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Who cares about the fourth dimension?

Austrian scientists are trying to understand the mysteries of the holographic principle: How many dimensions are there in our universe?

Physics / General Physics

created Feb 03, 2009 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (18) | comments 29




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Mathematics: First-ever image of a flat torus in 3D

Just as a terrestrial globe cannot be flattened without distorting the distances, it seemed impossible to visualize abstract mathematical objects called flat tori in ordinary three-dimensional space. However, ...

Other Sciences / Mathematics

created Apr 26, 2012 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (6) | comments 1

The presence of water changes the structure of an antibiotic

EPFL chemists have shown how the three-dimensional shape of an antibiotic changes when it is in an aqueous environment. This could lead to a better understanding of how drugs interact with biological molecules.

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Apr 20, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Electrical engineers develop LED 'Magic Wands'

Engineers from the University of Bristol have developed illuminating ‘magic wands’ that work by picking up radio signals from mobile devices. The wands, to be showcased on BBC’s Bang Goes the ...

Technology / Telecom

created Apr 17, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Physicists continue work to abolish time as fourth dimension of space

(Phys.org) -- Philosophers have debated the nature of time long before Einstein and modern physics. But in the 106 years since Einstein, the prevailing view in physics has been that time serves as the fourth ...

Physics / General Physics

created Apr 14, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (78) | comments 717 | with audio podcast report

Experiment explores optics with iPad

As any other dutiful scientist, Dr. Weilin "Will" Hou, an oceanographer in the Oceanography Division at NRL Stennis Space Center (NRL-SSC), did his research. Earlier last summer, he decided the hottest tablet ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Apr 09, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Astronomers put forward new theory on size of black holes

(PhysOrg.com) -- Astronomers have put forward a new theory about why black holes become so hugely massive – claiming some of them have no 'table manners', and tip their 'food' directly into their mouths, ...

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Mar 23, 2012 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (16) | comments 209 | with audio podcast

Astronomers map dark matter distribution in 3D in Abell 383 galaxy cluster

(PhysOrg.com) -- Two teams of astronomers have used data from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory and other telescopes to map the distribution of dark matter in a galaxy cluster known as Abell 383, which is located ...

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Mar 14, 2012 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (9) | comments 33 | with audio podcast

UD researchers first to attempt 3D carbon nanotube architectures

A team of three University of Delaware mechanical engineering professors, plus researchers from three other academic institutions, are collaborating to develop three-dimensional (3D) carbon nanotube structures.

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Feb 24, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Repulsive gravity as an alternative to dark energy (Part 1: In voids)

(PhysOrg.com) -- When scientists discovered in 1998 that the Universe is expanding at an accelerating rate, the possibility that dark energy could explain the observation was intriguing. But because there ...

Physics / General Physics

created Jan 31, 2012 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (49) | comments 125 | with audio podcast report

Blunt nanostructures could make high-efficiency solar cells easier to fabricate

(PhysOrg.com) -- One of the most promising methods for increasing the efficiency of solar cells consists of coating the cells’ surfaces with a thin layer of metal nanoparticles. The nanoparticles scatter ...

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Jan 24, 2012 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (7) | comments 9 | with audio podcast feature


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