Items tagged with physics

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Einstein Was Right, McGill Physicists Say Friday, July 4th, 2008 - 18:45:33 - Anuradha Menon Researchers at McGill University’s Department of Physics - along with colleagues from several countries - have confirmed a long-held prediction of... read more

Fusion Reactor Faces Growing Costs Tuesday, June 10th, 2008 - 20:44:53 - Ehud Rattner A massive international nuclear fusion experiment planned for Cadarache, France, is set to cost up to 30% more than anticipated and be delayed by as... read more

Xenon: Not So Noble Saturday, May 24th, 2008 - 12:39:26 - Ehud Rattner Xenon has more claims to fame than just being the only element beginning with the letter x. It is also part of a curmudgeonly group of elements, the... read more

First Room-Temperature T-rays Laser Source Thursday, May 22nd, 2008 - 10:41:13 - Iddo Genuth Engineers and applied physicists from Harvard University have demonstrated the first room-temperature electrically-pumped semiconductor laser source... read more

Why Quantum Mechanics Might Be Wrong Friday, May 16th, 2008 - 18:48:56 - Ehud Rattner The question of whether quantum mechanics is correct could soon be settled by observing the sky — and there are already tantalizing hints that the... read more

New Brighter Lasers on the Way Wednesday, April 23rd, 2008 - 16:17:02 - Iddo Genuth Scientists and engineers across Europe have joined forces in a collaborative effort to develop a new generation of high-brightness lasers. The 16.25m... read more

Recent Dark Matter Claims Disputed Wednesday, April 23rd, 2008 - 10:10:53 - Iddo Genuth Physicists remain skeptical about claims made last week that dark matter has been detected at a laboratory in Italy, insisting that the data need to... read more

Existence of Dark Matter Proved? Sunday, April 20th, 2008 - 14:41:39 - Iddo Genuth An Italian team on Wednesday renewed its claim to have discovered evidence for the existence of dark matter, the invisible material that makes up the... read more

Father of Chaos Theory Dies at 90 Thursday, April 17th, 2008 - 18:05:40 - Iddo Genuth Edward Lorenz, an MIT meteorologist who tried to explain why it is so hard to make good weather forecasts and wound up unleashing a scientific... read more

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