News tagged with space dimensions
Physicists continue work to abolish time as fourth dimension of space
(Phys.org) -- Philosophers have debated the nature of time long before Einstein and modern physics. But in the 106 years since Einstein, the prevailing view in physics has been that time serves as the fourth ...
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Primordial weirdness: Did the early universe have 1 dimension?
(PhysOrg.com) -- Did the early universe have just one spatial dimension? That's the mind-boggling concept at the heart of a theory that University at Buffalo physicist Dejan Stojkovic and colleagues proposed in 2010.
Apr 20, 2011 |
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Who cares about the fourth dimension?
Austrian scientists are trying to understand the mysteries of the holographic principle: How many dimensions are there in our universe?
Feb 03, 2009 |
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Metamaterials used to mimic the Big Crunch
Spacetime analogs is an emerging field of physics in which scientists investigate systems having mathematical links with general relativity, and test their theories about the early behavior of the universe. The latest in ...
Jul 29, 2011 |
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Equivalence principle in space test
Since Galileo Galilei and Newton, the assumption is valid that inert and heavy mass are equivalent. This is, however, questioned by new physical theories such as the String theory. Now, the equivalence principle ...
May 11, 2009 |
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