News tagged with relative
Testing relativity in the lab
Even Albert Einstein might have been impressed. His theory of general relativity, which describes how the gravity of a massive object, such as a star, can curve space and time, has been successfully used to ...
Jul 20, 2009 |
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Researcher Investigates the Basis of Einstein's First Approximation in the Theory of Relativity
(PhysOrg.com) -- In his discussion of accelerated motion on page 60 of The Meaning of Relativity, Albert Einstein made an approximation that allowed him to develop the theory of relativity further. Einstein apparently never ...
Jul 15, 2009 |
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Harvard scientist says we are what we eat -- and what we cook
"You are what you eat." Can these pithy words explain the evolution of the human species?
Jun 01, 2009 |
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Celebrating gravity’s light-bending landmark
(PhysOrg.com) -- Today Oxford University scientists are joining in a special celebration of the first test of Albert Einstein’s theory of gravity on the remote African island where the ground-breaking experiment ...
May 29, 2009 |
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Theorists Reveal Path to True Muonium
(PhysOrg.com) -- True muonium, a long-theorized but never-seen atom, might be observed in future experiments, thanks to recent theoretical work by researchers at the Department of Energy's SLAC National Accelerator ...
May 29, 2009 |
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Why can we talk? 'Humanized' mice speak volumes
Mice carrying a "humanized version" of a gene believed to influence speech and language may not actually talk, but they nonetheless do have a lot to say about our evolutionary past, according to a report in the May 29th issue ...
May 28, 2009 |
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LIDAR system offers peerless precision in remote measurements
By combining the best of two different distance measurement approaches with a super-accurate technology called an optical frequency comb, researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology have built a laser ...
May 24, 2009 |
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Stephen Hawking expected to recover from infection
(AP) -- The family of physicist Stephen Hawking expects him to recover fully from a chest infection that has left him hospitalized, Cambridge University said Tuesday.
Apr 21, 2009 |
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The role of inbreeding in the extinction of the Spanish Habsburg dynasty
The powerful Habsburg dynasty ruled Spain and its empire from 1516 to 1700 but when King Charles II died in 1700 without any children from his two marriages, the male line died out and the French Bourbon dynasty came to power ...
Apr 15, 2009 |
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In Memoriam: Martin J. Klein, Historian of Modern Physics, Edited Einstein Papers
(PhysOrg.com) -- Martin Jesse Klein, a historian of modern physics and former senior editor of "The Collected Papers of Albert Einstein," passed away on March 28. He was 84 years old.
Apr 10, 2009 |
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Spacetime May Have Fractal Properties on a Quantum Scale
(PhysOrg.com) -- Usually, we think of spacetime as being four-dimensional, with three dimensions of space and one dimension of time. However, this Euclidean perspective is just one of many possible multi-dimensional ...
Mar 25, 2009 |
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New EINSTEIN@HOME effort launched: home computers to search Arecibo data for new pulsars
Einstein@Home, based at the University of Wisconsin--Milwaukee (UWM) and the Albert Einstein Institute (AEI) in Germany, is one of the world's largest public volunteer distributed computing projects. More ...
Mar 24, 2009 |
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After the collapse: Scientists observe the largest exploding star yet seen
Scientists from the Weizmann Institute of Science and San Diego State University managed to observe a super-sized supernova explosion from start to finish, including the black hole ending.
Mar 23, 2009 |
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Black Holes: Eternal Prisons No More, Stephen Hawking's Lecture
Celebrated physicist, Stephen Hawking, delivered an inspiring speech to a full house in Bovard Auditorium on March 10. USC College Dean Howard Gillman kicked off the event by introducing Nick Warner, professor ...
Mar 16, 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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