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Satellite to test Einstein predictions
(CNN) A satellite designed to test two fundamental predictions made by Albert Einstein about the universe is ready for launch, 45 years after it was first proposed, NASA and Stanford University officials said Friday.
Submitted on Apr 3, 2004 by tormod
New particle is double trouble for physicists
(New Scientist) The mysterious new particle may be the first of a new family of twinned sub-atomic particles - if not existing theory still requires a re-think
Submitted on Nov 17, 2003 by Noah
Nobel honours super-science
(New Scientist) Russians Alexei Abrikosov and Vitaly Ginzburg, and the UK-American Anthony Leggett have won the 2003 Nobel Prize in physics for pioneering contributions to the theory of superconductors and superfluids.
Submitted on Oct 7, 2003 by tormod
Coolest thing in the Universe revealed
(New Scientist) A tiny cloud of sodium atoms has been chilled to within half a billionth of a degree of absolute zero
Submitted on Sep 12, 2003 by Noah
Quantum logic gate lights up
(PhysicsWeb) Physicists in the US have taken another important step towards making a quantum computer. Duncan Steel of the University of Michigan and co-workers have created a logic gate using two electron-hole pairs - also known as "excitons" - in a quantum dot.
Submitted on Aug 10, 2003 by tormod
Archaeology turns to superconductivity
(PhysicsWeb) Researchers from Israel have developed a new way to date archaeological objects that is based on superconductivity. The new technique relies on measuring the magnetic signal from lead - which was widely used in antiquity - in samples that have been cooled to cryogenic temperatures.
Submitted on Aug 7, 2003 by tormod
Nuclear physicists confirm element 110 discovery
(Physicsweb) The production of an element that has already been seen in three different laboratories would not normally be newsworthy. However, confirmation that element 110 can be made in collisions between lead and nickel nuclei is noteworthy given the recent scandal over element 118.
Submitted on Jul 9, 2003 by tormod
Key sub-atomic particle slips away again
(New Scientist) Pinning down the Higgs boson is crucial to understanding why things have mass - but new predictions dash hopes for at least six years.
Submitted on Jun 30, 2003 by jenny
Editor Berkeley Lab Physicist Challenges Speed of Gravity Claim
(Berkeley Lab) Albert Einstein may have been right that gravity travels at the same speed as light but, contrary to a claim made earlier this year, the theory has not yet been proven. A scientist at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) says the announcement by two scientists, widely reported this past January, about the speed of gravity was wrong.
Submitted on Jun 23, 2003 by tormod
Trapped ions make logic gates
(PhysicsWeb) Quantum computing has moved another step forward as two independent research groups report the creation of logic gates using pairs of trapped ions. The scientists - based in the US and Austria - have demonstrated new techniques that involve the quantum control of "entangled" ions.
Submitted on Mar 26, 2003 by tormod
