Physics
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Physics
Highlights from the American Physical Society meeting
Highlights from the March meeting, held in Baltimore on March 18-22, 2013, include how fire ants need a little water to dig deep, what makes trees scream and a tiny crystal that can squeeze through an even tinier tube.
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Physics
Universe is a teeny bit older than thought
Planck satellite reveals information from just after the Big Bang, largely confirming scientists' theories.
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Physics
As Erebus Lives and Breathes
The Antarctica volcano’s long-lived lava lake coughs up clues to the physiology of volcanoes .
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Physics
Particle caught flip-flopping
At the Large Hadron Collider, researchers observe D mesons oscillate between particle and antiparticle.
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Physics
Vortex gets tied in knots
Physicists use 3-D printing and tiny bubbles to capture twisted-up water.
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Tech
Trick of light makes microwave imaging simple
Metamaterials and math combine to produce a quick, cheap system.
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Physics
New clock revolves around an atom’s mass
A controversial new study claims that time can be measured by precisely determining a single particle's heft.
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Physics
Heart of the Matter
Neutrinos’ shifty behavior might help explain why the universe has so much stuff in it.
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Chemistry
Hottest temperature ever measured is a negative one
Ultracold gas sets record on the kelvin scale.
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Physics
Higgs discovery helps make sense of matter
Long-sought boson completes standard model of physics.