Einstein first proposed his General Theory of Relativity in 1915. It describes how any massive object, such as the Sun, creates gravity by bending space and time around it. Everything in the space is bent, even light. This causes the light to presume to be brighter then it really is. Astronomers Professor Pedro Ferreira, Dr [...]
Entries from May 29th, 2009
Einstein’s General Theory Of Relativity: Celebrating The 20th Century’s Most Important Experiment
May 29th, 2009 · No Comments · Physics
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New Research Promises Better Atomic Clocks
May 29th, 2009 · No Comments · Physics
The most accurate time keepers in the world are atomic clocks. Thet tell time based on the absorption of a very specific and unchanging microwave frequency, which induces electrons in an atom to “jump” from one particular energy level to another. But with a little research scientists will be able to further the advancement of atomic [...]
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Flexible screens, how cool!
May 28th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Chemistry
Computer screens today are bulky and fragile which is OK for like desk tops and other home uses but what about our warriors in the battle field? We already have the existing flat-panel, light-emitting diodes (LED) screens but that isn’t cool enough imagine a screen that you can roll up and put in your pocket. It would [...]
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Gene for glowing passed along to monkey offspring
May 28th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Biology, Physics
Scientists recently gave marmosets a gene that made their feet glow green. After one of the animals had it, it passed it along to its offspring. These animals are called transgenic because they help us with medical studies. They add these rare genes by injecting embryos. They do this because the want to find cures for [...]
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Five-Dimensional DVD Could Hold Data of 30 Blu-ray Discs
May 28th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Physics
This new disc is made of three this glass films stacked on each other. They are each coated with gold nanorods of three different sizes. The multiple variables mean that the column of space can hold multiple bits in many ways. A typical DVD has a total capacity of 1.6 terabytes, butg adding another dimension could increase it [...]
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Strange Bird Gets Private Beach In Indonesia
May 27th, 2009 · 3 Comments · Biology
Have you ever heard of a Maleo Bird? Well the Maleo is a bird that has its very own beach on the Binerean Cape in northern Sulawesi. Reasearchers gave this species its own home because many “enemies” were devouring the eggs. This beach is ideal for the Maleo because they rely on the sun-baked sand [...]
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Speed of sound can detect melamine in milk
May 27th, 2009 · No Comments · Physics
There have been recent contaminations of milk coming from China. Where 300,000 babies were poisoned (only five died) by a drug called melamine which is used to form plastics and house-hold products. However China was reported to have put this harmful chemical in our pet-food and rice products that is shipped to the U.S. Now researchers [...]
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Finding Termites
May 27th, 2009 · No Comments · Biology, Physics
Scientists have found a way of finding a colony of termites without damaging the structure. The way they do this is by using an ultra sensitive stethoscope to pick up the sounds of the termites.When the soldier termites bang their heads on the walls as a form of communication this device will be able to [...]
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Ultrasonic communication among frogs discovered
May 26th, 2009 · No Comments · Biology
A special species of frogs was discovered. They communicate using purely ultrasonic calls. The frequencies are too high to be heard by humans. The frog lives only on the Southeast Asian island of Borneo. The frogs can hear sounds up to 38 kilohertz. Humans can only hear up to about 20 kilohertz. This species of frogs, [...]
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Too much entanglement can render quantum computers useless
May 26th, 2009 · No Comments · Physics
It said that the more entanglement we have, the more powerful quantum computing will be. But Jens Eisert found otherwise. His way of thinking is that there can be to much entanglement. Rendering the quantum info processing useless. It dosen’t matter how smart something is or how much of one thing is used once you [...]
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