News tagged with universal law

Penn astrophysicists zero in on gravity theory

(Phys.org) -- Most people take gravity for granted. But for University of Pennsylvania astrophysicist Bhuvnesh Jain, the nature of gravity is the question of a lifetime. As scientists have been able to see ...

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created May 11, 2012 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (39) | comments 255 | with audio podcast

Nature's laws may vary across the Universe

(PhysOrg.com) -- One of the laws of nature may vary across the Universe, according to a study published today in the journal Physical Review Letters.

Physics / General Physics

created Oct 31, 2011 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (56) | comments 119 | with audio podcast

The future law of the sea [research]

What is the legal basis for the Law of the Sea Convention 1982 in building the universal law of the sea? And can the State-Parties Consensus Decision-Making’ be a new law-making technique for the law of the sea? Certainly ...

Other Sciences / Other

created Aug 08, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Galaxy sized twist in time pulls violating particles back into line

(PhysOrg.com) -- University of Warwick physicist has produced a galaxy sized solution which explains one of the outstanding puzzles of particle physics, while leaving the door open to the related conundrum ...

Physics / General Physics

created Jul 14, 2011 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (39) | comments 84 | with audio podcast

God did not create Universe: Hawking

God no longer has any place in theories on the creation of the Universe due to a series of developments in physics, British scientist Stephen Hawking said in extracts published Thursday from a new book.

Other Sciences / Other

created Sep 02, 2010 | popularity 3.9 / 5 (75) | comments 673

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

Scientists explain mystery of observed turbulent density fluctuations in interplanetary space

(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists at The University of Alabama in Huntsville have developed a three-dimensional simulation model to understand behavior of interplanetary charged particles in space.

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Oct 28, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 2

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