Browsing Archive: August, 2015

The Information Paradox

Posted by on Wednesday, August 26, 2015, In : Astronomy 
One of the trending topics on various social media websites today has been the claim by Stephen Hawking that he has solved the information paradox. (To be fair to him, I believe he has just proposed a possible solution, and the media has exaggerated his claims for dramatic effect). And while what he has proposed has been suggested in other forms in the past, and other experts in the field disagree with the validity of his idea, it is still and interesting argument and one well worth exploring...
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Stinking Superconducters

Posted by on Tuesday, August 18, 2015,
Science reporters around the world are going to have a field day with the headlines today.

In a paper published today in Nature, a team of physicists have set a record for the hottest superconductor. And it smells really bad.

It has been known for many decades now that some materials, when cooled to very low temperatures, exhibit no resistance at all to electrical currents. This has many implications for technology, as no energy is wasted in the form of heat, higher currents can be achieved, an...
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ALICE's Antinuclei

Posted by on Monday, August 17, 2015, In : Particle Physics 
The ALICE experiment has released some interesting new data today, and while there are no great new discoveries in these latest results, they have improved our knowledge of a basic symmetry of nature. 

Nearly a century ago physicists were excited by the early success of quantum mechanics and were trying to construct a relativistic theory of quantum mechanics. In the midst of this work, British physicist Paul Dirac developed a new equation that described the properties of atoms and smaller part...

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The Perseids

Posted by on Thursday, August 13, 2015, In : Astronomy 
A reminder to those of you interested in astronomy and astrophotography that for the next two days the annual Perseid meteor shower will be at its peak. And this year should be especially spectacular as there is not going to be a moon to ruin the darkness, and in this part of the world the skies are supposed to be cloud free.

The Perseids are an annual meteor shower, formed by the debris left behind by comet Swift-Tuttle. Every 133 years this comet passes through our solar system, and leaves b...

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Dr. Chris Bird I am a theoretical physicist & mathematician, with training in electronics, programming, robotics, and a number of other related fields.

   


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