Physics
Bread Dropped By Bird Causes Problems for LHC
[/caption] Yes, this headline appears to be true. A bird dropping a piece of bread onto outdoor machinery has been…
Solving the Mystery of Cosmic Rays’ Origins
What accelerates cosmic rays to nearly the speed of light? Astronomer have pondered that question for nearly 100 years, and…
Particles Injected into Large Hadron Collider
[/caption] The Large Hadron Collider reached an important milestone last weekend as a beam of ions was injected into the…
Top Questions That Keep Physicists Awake at Night
[/caption] We all have things that keep us up at night, as we try to solve the problems in our…
Your CCD Camera Just Won a Nobel Prize
[/caption] Well, actually, the people who invented the first successful imaging technology using a digital sensor, called a CCD (Charge-Coupled…
New Way to Measure Curvature of Space Could Unite Gravity Theory
[/caption] Einstein's general theory of relativity describes gravity in terms of the geometry of both space and time. Far from…
What is Entropy?
Perhaps there's no better way to understand entropy than to grasp the second law of thermodynamics, and vice versa. This…
What If There Is Only One Universe?
When it comes to universes, perhaps one is enough after all. Many theories in physics and cosmology require the existence…
Is Everything Made of Mini Black Holes?
In 1971 physicist Stephen Hawking suggested that there might be "mini" black holes all around us that were created by…
Is a Nearby Object in Space Beaming Cosmic Rays at Earth?
[/caption] Data from several different space and ground based observatories imply the presence of a nearby object that is beaming…