News tagged with asymmetry
H3+: The molecule that made the Universe
(Phys.org) -- In a study that pushed quantum mechanical theory and research capabilities to the limit, University of Arizona researchers have found a way to see the molecule that likely made the universe - ...
Apr 12, 2012 |
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Geomagnetic data reveal unusual nature of recent solar minimum
Since the mid-1800s, scientists have been systematically measuring changes in the Earth's magnetic field and the occurrence of geomagnetic activity. Such long- term investigation has uncovered a number of cyclical changes, ...
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Mar 19, 2012 |
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Physicists find charge separation in a molecule consisting of two identical atoms
Physicists from the University of Stuttgart show the first experimental proof of a molecule consisting of two identical atoms that exhibits a permanent electric dipole moment. This observation contradicts ...
Nov 25, 2011 |
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Citrus indica Tanaka - a progenitor species of cultivated Citrus
A group of enthusiastic cytogeneticists (Marlykynti Hynniewta, Surendra Kumar Malik and Satyawada Rama Rao) from North Eastern Hill University show that C. indica occupies a special taxonomic position, as reflected in the ...
Nov 10, 2011 |
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A revolution in knot theory
In the 19th century, Lord Kelvin made the inspired guess that elements are knots in the "ether". Hydrogen would be one kind of knot, oxygen a different kind of knot---and so forth throughout the periodic table ...
Nov 10, 2011 |
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CERN's LHCb experiment takes precision physics to a new level
(PhysOrg.com) -- Results presented by CERN1's LHCb experiment at the biennial Lepton-Photon conference in Mumbai, India on Saturday 27 August are becoming the most precise yet on particles called B mesons, which provide a ...
Aug 29, 2011 |
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Ancient whale skulls and directional hearing: A twisted tale
Skewed skulls may have helped early whales discriminate the direction of sounds in water and are not solely, as previously thought, a later adaptation related to echolocation. University of Michigan researchers ...
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Aug 22, 2011 |
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Peking man differing from modern humans in brain asymmetry
Paleoanthropologists studying the fossil endocasts of Australopithecus, Homo habilis, Homo erectus, Neanderthals, and Homo sapiens have reported that almost all brain endocasts display distinct cerebral asymmetry. ...
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Jun 28, 2011 |
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Physicists propose mechanism that explains the origins of both dark matter and 'normal' matter
(PhysOrg.com) -- Through precise cosmological measurements, scientists know that about 4.6% of the energy of the Universe is made of baryonic matter (normal atoms), about 23% is made of dark matter, and the ...
Dec 10, 2010 |
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UBC physicists make atoms and dark matter add up
Physicists at the University of British Columbia and TRIUMF have proposed a unified explanation for dark matter and the so-called baryon asymmetry -- the apparent imbalance of matter with positive baryon charge and antimatter ...
Nov 29, 2010 |
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Researchers offer alternate theory for found skull's asymmetry
(PhysOrg.com) -- A new turn in the debate over explanations for the odd features of LB1 -- the specimen number of the only skull found in Liang Bua Cave on the Indonesian island of Flores and sometimes called "the hobbit" ...
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Sep 06, 2010 |
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What causes hybrid vigor?
Plant scientists at the John Innes Centre have provided a new solution to an old debate on why species hybrids can be more vigourous than their parents. In a study to be published online next week in the online open access ...
Jul 20, 2010 |
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Could dark baryons explain dark matter?
(PhysOrg.com) -- "The prevailing belief about dark matter particles is that they should be about 100 or more times heavier than protons," Subir Sarkar tells PhysOrg.com. "However, we were thinking about the possibility of lig ...
Jul 20, 2010 |
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Sun's dark matter trap
The Sun could be the best place to look for dark matter - the invisible ‘stuff’ that is thought to make up about 83% of the matter in the Universe.
Jul 13, 2010 |
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Study finds there may be multiple 'God particles'
(PhysOrg.com) -- Recent research in the US suggests there may be five versions of the theorized Higgs boson.
Jun 16, 2010 |
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Asymmetry
Asymmetry is the absence of, or a violation of, a symmetry.
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