News tagged with einstein
'Sixty Symbols' -- unravelling the secret language of science
(PhysOrg.com) -- It is the most famous scientific equation in history, framed by Einstein more than a century ago. But what does e=mc˛ actually stand for? And how does it explain the relationship between energy, mass and ...
Apr 22, 2009 |
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New Features Found in Einstein's Brain
(PhysOrg.com) -- When one thinks of Einstein, it is natural to assume that obviously his brain differed from that of the average person. And, ever since Thomas Harvey, a pathologist in Princeton, removed Einste ...
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Apr 21, 2009 |
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Can R2 gravity explain dark matter?
(PhysOrg.com) -- "In many ways, the standard model of cosmology works very well," Jose Cembranos tells PhysOrg. "However, there are very basic features that we just do not know. We have dark energy and dark matter. They d ...
Apr 20, 2009 |
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Physicists discover important step for making light crystals (w/Videos)
Ohio State University researchers have developed a new strategy to overcome one of the major obstacles to a grand challenge in physics.
Apr 09, 2009 |
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Flatland physics probes mysteries of superfluidity
(Physorg.com) -- If physicists lived in Flatland—the fictional two-dimensional world invented by Edwin Abbott in his 1884 novel—some of their quantum physics experiments would turn out differently (not just ...
Mar 25, 2009 |
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Einstein doctorate up for auction
The doctorate certificate that Albert Einstein obtained from the University of Zurich in 1906 will come up for auction in June, auctioneers Fischer Galerie said Friday.
Mar 06, 2009 |
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A Newtonian system that mimics the baldness of rotating black holes
(PhysOrg.com) -- The rotating black hole has been described as one of nature's most perfect objects. As described by the Kerr solution of Einstein's gravitational field equations, its spacetime geometry is ...
Feb 23, 2009 |
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Astronomers Gravitate Toward Einstein's Telescope
Scientists are harnessing the cosmos as a scientific 'instrument' in their quest to determine the makeup of the universe.
Feb 20, 2009 |
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It's All Relative: UCSD's Einstein Robot Has 'Emotional Intelligence' (Video)
(PhysOrg.com) -- Albert Einstein may have written his last scientific theory more than half a century ago, but he's still honing his emotional intelligence in a laboratory at the University of California, ...
Feb 13, 2009 |
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Physicists offer foundation for uprooting a hallowed principle of physics
Physicists at Indiana University have developed a promising new way to identify a possible abnormality in a fundamental building block of Einstein's theory of relativity known as "Lorentz invariance." If confirmed, the abnormality ...
Jan 05, 2009 |
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