http://phys.org/ en-us Phys.org internet news portal provides the latest news on science including: Physics, Nanotechnology, Life Sciences, Space Science, Earth Science, Environment, Health and Medicine. (Phys.org)—University of Arizona physicist Andrei Lebed has stirred the physics community with an intriguing idea yet to be tested experimentally: The world's most iconic equation, Albert Einstein's E=mc2, may be correct or not depending on where you are in space. http://phys.org/news276508993.html Physics Fri, 04 Jan 2013 08:03:37 EST news276508993 Spaniards came bottom of the class in an 11-nation science test and nearly half of them could not name a single important scientist in history, a survey showed Tuesday. http://phys.org/news255708210.html Other Sciences Tue, 08 May 2012 15:30:02 EST news255708210 (PhysOrg.com) -- Ancient astronomers looked up at the dark skies in wonder, as the stars marched by overhead like precision dancers. In the early 17th century, Galileo Galilei brought the world one step closer to the heavens with his telescope, discovering, among other celestial marvels, moons around Jupiter, and our own moon's pockmarked surface. http://phys.org/news226137259.html Space & Earth Wed, 01 Jun 2011 08:54:35 EST news226137259 (AP) -- Two fingers and a tooth removed from Galileo Galilei's corpse in a Florentine basilica in the 18th century and given up for lost have been found again and will soon be put on display, an Italian museum director said Friday. http://phys.org/news178009204.html Other Sciences Sat, 21 Nov 2009 07:00:32 EST news178009204 Today it would hardly pass muster as a child's plaything, but the telescope Galileo used 400 years ago this week to peer into the heavens overturned the foundations of knowledge, changing our perception of the Universe and our place in it. http://phys.org/news175502359.html Space & Earth Fri, 23 Oct 2009 07:40:59 EST news175502359 Astronomers around the world are gearing up for three days of intense sky-watching in honour of Galileo, whose observations 400 years ago revolutionised our understanding of the cosmos. http://phys.org/news175416565.html Space & Earth Thu, 22 Oct 2009 07:58:39 EST news175416565 Since Galileo Galilei and Newton, the assumption is valid that inert and heavy mass are equivalent. This is, however, questioned by new physical theories such as the String theory. Now, the equivalence principle is put to test with so far unachieved accuracy within the scope of the "Microscope" space project -- a German-French cooperation. PTB (Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt, Germany) has developed the manufacturing and measuring methods for the test masses. http://phys.org/news161257625.html Physics Mon, 11 May 2009 10:47:34 EST news161257625 (AP) -- Though it looks like a cardboard tube that got left out in the rain, it's a priceless instrument whose owner changed the world. The mottled brown cylinder on display at The Franklin Institute science museum is a 400-year-old telescope used by Galileo Galilei, whose observations of the heavens ultimately changed the face of not only astronomy but all of science. http://phys.org/news157914581.html Space & Earth Thu, 02 Apr 2009 18:10:07 EST news157914581 (PhysOrg.com) -- Galileo Galilei, who recorded the first astronomical observations with a telescope 400 years ago, would be impressed. Just in time for the International Year of Astronomy, astronomers at The University of Western Australia have seen a massive gamma ray burst that happened 11 billion years ago - long before our own planet had even been formed. http://phys.org/news150728063.html Space & Earth Fri, 09 Jan 2009 12:54:23 EST news150728063