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. In 1901 the star GK Persei gave off a powerful explosion that has not stopped growing and astonishing ever since. Now a team of Spanish and Estonian astronomers has reconstructed the journey of the emitted gas in 3D which, contrary to predictions, has hardly slowed down its speed of up to 1,000 km/s after all this time. http://phys.org/news278248202.html Space & Earth Thu, 24 Jan 2013 11:10:25 EST news278248202 (Phys.org)—Cambridge University Library is to release digital versions of some of the most significant religious manuscripts in the world - following on from last year's release of Isaac Newton's manuscripts and notebooks. http://phys.org/news274517472.html Other Sciences Wed, 12 Dec 2012 06:51:32 EST news274517472 (Phys.org)—The Milky Way and other galaxies in the universe harbor many young star clusters and associations that each contain hundreds to thousands of hot, massive, young stars known as O and B stars. The star cluster Cygnus OB2 contains more than 60 O-type stars and about a thousand B-type stars. At a relatively nearby distance to Earth of about 5,000 light years, Cygnus OB2 is the closest massive cluster. http://phys.org/news271577967.html Space & Earth Thu, 08 Nov 2012 06:20:10 EST news271577967 A world-famous mathematician responsible for solving one of the subject's most challenging problems has published his latest work as a University of Leicester research report. http://phys.org/news271427855.html Other Sciences Tue, 06 Nov 2012 12:37:45 EST news271427855 What is light made of: waves or particles? This basic question has fascinated physicists since the early days of science. Quantum mechanics predicts that photons, particles of light, are both particles and waves simultaneously. Reporting in Science, physicists from the University of Bristol give a new demonstration of this wave-particle duality of photons, dubbed the 'one real mystery of quantum mechanics' by Nobel Prize laureate Richard Feynman. http://phys.org/news270997150.html Physics Thu, 01 Nov 2012 14:00:01 EST news270997150 A University of Delaware-led research team reports an advance in the June 1 issue of Science that may help astrophysicists more accurately analyze the vast molecular clouds of gas and dust where stars are born. http://phys.org/news257703410.html Space & Earth Thu, 31 May 2012 18:10:01 EST news257703410 (Phys.org) -- In Isaac Newton's Principia Mathematica published in 1687, the man many consider the most brilliant mathematician of all time used a mathematical formula to describe the path taken by an object when it is thrown through the air from one point to the next, i.e. an arc based on several factors such as the angle it is thrown at, velocity, etc. At the time, Newton explained that to get it completely right though, air resistance would need to be taken into account, though he could not figure out himself how to factor that in. Now, it appears a 16 year old immigrant to Germany has done just that, and to top off his work, he’s also apparently come up with an equation that describes the motion of an object when it strikes an immobile surface such as a wall, and bounces back. http://phys.org/news257495785.html Other Sciences Tue, 29 May 2012 07:36:42 EST news257495785 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 A 300-year-old drawing of a flying fish that nearly scuttled Isaac Newton's world-changing opus on modern physics will be showcased in the Royal Society's online picture library, launched Thursday. http://phys.org/news254023536.html Other Sciences Thu, 19 Apr 2012 03:30:02 EST news254023536 (AP) -- Charles Simonyi may still be described as a space tourist even though the Microsoft billionaire has no plans to take a third vacation on the International Space Station and hasn't hung out in outer space for a few years. http://phys.org/news252644415.html Space & Earth Tue, 03 Apr 2012 04:00:48 EST news252644415 He's considered to be one of the greatest scientists of all time. But Sir Isaac Newton was also an influential theologian who applied a scientific approach to the study of scripture, Hebrew and Jewish mysticism. http://phys.org/news248539264.html Other Sciences Wed, 15 Feb 2012 15:30:02 EST news248539264 Rice University physicists have gone to extremes to prove that Isaac Newton's classical laws of motion can apply in the atomic world: They've built an accurate model of part of the solar system inside a single atom of potassium. http://phys.org/news246642619.html Physics Tue, 24 Jan 2012 15:51:22 EST news246642619 British scientist Stephen Hawking was forced to miss a scientific debate to mark his 70th birthday Sunday due to ill health but sent an upbeat message saying he was living at a "glorious time". http://phys.org/news245241009.html Physics Sun, 08 Jan 2012 10:30:28 EST news245241009 British scientist Stephen Hawking celebrated his 70th birthday Sunday, an age many experts never expected the motor neurone disease sufferer to reach. http://phys.org/news245230460.html Physics Sun, 08 Jan 2012 07:35:40 EST news245230460 British scientist Stephen Hawking has decoded some of the most puzzling mysteries of the universe but he has left one mystery unsolved: How he has managed to survive so long with such a crippling disease. http://phys.org/news244994186.html Physics Thu, 05 Jan 2012 13:59:02 EST news244994186 (PhysOrg.com) -- In a project that has long been overdue, Cambridge