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Hear a heartbeat in space
July 27, 2013
A new electronic stethoscope designed for NASA could deliver accurate heart and body sounds to doctors assessing the health of astronauts in a noisy spacecraft.Despite the silence of space itself,...
Maths model explains why our Universe is a hologram
July 15, 2013
Researchers have taken a significant step to understanding the physics behind the structure of the Universe according to the holographic principle, by linking the two space-time theories.The Physical Review D...
Doughnut-shaped electromagnetic fields demystify dark matter
July 5, 2013
A pair of physicists say their simple theory may explain dark matter – the mysterious, invisible form of matter that makes up 85% of the universe.Professor Robert Scherrer and post-doctoral...
Mars – warm, wet and rusty long before Earth
July 4, 2013
New evidence from the NASA Mars rover suggests that the red planet was wet, warm and had oxygen billions of years before Earth's atmosphere became oxygen rich.Differences between Martian meteorites...
Putting the physics into spin
July 4, 2013
As the Ashes series gets underway next week, physicists from Australia have been exploring the physics behind the spin of a cricket ball. Siblings Garry and Ian Robinson, Honorary Visiting...
Einstein’s theory aids planet-hunters
June 24, 2013
A team of astrophysicists have discovered an exoplanet using a new method that relies on Einstein’s special theory of relativity.The exoplanet known as Kepler-76b is like a hotter, larger Jupiter....
Universe evolved ability to make black holes
June 19, 2013
The maths underpinning Darwin’s theory of natural selection might explain how the universe may be designed to make black holes.Researchers from Oxford University propose that if new universes are born...
Modelling the Sun’s magnetic field
June 6, 2013
The important mechanism behind the generation of astrophysical magnetic fields such as that of the Sun has been uncovered by researchers at the Universities of Leeds and Chicago.The mechanism is...
It’s going pear-shaped for atomic nuclei
June 5, 2013
According to the Standard Model, we shouldn’t even exist – but an international team of physicists have discovered that the reason we do may be due to pear-shaped nuclei.The discovery,...
Coupling single atoms to form quantum states
May 30, 2013
Scientists at the London Centre for Nanotechnology have coupled single atoms to form quantum states by introducing individual silicon atom ‘defects’ using a scanning tunneling microscope.The study, which is published...
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