Physicists have determined that eventually computers are not going to be able to be made any faster. Computer speed has been steadily increasing, but, can only reach a certain speed. That speed will be reached before the end of 75 years. To read the full article click here. This is an important discovery to know. [...]
Entries from October 13th, 2009
Moon crash: Public yawns, scientists celebrate
October 13th, 2009 · 2 Comments · Physics
On Friday morning October 9th, two NASA spacecraft barreled toward the moon at twice the speed of a bullet, crashing into a lunar crater in a search for ice. Sounds pretty exciting right? Well scientists sure were excited. There wasn’t an exciting display of a smoke and debris explosion like in the movies, but scientists [...]
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Asteroid Is Classified As A Protoplanet
October 13th, 2009 · No Comments · Physics
Between the orbits of Jupiter and Mars lies an asteroid belt. In it, they found a protoplanet that is about the same size as Arizona, called Pallas. A team of scientists from colleges all around the US was led by Britney E. Schmidt from ULCA to analyze the photos taken by the Hubble Space Telescope. “We wanted to learn [...]
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Not-so-Great Spot
October 13th, 2009 · No Comments · Physics
Scientists have been studying “The Great Red Spot” on Jupiter for a long time to better understand weather conditions on that particular planet. The Spot is a lozenge-shaped storm and is about two Earth-widths across. Because Jupiter is always rotating and the cameras are hurling through space at thousands of miles per hour, this storm [...]
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‘Cosmic opera’ set for Paris tower.
October 13th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Physics
This ‘cosmic opera’ that will be taking place in Paris will inform the public about cosmic particles and pay a tribute to an experiment like this one that was previously performed on top of the Eiffel Tower by Theodor Wulf in 1910. Every time a muon flashes across and hits the Montparnasse Tower in Paris(689 feet tall) a [...]
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Testing Tuberculosis
October 13th, 2009 · No Comments · Biology, Physics
Right now, 2 billion people around the world are carrying tuberculosis, and most do not even know. This is because they have a “latent” infection, one which has no symptoms or can’t be spread but is in the person for years. While it may not seem like a problem, since it doesn’t actually affect the [...]
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