Mon Feb 24 08:26:03 2025 (*097dfbf6*):: https://www.essentiafoundation.org/enter-experimental-metaphysics/reading/ +public! *** Enter Experimental Metaphysics *** Essentia Foundation’s Hans Busstra visited Vienna to attend a conference on the foundations of quantum mechanics, and interview physicists on the metaphysical implications of quantum mechanics. In this essay, he argues that what is called ‘experimental metaphysics’ might be at the heart […]
Mon Jan 13 07:17:38 2025 (*097dfbf6*):: we might need a math channel https://www.quantamagazine.org/rational-or-not-this-basic-math-question-took-decades-to-answer-20250108/ +public! *** Rational or Not? This Basic Math Question Took Decades to Answer. | Quanta Magazine *** It’s surprisingly difficult to prove one of the most basic properties of a number: whether it can be written as a fraction. A broad new […]
Mon Nov 18 01:27:10 2024 (*097dfbf6*):: https://scitechdaily.com/lasers-that-cast-shadows-physics-takes-a-surprising-turn/ +public! If this is possible, it should work with sound too. You could probably create an invisible acoustic boundary with a 2D mesh of acoustic lasers that bounces signals back, isolating sound for music festival stages *** Lasers That Cast Shadows? Physics Takes a Surprising Turn *** Laser […]
Sun Nov 3 03:55:37 2024 (*097dfbf6*):: https://www.quantamagazine.org/it-might-be-possible-to-detect-gravitons-after-all-20241030/ +public! *** It Might Be Possible to Detect Gravitons After All | Quanta Magazine *** A new experimental proposal suggests detecting a particle of gravity is far easier than anyone imagined. Now physicists are debating what it would really prove. *** Quanta Magazine (*097dfbf6*):: ^ I think I […]
Fri Sep 27 23:58:20 2024 (*097dfbf6*):: new alternative to electronics just dropped https://scitechdaily.com/quantum-twist-orbitronics-emerges-as-energy-efficient-tech-of-tomorrow/ +public! *** Quantum Twist: Orbitronics Emerges As Energy-Efficient Tech of Tomorrow *** Discovery of orbital angular momentum monopoles boosts the emerging field of orbitronics, an energy-efficient alternative to electronics. Orbital angular momentum monopoles have been the subject of great theoretical interest as […]
Mon Sep 23 03:08:05 2024 (*4cfb807c*):: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-03099-6 *** Mathematicians discover new class of shape seen throughout nature *** ‘Soft cells’ — shapes with rounded corners and pointed tips that fit together on a plane — feature in onions, molluscs and more. *** Nature (*097dfbf6*):: +public!
Thu Aug 22 20:45:55 2024 (*097dfbf6*):: https://interestingengineering.com/energy/us-breaks-fusion-reactor-heat-barrier +public! *** Princeton Lab perfects lithium vapor cave in a nuclear fusion leap *** Scientists at PPPL have developed innovative solutions to manage the intense heat generated within fusion reactors. *** Interesting Engineering
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Thu Aug 8 17:39:35 2024 (*097dfbf6*):: mayo as plasma https://interestingengineering.com/energy/mayonnaise-may-unlock-never-unstable-nuclear-fusion +public! *** Mayonnaise may unlock secret to ‘never unstable’ nuclear fusion *** Scientists are using mayonnaise to study plasma behavior and instability, potentially leading to breakthroughs in nuclear fusion research. *** Interesting Engineering
Wed Jul 10 00:52:02 2024 (*097dfbf6*):: Light black holes cancelled, news at 11 https://www.livescience.com/space/black-holes/study-finds-black-holes-made-from-light-are-impossible-challenging-einsteins-theory-of-relativity +public! *** Study finds black holes made from light are impossible — challenging Einstein’s theory of relativity *** New theoretical research finds that it’s impossible to form a black hole with the energy of light particles alone, poking a hole in […]
Thu Jul 4 06:10:37 2024 (*097dfbf6*):: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-riemann-hypothesis-the-biggest-problem-in-mathematics-is-a-step-closer/ +public! *** The Biggest Problem in Mathematics Is Finally a Step Closer to Being Solved *** Number theorists have been trying to prove a conjecture about the distribution of prime numbers for more than 160 years *** Scientific American
Fri Apr 19 21:39:54 2024 (*097dfbf6*):: https://futurism.com/the-byte/universe-materials-move-faster-than-light +public! *** Physicists Suggest Universe Is Full of Material Moving Faster Than Light *** Dark matter may in fact be made up of light-barrier breaking particles called tachyons, the researchers posit. *** Futurism
Mon Apr 15 04:16:44 2024 (*097dfbf6*):: https://x.com/BrianRoemmele/status/1779645646162772113 +public! *** Brian Roemmele (@BrianRoemmele) on X *** Sonoluminescence: the researchers collapse an underwater bubble with a sound wave and light is produced. There are no clear theories why. *** X (formerly Twitter) oamSGibsOwkR6uzc.jpglarge
Sun Apr 14 05:10:25 2024 (*097dfbf6*):: tesseract mirror projection (*097dfbf6*):: +public!
Wed Apr 10 22:11:57 2024 (*097dfbf6*):: hmm some new physics https://physics.aps.org/articles/v17/s37 +public! *** Evidence of a New Subatomic Particle *** A signal from the decay products of a meson—a quark and an antiquark—comes from two subatomic particles and not one, as previously thought. *** Physics
Mon Feb 12 04:25:04 2024 (*6952cd93*):: https://www.quantamagazine.org/maze-proof-establishes-a-backbone-for-statistical-mechanics-20240207/ +public! *** Maze Proof Establishes a ‘Backbone’ for Statistical Mechanics | Quanta Magazine *** Four mathematicians have estimated the chances that there’s a clear path through a random maze. *** Quanta Magazine
Wed Jan 17 07:27:19 2024 (*6952cd93*):: the cosmological principle is on the precipice of failure https://www.sciencealert.com/giant-structure-found-lurking-in-deep-space-challenges-understanding-of-the-universe +public! *** Giant Structure Found Lurking in Deep Space Challenges Understanding of The Universe *** A colossal structure in the distant Universe is defying our understanding of how the Universe evolved. *** ScienceAlert
Thu Oct 26 02:59:18 2023 (*6952cd93*):: https://www.photonics.com/Articles/Quasiparticle_Light_Source_Could_Rival/a69416 +public! *** Quasiparticle Light Source Could Rival Super-Brightness of FELs *** An international team of scientists is rethinking the principles of radiation physics, with the goal of creating super-bright light sources that are c *** photonics.com (*6952cd93*):: ^ they’re saying these quasiparticles are unbounded by the speed of […]
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Sat Sep 9 20:26:10 2023 (*4297a328*):: (*6952cd93*):: it’s cool how holographic principle and simulation theory are so connected +public! (*6952cd93*):: “it from bit” (*37855b6e*):: It from Bit to Tits