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What If the Universe Had No Beginning? Part 2: No Boundary, No Problem
2+ day, 20+ hour ago (209+ words) Hawking faced a question with no answer hiding behind it. The best boundary condition for the universe, he decided, was that there was no boundary at all. To make that statement into physics, he had to do something deeply strange…...
With a circumference of 27 km buried up to 175 meters below the border between France and Switzerland, the world's largest particle accelerator accelerates protons to 99. 9999991% of the speed of light with 9, 600 magnets cooled to -271 C.
20+ hour, 49+ min ago (1464+ words) The structure uses 9, 600 superconducting magnets cooled to -271. 3 C, a temperature close to absolute zero and colder than any known point in interstellar space. These magnets bend the proton beams along the ring and accelerate each particle to 99. 9999991% of the speed…...
Did Chinese scientists simulate what could be the "end of the universe?
22+ hour, 32+ min ago (107+ words) Tsinghua University team's tackles one of most unsettling ideas in theoretical physics to possibly open a new pathway in quantum computing If a certain tiny bubble suddenly appeared somewhere in the cosmos, physicists say, it could expand and erase everything…...
String Theory 'Uniquely Derived from Basic Assumptions"
1+ day, 16+ hour ago (174+ words) String Theory 'Uniquely Derived from Basic Assumptions' Posted by Helium Rat at 02: 30 PM | 0 COMMENTS | permalink | Comment on This Entry | One of the key signatures of strings that "fell out" of the team's analysis is known as the string spectrum. Discovered…...
Could the mathematical "shape" of the universe solve the cosmological constant problem?
5+ day, 5+ hour ago (713+ words) The Hubble Space Telescope showed that distant galaxies are moving away from Earth faster than those nearby, a sign that the universe's expansion is increasing at rate described by the cosmological constant. That value of that constant is one of…...
What If the Universe Had No Beginning? Part 1: A Wave Function for the Universe
2+ day, 20+ hour ago (232+ words) The equations of general relativity give up at the singularity. Decades before Stephen Hawking dared to guess what came before, John Wheeler and Bryce De Witt built the strange mathematical machinery that would make the question askable in the first…...
The Diaper-Wearing Ferret Who Cleaned Fermilab's Accelerator
1+ day, 22+ hour ago (312+ words) Sometimes, solutions to multi-million-dollar questions require nothing more than a well-placed ferret. There are many stories about the creation of Fermilab, the Midwest's particle accelerator. However, none are as cute and crafty as the tale of Felicia the ferret. This…...
Science news this week: PCOS has a new name, Neanderthals were the world's oldest dentists, and the first nuclear bomb explosion spawned an 'alien' crystal
1+ day, 23+ hour ago (899+ words) May 16, 2026: Our weekly roundup of the latest science in the news, as well as a few fascinating articles to keep you entertained over the weekend. This week's science news featured some big headlines for health, including the landmark decision to…...
Geneva's CERN hails delicate test on transporting antimatter as a scientific success
2+ day, 1+ hour ago (985+ words) GENEVA -- Scientists in Geneva took some antiprotons out for a spin -- a very delicate one -- in a truck, in a never-tried-before test drive that has been deemed a success. If this so-called antimatter had come into contact with actual matter,…...
The Four Forces Of Physics
2+ day, 6+ hour ago (292+ words) Gravity is the weakest of the four forces by an absurd margin. A child's magnet can lift a steel paper clip against the gravitational pull of the entire planet Earth. The reason gravity feels dominant in everyday life is that…...