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Scientists Probe Mysteries of Glass

A glass sculpture called 'The Sun' at the Gardens of Glass exhibition in Kew Gardens, London, made from 1,000 separate glass objects by Dale Chihuly (Adrian Pingstone)
Feb 27, 2013 by Sergio Prostak

Researchers at Yale University and the Texas Tech University have found a way of predicting whether a given glass will be ductile or brittle. A glass sculpture called ‘The Sun’ at the Gardens of Glass exhibition in Kew Gardens, London, made from 1,000 separate glass objects by Dale Chihuly (Adrian Pingstone) “Most of us think of glasses as brittle, but our finding shows that any glass can be made ductile or brittle,” said Prof...

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What University of Leicester physics students suggest hyperspace travel would really look like (University of Leicester)

Research Sheds Some Light on Hyperspace Travel

Jan 15, 2013 by Sergio Prostak

According to physics students from the University of Leicester, the United Kingdom, space travelers would not see the light from stars stretching past...

A beam of protons enters the LHCb detector on the left, creating a B0s particle, which decays into two muons - purple tracks crossing the whole detector (LHCb / CERN)

LHC Physicists Observe Ultra-Rare Particle Decay

Nov 14, 2012 by Sergio Prostak

An international team of scientists using the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN has observed for the first time one of the rarest particle decays ever...

This collage shows official bullion coins of the United States: the American Gold Eagle and the American Silver Eagle, in false colors (United States Mint / Sci-News.com)

Red Silver, Green Gold? New Nanotechnology ‘Says’ Yes

Oct 24, 2012 by Sergio Prostak

British scientists have found a way of changing the color of metals including gold, silver and aluminium. This collage shows official bullion coins of...

Albert Einstein

Mathematicians Extend Einstein’s Theory of Special Relativity beyond Light Speed

Oct 10, 2012 by Sergio Prostak

Mathematicians from University of Adelaide, Australia, have extended the theory of special relativity to work beyond the speed of light. Einstein’s...

Experimentally measured, left, and simulated Landau level 1 (University of Warwick)

Physicists Capture First-Ever Images of Landau Levels

Oct 3, 2012 by Sergio Prostak

For the first time ever, an international team of physicists has directly imaged Landau levels – the quantum levels that determine electron behavior...

This image shows two focal plane detectors used in the experiments at the RIKEN Nishina Center for Accelerator-based Science (RIKEN)

Japanese Scientists in Quest for Element 113

Oct 1, 2012 by Sergio Prostak

Physicists at the RIKEN Nishina Center for Accelerator-based Science, Japan, have obtained the most unambiguous data to date on the elusive 113th atomic...

An artist's concept of the expansion of the Universe (NASA / WMAP Science Team)

Australian Study Challenges Big Bang Theory

Aug 25, 2012 by Sergio Prostak

A team of theoretical physicists at the University of Melbourne and RMIT University has proposed that the start of the Universe should be modeled not as...

A schematic diagram shows Majorana particles as they might line up in two opposing magnetic fields, red, that interact with a superconducting topological insulator, blue (Neupert et al / The American Physical Society)

Physicists Probe Mystery of Majorana Fermion

Aug 2, 2012 by Sergio Prostak

Theoretical physicists at Dartmouth College in Hanover, New Hampshire, are on the track of an exotic, subatomic particle, whose existence was first predicted...

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