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Prince Rupert’s Drop: The Curious Properties of a Molten Glass Blob Dropped in Cold Water
Destin from Smarter Every Day stopped by Orbix Hot Glass in Fort Payne, Alabama to explore a fascinating phenomenon called a Prince Rupert’s Drop. Apparently when molten hot glass is dropped in cold water it forms an object that’s almost completely impervious to brute force, even a sold hammer strike to the center of the teardrop-like shape won’t break the glass.
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The Growth Of Cities, Predicted By The Laws Of Physics
Physics can help us model everything from cell growth to the movement of planets. Apparently, it also understands how cities live and die.
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Giant laser could arrange particles into enormous space telescope
Sometimes scientists present stuff that just seems to hit a trifecta of awesomeness. In these cases, after I have finished giggling uncontrollably and making the guy next to me nervous, I start thinking about how I might describe it to others. Without further ado, let me present the trifecta of awesomeness
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How the Higgs Boson Was Found
Before the elusive particle could be discovered—a smashing success—it had to be imagined
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A New Thermodynamics Theory of the Origin of Life
An MIT physicist has proposed the provocative idea that life exists because the law of increasing entropy drives matter to acquire lifelike physical properties.
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CERN Scientists Create Antihydrogen Atoms
Physicists from CERN's ASACUSA project say they have produced at least 80 atoms of antihydrogen.
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Stephen Hawking: 'There are no black holes'
Notion of an 'event horizon', from which nothing can escape, is incompatible with quantum theory, physicist claims.
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Kazakh mathematician may have solved $1 million puzzle
Mathematics may be a universal language but a possible proof of a fiendish problem is proving hard to evaluate – partly because it isn't written in English.
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Physicists say energy can be teleported 'without a limit of distance'
A team of physicists has proposed a way of teleporting energy over long distances. The technique, which is purely theoretical at this point, takes advantage of the strange quantum phenomenon of entanglement where two particles share the same existence.
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The Quantum Mechanics of Fate
How time travel might explain some of science’s biggest puzzles.
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NASA to Create Coldest Known Location in the Universe
NASA researchers, led by Project Scientist for the proposed project known as the Cold Atom Lab, Rob Thompson, are reportedly planning to create the coldest known location in the universe. The desire for ever-colder temperatures for experimentation among physicists has been ongoing for more than 100 years and this team of NASA scientists hopes to take a major leap forward with this project.
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Three Ways an Astronaut Could Fall Into a Black Hole
Black holes are shrouded in mystery, with recent research only deepening scientists' understanding of how strange they must be. The challenge of nailing down the nature of black holes has returned to the news, with renowned physicist Stephen Hawking saying recently that "there are no black holes"—at least not how we've thought of them.
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Diamond Defect Boosts Quantum Technology
New research shows that a remarkable defect in synthetic diamond produced by chemical vapor deposition allows researchers to measure, witness, and potentially manipulate electrons in a manner that could lead to new “quantum technology” for information processing.
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Graphene conducts electricity ten times better than expected
Physicists have produced nanoribbons of graphene — the single-atom-thick carbon — that conduct electrons better than theory predicted even for the most idealized form of the material. The finding could help graphene realize its promise in high-end electronics, where researchers have long hoped it could outperform traditional materials such as silicon.
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Every Black Hole Contains Another Universe, Claims New Study
In modern science, the prevailing opinion supposes that whatever falls into a black hole disappears forever and breaks apart into the component parts. However, a new theory states that black holes do not destroy the matter but rather are a kind of exit gate which lead to other universes just like our own.
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How fast do black holes spin?
There is nothing in the Universe more awe inspiring or mysterious than a black hole. Because of their massive gravity and ability to absorb even light, they defy our attempts to understand them. All their secrets hide behind the veil of the event horizon.
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Are We Living in a Black Hole?
Some astrophysicists think our universe owes its origin to a monster black hole, wherein we reside today.
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Big bang birthday: Six mysteries of a cosmic bombshell
In 1964, a pair of engineers at Bell Labs in New Jersey tried to build a better antenna and ended up uncovering the origins of the universe. After ruling out city noise, nuclear bombs and pigeon poop, Arno Penzias and Robert Wilson argued that a strange radio hiss in their readings was the first confirmed signal of the cosmic microwave background. This relic glow emerged as a result of the big bang and now permeates the universe.
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Scientists complete the top quark puzzle
Scientists on the CDF and DZero experiments at the U.S. Department of Energy's Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory have announced that they have found the final predicted way of creating a top quark, completing a picture of this particle nearly 20 years in the making.
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The atomic clocks that keep satellites and your smartphone on time
The US Naval Observatory is home to a set of incredibly precise atomic clocks that record America's official time. Its clocks are relied upon for a vast range of functions, from providing the time on your smartphone lock screen to keeping GPS satellites accurate in their calculations. The clocks, and the service they provide, are presided over by Dr. Demetrios Matsakis, chief scientist for the observatory's time services department.
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