Jul 27 2011
Monster Waves Behind Sun’s Coronal Heating Mystery?
Powerful Alfvén waves have been detected deep inside the sun's atmosphere, possibly explaining why the solar atmosphere is so hot.
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Jul 22 2011
Searching for Rain Under the Radar
Missing the rain? Meteorologists are too.
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Jul 20 2011
Device Cloaks Time
Cornell professors created a hole in time using the temporal equivalent of an invisibility cloak.
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Jul 02 2011
We May Not Live in a Hologram After All
By analyzing the gamma-rays emitted by a gamma ray burst, a European satellite may have inadvertently found evidence contradicting the holographic universe hypothesis.
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Jun 05 2011
Fermilab’s ‘Bump Hunters’ See Hints of New Particle
Physicists at Fermilab's Tevatron particle accelerator have detected the potential signal from an unpredicted new particle. Is this a sign of "new physics"? Or is it a dud?
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May 26 2011
Does Quantum Theory Explain Consciousness?
Just because consciousness is a mystery and quantum theory is mysterious, it doesn't mean they're connected.
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May 26 2011
Does Quantum Theory Explain Consciousness?
Just because consciousness is a mystery and quantum theory is mysterious, it doesn't mean they're connected.
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May 24 2011
LHC Smashes Particle Collision Record
The rate of particle collisions in the world's largest particle accelerator has multiplied 10-fold in the space of a month.
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May 21 2011
Future Computers May Be DNA-Based
Researchers manipulate DNA strands to solve computational problems.
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May 19 2011
NASA Installs Cosmic Ray Hunter on Space Station
A new tool to look at the universe debuted Thursday, with the installation of the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer, nicknamed AMS, on the International Space Station.
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