News tagged with parallel universes

Quantum cats are hard to see

Are there parallel universes? And how will we know? This is one of many fascinations people hold about quantum physics. Researchers from the universities of Calgary and Waterloo in Canada and the University ...

Physics / Quantum Physics

created Dec 16, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (17) | comments 319 | with audio podcast

Playing with parallel universes: New season of 'Fringe' focuses on science of choice

There are moments in everyone's life where a decision is made that affects everything that comes after it. Making a different choice long ago may have changed your life as well as your personality forever.

Other Sciences / Other

created Sep 21, 2010 | popularity 3.4 / 5 (5) | comments 0

Physicists Calculate Number of Parallel Universes

(PhysOrg.com) -- Over the past few decades, the idea that our universe could be one of many alternate universes within a giant multiverse has grown from a sci-fi fantasy into a legitimate theoretical possibility. ...

Physics / General Physics

created Oct 16, 2009 | popularity 3.2 / 5 (83) | comments 58 weblog




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Cosmic calculations: Advance will help astrophysicists explore where stars are born

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 bo ...

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created May 31, 2012 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Social networks play emerging role in Mexico election

Online social networks, a newcomer in Mexican elections, are making a mark on the country's presidential campaign, forcing candidates to respond to issues and protests enabled by the Internet.

Technology / Internet

created May 28, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

High-speed method to aid search for solar energy storage catalysts

Eons ago, nature solved the problem of converting solar energy to fuels by inventing the process of photosynthesis.

Chemistry / Materials Science

created May 25, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 4 | with audio podcast

Malware intelligence system enables organizations to share threat information

As malware threats expand into new domains and increasingly focus on industrial espionage, Georgia Tech researchers are launching a new weapon to help battle the threats: a malware intelligence system that ...

Technology / Computer Sciences

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

Scientists invent revolutionary chipset for high-speed wireless data transfer

Here is a new microchip that can transfer data the size of 80 MP3 song files (or 250 megabytes) wirelessly between mobile devices, in the flick of a second. Or how about transferring a typical 2-hour, 8-gigabyte DVD movie ...

Technology / Semiconductors

created May 24, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 4

Hall effect at the speed of light: How can you demonstrate relativistic effects with your mobile phone?

The relativistic Hall effect describing objects rotating at speeds comparable with the speed of light has been reported.

Physics / General Physics

created May 21, 2012 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 8

Unique gold earring found in intriguing collection of ancient jewelry in Israel

Researchers from Tel Aviv University have recently discovered a collection of gold and silver jewelry, dated from around 1100 B.C., hidden in a vessel at the archaeological site of Tel Megiddo in the Jezreel ...

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created May 21, 2012 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (5) | comments 0

Wrinkle-traveling Clothbot makes its IEEE debut (w/ Video)

(Phys.org) -- As any gathering of scientists working with robots will suggest, attempts toward perfecting techniques and outcomes of grasping and maneuvering are key issues for researchers working on climbing robots. At ...

Electronics / Robotics

created May 19, 2012 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (4) | comments 2 | with audio podcast weblog

America expands once again -- digitally, this time

(AP) -- The metaphor is an easy one, overused and perhaps even a bit overwrought. We are forging forward into a digital frontier, leaving convention behind, traveling without guides into an uncharted virtual ...

Technology / Other

created May 19, 2012 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (6) | comments 1

Friendly Fungi: Elucidating the fungal biosynthesis of stipitatic acid

(Phys.org) -- In a tale worthy of Sherlock Holmes, scientists in the School of Chemistry at the University of Bristol, UK have solved a biochemical mystery that had previously proven elusive for 70 years: ...

Biology / Biotechnology

created May 18, 2012 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 1 | with audio podcast feature


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