physics
Warmest ever superconductor works at Antarctic temperatures
Posted in Featured, Science on 4th Oct, 2015
by Alex Muller
A material has been shown to transmit electricity with no resistance at the highest temperatures ever: the chilly conditions you might experience in Antarctica.
New 'stealth dark matter' theory may explain mystery of the universes missing mass
Posted in Science on 25th Sep, 2015
by Alex Muller
A new theory that may explain why dark matter has evaded direct detection in Earth-based experiments has been developed.
Lisa Pathfinder Experiment: Gravity quest set to go into orbit
Posted in Science on 5th Sep, 2015
by Alex Muller
Lisa Pathfinder is a fundamental physics experiment that will test the technology needed to detect gravitational waves.
UCLA physicist tests theories of dark energy by mimicking the vacuum of space
Posted in Science on 23rd Aug, 2015
by Alex Muller
Dark energy causes galaxies to accelerate away from one another, and constitutes the majority of the universe's energy and mass.
Ghostly Particles from Outer Space Detected in Antarctica
Posted in Featured, Science on 21st Aug, 2015
by Alex Muller
Deep in the Antarctic ice, an observatory has spotted ghostly, nearly massless particles coming from inside our galaxy and beyond the Milky Way.