Cosmology
The universe may have a complex geometry — like a doughnut
Physicists haven’t yet ruled out the possibility that the universe has a complicated topology in which space loops back around on itself.
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Physicists haven’t yet ruled out the possibility that the universe has a complicated topology in which space loops back around on itself.
Real science underpins much of the action in the show — along with a hefty dose of artistic liberty.
By tweaking the energy of a thorium nucleus with a laser, scientists demonstrated a key step to building clocks based on the physics of atomic nuclei.
As a solar eclipse approaches totality and our eyes adjust to dimming light, our color vision changes. It’s called the Purkinje effect.
No bigger than a grain of rice, the heart of the instrument is the latest entrant in the quest to build ever tinier gravity-measuring devices.
The acoustic qualities of instruments may have influenced variations in musical scales and preferred harmonies.
Superconducting temperatures have risen by about 250 degrees since the 1970s, but are still too cold to enable practical technologies.
Trees could act as antennas that pick up radio waves of ultra-high energy neutrinos interactions, one physicist proposes.
Physicists grapple with their role as stewards of the United States’ aging nuclear weapons in the new book by Sarah Scoles.
After big contributions in accelerator physics, Sekazi Mtingwa has been focused on opening science for everyone.
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