News tagged with laws of physics

Random, but not by chance: A quantum random-number generator for encryption, security

Researchers have devised a new kind of random number generator, for encrypted communications and other uses, that is cryptographically secure, inherently private and - most importantly - certified random by ...

Physics / Quantum Physics

created Apr 14, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (21) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

From two-trillion-degree heat, researchers create new matter -- and new questions

(PhysOrg.com) -- A worldwide team of researchers have for the first time created a particle that is believed to have been in existence immediately after the creation of the universe - the so-called "Big Bang" ...

Physics / General Physics

created Mar 04, 2010 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (51) | comments 39 | with audio podcast

Life beyond our universe: Physicists explore the possibility of life in universes with laws different from our own

(PhysOrg.com) -- Whether life exists elsewhere in our universe is a longstanding mystery. But for some scientists, there?s another interesting question: could there be life in a universe significantly different ...

Physics / General Physics

created Feb 22, 2010 | popularity 3.6 / 5 (34) | comments 37 | with audio podcast

Physicist Proposes Solution to Arrow-of-Time Paradox

(PhysOrg.com) -- Entropy can decrease, according to a new proposal - but the process would destroy any evidence of its existence, and erase any memory an observer might have of it. It sounds like the plot ...

Physics / General Physics

created Aug 27, 2009 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (80) | comments 108 feature

New Law of Physics Could Explain Quantum Mysteries

(PhysOrg.com) -- Since the early days of quantum mechanics, scientists have been trying to understand the many strange implications of the theory: superpositions, wave-particle duality, and the observer’s ...

Physics / Quantum Physics

created Aug 17, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (98) | comments 162 feature

Streaming sand grains help define essence of a liquid (w/ Video)

University of Chicago researchers recently showed that dry granular materials such as sands, seeds and grains have properties similar to liquid, forming water-like droplets when poured from a given source. ...

Physics / General Physics

created Jun 24, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

What if there is only one universe?

(PhysOrg.com) -- Lee Smolin, author of the bestselling science book The Trouble with Physics and a founding member and research physicist at the Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics in Waterloo, Canada, ...

Physics / General Physics

created Jun 04, 2009 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (56) | comments 102

A guide to the invisible: Doubling the fluorescence microscopy resolution (w/Video)

(PhysOrg.com) -- A crucial tool in the evolution of scientific capability in bioscience, the fluorescence microscope has allowed a generation of scientists to study the properties of proteins inside cells. Yet as human capacity ...

Chemistry / Other

created May 06, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Entangled Light in Bose-Einstein Condensates

(PhysOrg.com) -- When physicists entangle light, they usually use nonlinear crystals as the source. However, it’s difficult to control the entanglement generation process in a bulk crystal, and so scientists ...

Physics / General Physics

created Apr 08, 2009 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (16) | comments 13 feature

Internet Growth Follows Moore's Law Too

(PhysOrg.com) -- Originally, Moore’s Law described the number of transistors that can fit on an integrated circuit, which doubles approximately every 18 months. Now, a team of researchers from China has discovered ...

Physics / General Physics

created Jan 14, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (25) | comments 11 feature


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