Physics

  1. Physics

    Top 10 physicists with no Nobel

    While a lot of people are busy predicting who will win Nobel Prizes this week, it would be easier to predict who won’t get the physics prize because they’re dead and therefore no longer eligible. Plus there are those who deserve it and are still alive but probably won’t get it because the Nobel guys don’t seem to like theorists very much.

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  2. Particle Physics

    Higgs boson’s effects on universe boosted

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  3. Astronomy

    Tiny sphere bends light like a black hole does

    Previously seen at the megascale, gravitational lensing goes micro.

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  4. Physics

    Top 10 “Negative” Inventions

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  5. Materials Science

    Chip curves space-time

    A manipulated material could help model general relativity in the lab.

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  6. Physics

    Weighing the implications of negative-mass antimatter

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  7. Physics

    Fact and fiction about negative mass

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  8. Physics

    Notorious ‘Big G’ gets a little larger

    Gravitational constant is difficult to measure, but physicists calculate with new number.

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  9. Tech

    Letters to the editor

    Readers respond to glowing plants, fracking worries and space hookups.

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  10. Materials Science

    Toylike blocks make lightweight, strong structures

    Bucking trend toward reducing numbers of parts, MIT engineers suggest building planes from thousands of identical pieces.

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  11. Quantum Physics

    Quantum teleportation approaches the computer chip

    Researchers speedily transmit information from one tiny circuit to another on solid-state device.

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  12. Physics

    Key to Other Worlds

    Excerpt from the August 17, 1963, issue of Science News Letter.

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