At the Large Hadron Collider at CERN protons crash into each other at incredibly high energies in order to 'smash' the protons and to study the elementary particles of nature - including quarks. Quarks are found in each proton ...
General Physics
Sep 27, 2010
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A new way of analyzing grids of numbers known as matrices could improve signal-processing applications and data-compression schemes.
Mathematics
Jul 29, 2010
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When American space pioneer, Dr Robert L Forward, proposed in 1984 a way of greatly improving satellite telecommunications using a new family of orbits, some claimed it was impossible.
Space Exploration
Jul 26, 2010
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Engineers help smaller processors outperform a single superfast processor by working more efficiently in parallel.
Computer Sciences
Jul 7, 2010
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We are told there's nothing easier than riding a bike. The reality is when it comes to staying upright, there is nothing more complicated. The mathematical formula which explains the motion of a bicycle looks like it could ...
Mathematics
Jun 27, 2010
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Physicists at the University of Sydney have brought silicon chips closer to performing all-optical computing and information processing that could overcome the speed limitations intrinsic to electronics, ...
Optics & Photonics
Jun 20, 2010
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Scientists have found that the ocean temperature at the earth's polar extremes has a significant impact thousands of miles away at the equator.
Earth Sciences
Jun 17, 2010
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The Shimizu Corporation, a Japanese construction firm, has recently proposed a plan to harness solar energy on a larger scale than almost any previously proposed concept. Their ambitious plan involves building ...
(PhysOrg.com) -- Two University of Pennsylvania mathematicians have found solutions to a 140-year-old, 7-dimensional equation that were not known to exist for more than a century despite its widespread use in modeling the ...
Mathematics
May 13, 2010
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Two pages of the original manuscript of Albert Einstein's famed "General Theory of Relativity" were unveiled Thursday at Shanghai's World Expo, state media reported.
General Physics
May 6, 2010
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