French doctor and researcher Marthe Gautier, who died over the weekend, was one of a long line of women scientists who greatly contributed to scientific discovery only to see the credit go to their male colleagues.
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In physics, as in life, it's always good to look at things from different perspectives.
Condensed Matter
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A new and surprising duality has been discovered in theoretical particle physics. The duality exists between two types of scattering processes that can occur in the proton collisions made in the Large Hadron Collider at CERN ...
General Physics
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Albert Einstein constructed equations of general relativity by adopting Riemann geometry. In addition to the key role it played in mathematics and physics, Riemann geometry has provided predictions for the properties of curved ...
Nanomaterials
Apr 4, 2022
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Researchers from the UAB, IFAE and University College London propose using the variations in distance between the Earth and the moon, which can be measured with a precision of less than a centimeter, as a new gravitational ...
General Physics
Mar 17, 2022
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What do mathematicians and pie fans have in common? A love for March 14.
Mathematics
Mar 14, 2022
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Einstein's theory of general relativity holds that a massive body like Earth curves space-time, causing time to slow as you approach the object—so a person on top of a mountain ages a tiny bit faster than someone at sea ...
General Physics
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When light hits a material, electrons can be released from this material—the photoelectric effect. Although this effect played a major role in the development of the quantum theory, it still holds a number of secrets: To ...
Quantum Physics
Feb 10, 2022
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The "Doomsday Clock," representing the judgment of leading science and security experts about perils to human existence, remains at 100 seconds to midnight this year, with advances like Covid-19 vaccines balanced by rising ...
Environment
Jan 20, 2022
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In 1922, Australia was even more remote from the rest of the world than it is today. But when it came to astronomy, that year it was the center of everyone's attention.
Astronomy
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