University, thanks to a hefty gift from the Polonsky Foundation (supporter of education and arts) and a grant from Britain’s Joint Information Services Committee (JISC), has put some of Isaac Newton’s original papers online for any and all to see. Of particular interest to most will be Newton’s own annotated copy of Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica, considered by many to be one of the greatest published works by any scientist ever. For those looking for a little behind the scenes work, the University has also published Newton’s so-called “Waste Book,” a diary of sorts that Newton inherited from his step-father which he took along with him and used for jotting notes about such things as his ideas on calculus while away from school due to the Great Plague in 1665. http://phys.org/news242899007.html Other Sciences Mon, 12 Dec 2011 07:59:09 EST news242899007 What if doctors in the intensive care unit could predict if and when a patient was about to go into cardiac arrest? They could then be ready when it happened. http://phys.org/news239442505.html Biology Wed, 02 Nov 2011 09:40:01 EST news239442505 First it was chess. Then it was Jeopardy. Now computers are at it again, but this time they are trying to automate the scientific process itself. http://phys.org/news237741608.html Technology Thu, 13 Oct 2011 16:50:01 EST news237741608 A novel type of inter-particle binding predicted in 1970 and observed for the first time in 2006, is forming the basis for an intriguing kind of ultracold quantum chemistry. Chilled to nano-kelvin temperatures, cesium atoms -- three at a time -- come together to form a bound state hundreds or even thousands of times larger than individual atoms. Unlike the case of ordinary atoms, wherein electrons are bound to a nucleus in a spectrum of energy levels on the order of an electron volt (that is, it would typically take an eV of energy to free the electron), the cesium triplets feature energy levels that are measured in trillionths of an electron volt (peV). Stranger still, a new experiment observing four such cesium states reports that the states' sizes are roughly the same. This has taken theorists by complete surprise. http://phys.org/news236012297.html Physics Fri, 23 Sep 2011 15:59:38 EST news236012297 Britain's centuries-old science institute The Royal Society was Wednesday awarded Spain's prestigious Prince of Asturias Prize for Communications and Humanities for promoting "knowledge for the benefit of humanity." http://phys.org/news224938885.html Other Sciences Wed, 18 May 2011 12:01:56 EST news224938885 If some Los Angeles-area teachers wondered where their students were Tuesday, maybe they can blame Stephen Hawking. http://phys.org/news214667492.html Physics Wed, 19 Jan 2011 14:10:01 EST news214667492 Scientists know how gravity works at big distances -- the inter-planetary or inter-stellar range -- but does it work the same way at the inter-atomic range? http://phys.org/news206200253.html Physics Wed, 13 Oct 2010 14:52:31 EST news206200253 (PhysOrg.com) -- A science historian at The University of Manchester has cracked "The Plato Code" - the long disputed secret messages hidden in the great philosopher's writings. http://phys.org/news196943667.html Other Sciences Mon, 28 Jun 2010 11:35:06 EST news196943667 (PhysOrg.com) -- Sir Isaac Newton, an icon of scientific revelation, led a secret life as a scholar of the mysterious art of alchemy. For the last six years, William Newman has been exploring that hidden life and bringing it to light. Newman is Distinguished Professor of history and philosophy of science in the College of Arts and Sciences at Indiana University Bloomington. http://phys.org/news195754126.html Other Sciences Mon, 14 Jun 2010 17:09:10 EST news195754126 A new Northwestern University study of mentor-protege relationships has found something that parents and children have known for a long time: the generation gap is real, and it matters. It not only affects communication but also who mentors young mathematicians successfully and who does not. http://phys.org/news194702471.html Other Sciences Wed, 02 Jun 2010 13:01:29 EST news194702471 (AP) -- Sir Isaac Newton is getting the royal treatment in space, thanks to the British-born astronaut who carried up a picture of the 17th century scientist and a chip from his famous apple tree. http://phys.org/news193553853.html Space & Earth Thu, 20 May 2010 10:17:57 EST news193553853 (AP) -- Sir Isaac Newton's famous apple tree is about to leave gravity behind. http://phys.org/news192475246.html Space & Earth Fri, 07 May 2010 18:30:02 EST news192475246 The Large Hadron Collider (LHC), the world's largest and highest-energy particle accelerator, could generate astonishing new insights into the Big Bang, the building blocks of the universe, the mysterious properties of dark matter and perhaps even extra dimensions in the universe. http://phys.org/news188645541.html Physics Wed, 24 Mar 2010 10:32:53 EST news188645541 From its classical pillars and porticoed entrance to its oil paintings of great men and women and archives that include the death mask of Sir Isaac Newton, history sits grandly on the Royal Society. http://phys.org/news184127779.html Other Sciences Sun, 31 Jan 2010 02:36:59 EST news184127779 (AP) -- It always falls down. That's how the apple helped Isaac Newton. http://phys.org/news183018659.html Other Sciences Mon, 18 Jan 2010 06:32:09 EST news183018659