 GMT

This year’s Nobel Prize in Physics focuses on the deeper understanding of humanity’s place in the cosmos that has been developed over the past six decades.

First imagery of black hole by the Event Horizon Telescope

Thu, 11 Apr 2019 05:00:00 GMT

The results from the planet-wide array of radio telescopes are the first direct measurements of the structure of a black hole and its surrounding environment.

NASA spacecraft launched for close-up study of the Sun

Mon, 13 Aug 2018 05:00:00 GMT

The Parker Solar Probe spacecraft has begun its three-month journey to get closer to the Sun than any previous spacecraft.

Large Hadron Collider resumes operations

Wed, 04 Jul 2018 05:00:00 GMT

Several results from the accelerator have been published in the last 12 months, including recent and more detailed studies of the Higgs boson.

Physics, poetry and the search for quantum gravity: Carlo Rovelli’s Reality Is Not What It Seems

Fri, 29 Jun 2018 05:00:00 GMT

Rovelli’s works on modern physics combine a materialist approach to science with a popular approach of explanation that is informed by a knowledge of literature and philosophy.

Observation of gravitational waves wins Nobel Prize in physics

Fri, 06 Oct 2017 05:00:00 GMT

The announcement comes seven weeks after the detection of the fourth gravitational wave by the two Advanced LIGO detectors and the Advanced Virgo detector.

Spectrum of anti-hydrogen observed

Thu, 13 Apr 2017 05:00:00 GMT

Initial results from the ALPHA-2 experiment show that matter and antimatter differ by at most 200 parts per trillion.

Nobel Prize in physics awarded for discoveries about condensed states of matter

Sat, 08 Oct 2016 05:00:00 GMT

The combination of the mathematics of topology and condensed matter physics is expected to lead directly to new types of materials and electronics.

Alternative approach to nuclear fusion energy at German lab takes important first step

Wed, 24 Feb 2016 05:00:00 GMT

The scientists and engineers who designed and built the device are attempting to show that a new type of reactor design could provide a more attainable path to commercial fusion power.

The detection of gravitational waves: A scientific milestone

Sat, 13 Feb 2016 05:00:00 GMT

The discovery of gravitational waves is a vindication of science and the ability of human reason to tackle and overcome the most complex problems.

Astronomers detect gravitational waves predicted by Einstein

Fri, 12 Feb 2016 05:00:00 GMT

The LIGO Collaboration has published the first direct detection of gravitational waves, ripples in the fabric of space and time.

100 years of General Relativity—Part Three

Wed, 09 Dec 2015 05:00:00 GMT

This is the last part of a three-part series examining the history, science and implications of Einstein’s general theory of relativity.

100 years of General Relativity—Part Two

Tue, 08 Dec 2015 05:00:00 GMT

This is the second of a three-part series examining the history, science and lasting implications of Albert Einstein’s general theory of relativity, which remains, along with his special theory, one of the central pillars of modern physics.

CERN restarts Large Hadron Collider

Wed, 08 Apr 2015 05:00:00 GMT

As a result of two years of upgrades, the world’s most powerful particle accelerator will generate 30 petabytes of data per year in the search for a deeper understanding of nature.

New telescope reveals first detailed image of a planetary system in formation

Mon, 01 Dec 2014 05:00:00 GMT

An international telescope array entering operation has produced the first detailed image showing a planetary system in formation around a young star

Imprint of primordial gravitational waves detected

Mon, 24 Mar 2014 05:00:00 GMT

The finding by astronomers working at the South Pole provides confirmation of a key aspect of the Big Bang theory, called the inflationary hypothesis.

CERN confirms Higgs discovery

Sat, 23 Mar 2013 05:00:00 GMT

The major collaborators in research at the Large Hadron Collider have jointly announced that the new particle discovered last year is the Higgs boson.

Astronomers confirm fundamental relationship in atomic physics

Fri, 04 Jan 2013 05:00:00 GMT

A team of astronomers has determined that the ratio of the mass of the proton to the mass of the electron has been stable for at least seven billion years.

CERN discovers new fundamental particle

Thu, 05 Jul 2012 05:00:00 GMT

Results jointly released from the Large Hadron Collider have confirmed the existence of a new fundamental particle, which has the high possibility of being the long sought after Higgs boson.

Large Hadron Collider upgrade aids exploration of the origin of mass

Fri, 13 Apr 2012 05:00:00 GMT

What makes things heavy? How does the origin of mass connect with other physical theories? The Large Hadron Collider was built in Switzerland to experimentally test theoretical work that suggests an answer to these questions.

Tantalizing evidence of the Higgs boson

Thu, 29 Dec 2011 05:00:00 GMT

Physicists are close to confirming detection of the last undiscovered particle predicted by the “Standard Model” of particle physics.

Tentative evidence of particles travelling faster than light

Fri, 04 Nov 2011 05:00:00 GMT

Initial results from a group of scientists appear to indicate that neutrinos travel at a velocity greater than the speed of light.

Thomas S. Kuhn, post-modernism and materialist dialectics

Fri, 28 Oct 2011 05:00:00 GMT

William Whitlow replies to a reader’s inquiry about sociologist Thomas S. Kuhn, author of The Structure of Scientific Revolutions.

CERN experiment weighs antimatter to unprecedented precision

Fri, 26 Aug 2011 05:00:00 GMT

The research provides further confirmation of quantum mechanics.

A further advance in quantum computing

Fri, 12 Aug 2011 05:00:00 GMT

A team led by Susumu Takahashi has pioneered a new step forward toward the development of a fully functional quantum computer.