A SONIC BLACK HOLE!
That sounds so totally metal, doesn’t it? Technology Review explains how to make a sound so heavy, no light can escape:
… Read the rest “A SONIC BLACK HOLE!”One of the many curious properties of Bose-Einstein Condensates
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The satellite feels.
BBC News reports on a new kind of observational satellite overhead. It’s not looking down at us – it’s feeling our weight:
… Read the rest “The satellite feels.”As Goce “bumps” through Earth’s
Science Art: Energy Arc, central electrode of a Plasma Lamp..
This is what plasma looks like – gas that has been zapped hard enough that it’s now an electrical conductor. Thomas Crooke called it “radiant matter”… Read the rest “Science Art: Energy Arc, central electrode of a Plasma Lamp..”
Return of the Supercollider
The SpaceMarauder blog is looking forward to some singular explosions down here on Earth, thanks to the news that the Large Hadron Collider is back online:
… Read the rest “Return of the Supercollider”Originally slated for an early
Steampunk Laughs Last: Hydrogen from Solar.
PhysOrg.com reveals the unexpected origin of a new alternative energy technology – it isn’t new at all:
… Read the rest “Steampunk Laughs Last: Hydrogen from Solar.”…[I]t may seem a bit out of place that, in 1833, an Italian physicist
For That Atomic Guitar Sound.
New Scientist goes behind the music to tell the real story of Manchester rocker and physics prof Andrew Murray, who figured out a new way to take atoms apart using his guitar amp:
… Read the rest “For That Atomic Guitar Sound.”Murray’s
Sounds that should not be.
The aptly-named NoiseAddicts online magazine delves into some unusual research as Norwegian acoustic scientists study violinist Mari Kimura, who’s able to play sounds that she… Read the rest “Sounds that should not be.”
SONG: (We Can Blame Peter Higgs) At the Collider
SONG: “(We Can Blame Peter Higgs) At the Collider” (To download:double right-click & “Save As”)
ARTIST: grant.
SOURCE: CERN progress updates throughout… Read the rest “SONG: (We Can Blame Peter Higgs) At the Collider”
Glowing under the wires.
Here, this is science art you can try at home: Ordinary fluorescent lights + power lines = GLOW.
Really. You can do it yourself.
That work was inspired by Richard Box, who set up large installations… Read the rest “Glowing under the wires.”
LHC fires beam.
And we all just shifted back in time by 3.214 seconds. Did you feel that?
Large Hadron Rap
Yes, the LHC is exciting. I own that.
But is it *this* exciting?
That’s a bunch of particle physicists (I think) dancing inside the LHC to a rap by science writer Kate McAlpine. I think… Read the rest “Large Hadron Rap”
Unplugged.
So, the BBC is talking about one of Nikola Tesla’s dreams (he of the AC current and the plasma ball) coming true in an Intel lab, where engineers are broadcasting power wirelessly: … Read the rest “Unplugged.”
The plausibly deniable death ray.
The great thing about laser weapons, New Scientist says, isn’t just that you can fry your enemy from miles away. You can also shrug your shoulders and say, “No, really, I didn’t… Read the rest “The plausibly deniable death ray.”
Science Art: Spitzer Infrared Launch
The Spitzer Space Telescope being sent on its way aboard a huge, hot Delta rocket, as a honeybee might have seen it.
… Read the rest “Science Art: Spitzer Infrared Launch”When Spitzer launched Monday, 25 August 2003 at 1:35:39 a.m. EDT from Cape
Calling Doctor Manhattan….
PopSci answers the question everyone will be asking once they see The Watchmen preview and its blue-skinned nuclear superman: How worried should you be if you’re stuck inside the… Read the rest “Calling Doctor Manhattan….”