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Astronomers Closer to Proving Gravitational Waves With Precise Measurements of Rapidly Rotating Neutron Star
June 27, 2014 — When Albert Einstein proposed the existence of gravitational waves as part of his theory of relativity, he set in train a pursuit for knowledge that continues nearly a century later. These ripples in ... full story -
Not Much Force: Researchers Detect Smallest Force Ever Measured
June 26, 2014 — Researchers have detected the smallest force ever measured -- approximately 42 yoctonewtons -- using a unique optical trapping system that provides ultracold atoms. A yoctonewton is one septillionth ... full story -
Black Hole Trio Holds Promise for Gravity Wave Hunt
June 25, 2014 — The discovery of three closely orbiting supermassive black holes in a galaxy more than four billion light years away could help astronomers in the search for gravitational waves: the 'ripples in ... full story -
Possibly Primordial Gravitational Waves, but Galactic Dust Not Ruled Out: Nuanced Account of Stunning Patterns in the Microwave Sky
June 19, 2014 — Following a thorough peer-review process, the researchers who previously announced the detection of B-mode polarization in a patch of the microwave sky have published their findings. Their research ... full story -
Radiation from Early Universe Found Key to Answer Major Questions in Physics
May 13, 2014 — Astrophysicists have measured the minute gravitational distortions in polarized radiation from the early universe and discovered that these ancient microwaves can provide an important cosmological ... full story -
Mapping the Road to Quantum Gravity
Apr. 23, 2014 — The road uniting quantum field theory and general relativity -- the two great theories of modern physics -- has been impassable for 80 years. Could a tool from condensed matter physics finally help ... full story -
Liquid Spacetime: What If Spacetime Were a Kind of Fluid?
Apr. 23, 2014 — What if spacetime were a kind of fluid? This is the question tackled by theoretical physicists working on quantum gravity by creating models attempting to reconcile gravity and quantum mechanics. ... full story -
Searching for Dark Energy With Neutrons: With Neutrons, Scientists Can Now Look for Dark Energy in the Lab
Apr. 16, 2014 — It does not always take a huge accelerator to do particle physics: First results from a low energy, table top alternative takes validity of Newtonian gravity down by five orders of magnitude and ... full story -
Strange Materials Cropping Up in Condensed Matter Laboratories
Mar. 25, 2014 — Physicists are using surprising ideas and mathematical tools originating in string theory to guide research into strange materials that are cropping up in condensed matter laboratories. There are a ... full story -
Exploding Stars Prove Newton's Law of Gravity Unchanged Over Cosmic Time
Mar. 24, 2014 — Australian astronomers have combined all observations of supernovae ever made to determine that the strength of gravity has remained unchanged over the last nine billion years. Newton's ... full story -
Einstein's 'Spooky' Theory May Lead to Ultra-Secure Internet
Mar. 24, 2014 — Einstein's skepticism about quantum mechanics may lead to an ultra-secure Internet, a new paper suggests. In 1935, Einstein and researchers highlighted a 'spooky' theory in quantum ... full story -
Plugging the Hole in Hawking's Black Hole Theory
Mar. 24, 2014 — Recently physicists have been poking holes again in Stephen Hawking's black hole theory -- including Hawking himself. Now another professor has jumped into the fray. He believes he has solved ... full story -
Tremors of the Big Bang: First Direct Evidence of Cosmic Inflation
Mar. 17, 2014 — Almost 14 billion years ago, the universe we inhabit burst into existence in an extraordinary event that initiated the Big Bang. In the first fleeting fraction of a second, the universe expanded ... full storyMore: -
Researchers Propose a New Way to Detect the Elusive Graviton
Mar. 4, 2014 — A cosmologist and a physicist have proposed that measuring minute changes in the cosmic background radiation of the universe could be a pathway of detecting the telltale effects of ... full story -
A Forgotten Model of the Universe: Analysis of Einstein's 1931 Paper Featuring a Dynamic Model of the Universe
Feb. 19, 2014 — Researchers have provided the first English translation and an analysis of one of Albert Einstein's little-known papers, "On the cosmological problem of the general theory of ... full story -
Einstein's Conversion from a Belief in a Static to an Expanding Universe
Feb. 17, 2014 — Albert Einstein accepted the modern cosmological view that the universe is expanding long after many of his contemporaries. Until 1931, physicist Albert Einstein believed that the universe was ... full story -
How Hypergravity Impacts Electric Arcs
Dec. 18, 2013 — A new study on electric discharge behavior under intense gravitational forces shows that its dynamic changes as gravity increases. Arc discharges are common in everyday conditions like welding or in ... full story -
Recipe for a Universe: Apply Heat and Stir
Dec. 10, 2013 — Apply heat and stir; an expanding universe can emerge in a remarkably simple way, say scientists. When soup is heated, it starts to boil. When time and space are heated, an expanding universe can ... full story -
You Can't Get Entangled Without a Wormhole: Physicist Finds Entanglement Instantly Gives Rise to a Wormhole
Dec. 5, 2013 — Quantum entanglement is one of the more bizarre theories to come out of the study of quantum mechanics -- so strange, in fact, that Albert Einstein famously referred to it as "spooky action at a ... full story -
'Spooky Action' Builds a Wormhole Between 'Entangled' Quantum Particles
Dec. 3, 2013 — New research indicates a phenomenon known as "quantum entanglement" might be intrinsically linked with wormholes, hypothetical features of space-time that could link one part of the ... full story
- Exploding stars prove Newton's law of gravity unchanged over cosmic time
- Einstein's 'spooky' theory may lead to ultra-secure Internet
- Plugging the hole in Hawking's black hole theory
- Particle physics research sheds new light on possible 'fifth force of nature'
- Journey to the limits of space-time: Black hole simulations on supercomputers present new view of jets and accretion disks
- Dark energy alternatives to Einstein are running out of room
- News from the world of quantum physics: A non-causal quantum eraser
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