Fysica en Wiskunde

Eternal black holes are the ultimate cosmic safes

NewScientist/Fysica - vr, 03/09/2010 - 18:59

Normally, black holes evaporate over time, a process that probably releases information about their contents – but there may be a way to create black holes that stand the test of time

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Trojan asteroids make planetary scientist lose sleep

NewScientist/Fysica - vr, 03/09/2010 - 16:33

The sizes of asteroids near Jupiter spell trouble for the leading theory of how our solar system evolved

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Second super-fast flip of Earth's poles found

NewScientist/Fysica - vr, 03/09/2010 - 12:04

Theory says the Earth's magnetic field can't flip in just a few years, yet for the second time evidence has been found of it happening in the past

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Physicists divided over life extension for US collider

NewScientist/Fysica - vr, 03/09/2010 - 00:04

A panel of physicists recommends keeping Fermilab's Tevatron collider alive for an extra three years, but others worry about collateral damage

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Hawking hasn't changed his mind about God

NewScientist/Fysica - do, 02/09/2010 - 16:36

Stephen Hawking's new book is the biggest science news story of the day. Has he suddenly given up a religious belief, asks Roger Highfield

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Weird water lurking inside giant planets

NewScientist/Fysica - do, 02/09/2010 - 14:51

A form of water deep within Uranus and Neptune may behave like a liquid and a solid simultaneously, explaining the planets' bizarre magnetic fields

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Void that is truly empty solves dark energy puzzle

NewScientist/Fysica - wo, 01/09/2010 - 18:00

Forget vacuums fizzing with particle activity: a new calculation shows this strange notion isn't necessary after all

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Real invisibility threads would be fit for an emperor

NewScientist/Fysica - za, 28/08/2010 - 10:00

Combining techniques used to produce light-bending metamaterials with those used to make optical fibres might just make see-through threads a reality

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Black holes + dark matter = light

NewScientist/Fysica - vr, 27/08/2010 - 16:48

Two of the darkest things in the universe may together be making light – or at least, gamma rays – detectable from Earth

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Sunspots squeeze and stretch the day

NewScientist/Fysica - vr, 27/08/2010 - 14:46

These dark regions may somehow alter the rate of Earth's spin – an insight that could help steer spacecraft more accurately

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Acoustic archaeology: The secret sounds of Stonehenge

NewScientist/Fysica - vr, 27/08/2010 - 10:31

Trevor Cox reveals how the acoustic footprint of the world's most famous prehistoric monument was measured

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Synchronised planets could help weigh alien Earths

NewScientist/Fysica - vr, 27/08/2010 - 00:10

The first multiple planet system found by NASA's Kepler mission shows the telescope can weigh planets that are gravitationally linked with their neighbours

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Echoes of the past: The sites and sounds of prehistory

NewScientist/Fysica - do, 26/08/2010 - 15:48

Did our ancient ancestors build to please the ears as well as the eyes? Trevor Cox pitches into the controversial claims of acoustic archaeologists

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