Looking for a powerful particle accelerator? There’s one near earth
Researchers discover collisionless shock waves as cosmic engines accelerating subatomic particles in space to extreme speeds.
Sweet as Pi: Celebrating Einstein's birthday with a slice of math
March 14 is often celebrated at Pi Day, but it's also the birthday of one of our greatest scientists whose work impacts us ...
Quantum technologies are changing our world – what does NZ need to be part of the next revolution?
An electron, which we tend to think of as a particle, can have wave-like properties. Light, which we consider a wave, can ...
The man behind Microsoft’s decadeslong quest to build a quantum computer
But the climb toward a workable quantum device continues. Nearly all major tech companies are working to build a practica ...
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NASA pulls another life-saving maneuver for Voyager from 15 billion miles away
Voyager 1 crossed into interstellar space in 2012, followed by Voyager 2 in 2018, making them the only spacecraft to operate ...
Quantum entanglement sensors could test quantum gravity
Ask almost any physicist what the most frustrating problem is in modern-day physics, and they will likely say the discrepancy between general relativity and quantum mechanics. That discrepancy has ...
Novel technique manipulates water waves to precisely control floating objects
A team of international scientists co-led by Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) have discovered a ...
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Maxwell was more than 40 years ahead of Einstein – the equation that could reveal the true origin of photons and change our understanding of light
Albert Einstein shook up physics by proposing that light wasn’t just a wave, but it could also behave like a collection of ...
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Building bridges in physics
Researchers show that Cartan's First Structure Equation, which relates to edge and screw dislocations in crystal lattices, can be recast in the same form as a basic mathematical formula that governs ...