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Whip Cracking Mystery Explained

Professor Alain Goriely might not be Calamity Jane riding the Deadwood Stage but he could just be one of the first people to truly understand what makes a "whip crack-away".
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Cool Tungsten May Light Bulbs

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Physical sciences news // 13 May, 2002 10:37:58
 Tungsten-filament bulbs — the most widely used light source in the world — burn hands if unscrewed while lit. The bulbs are infamous for generating more heat than light.

US Lab Reports Desktop Fusion, Results Disputed

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Physical sciences news // 10 March, 2002 04:19:12
 An international team of scientists recently reported that nuclear fusion may have occured in an experiment involving collapsing bubbles in liquids at room temperature. The results are disputed.

Black Hole Mystery Mimicked By Supercomputer

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Physical sciences news // 11 February, 2002 11:07:03
 Advanced supercomputers have simulated extremely powerful energy jets squirted out by black holes, the most exotic and powerful objects in the Universe.

Americans, German Share Physics Prize

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Physical sciences news // 11 October, 2001 12:47:40
 The Nobel Prize in physics for 2001 was shared between two Americans and a German physicist.

Nobel Physics Prize to Be Announced

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Physical sciences news // 08 October, 2001 05:07:31
 The winner(s) of the Nobel Prize in physics will be announced today.

Quantum Computing Explored

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Physical sciences news // 12 September, 2001 03:10:46
 American computer scientists are studying the possibility to build a super fast computer based on quantum physics.

Researchers Probe 'Buckyballs'

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Physical sciences news // 30 August, 2001 09:46:44
 Researchers have found a way to make carbon ``buckyballs' conduct electricity with extreme efficiency at warmer temperatures, a finding that could lead to new types of ultrafast computers.

Study: Light Speed May Have Changed

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Physical sciences news // 15 August, 2001 05:07:48
 New observations from the world's biggest telescope indicate that one of nature's supposedly immutable constants has changed over the 15 billion-year history of the universe.

Physicists Study Matter, Antimatter

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Physical sciences news // 09 July, 2001 10:15:06
 Physicists have taken some of the most precise measurements so far of the behavior of matter and antimatter, and their findings could help explain why the universe is filled with something rather than nothing.

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