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Scientists propose “DNA of the universe” is gap in Einstein’s hunt for unified physics theory

Salon

When molecular biologist Francis Crick tripped on the psychedelic drug LSD in 1953, his mind famously pulled together all of his previous research on human DNA to conceive of the image of a double helix. “Saying that matter interactions all come from the metric of classical spacetime means, at least naïvely, that quantum spacetime — whatever that means empirically — …

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6 months, 2 weeks ago

The forgotten priest who predicted black holes – in 1783

BBC

The forgotten priest who predicted black holes – in 1783 Illustration by Ben Platts-Mills Almost 200 years before scientists accepted black holes exist, a British clergyman called John Michell published some surprisingly prescient ideas about these strange cosmic objects. Light would escape from such a star but, as Michell explained, "would be made to return towards it, by its own …

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7 months ago

The Science Quiz | The weird shapes of space

The Hindu

Geometry is the study of some properties of space. Name the European mathematician who adopted precepts of hyperbolic geometry to understand spacetime, and paved the way for Einstein’s special theory of relativity. CSIR laboratory that developed indelible ink in 1952 – Ans: National Physical Laboratory 3. Company that owns sole licence to make indelible ink for elections – Ans: Mysore …

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9 months ago

The Hindu Daily Quiz, April 8 2024

The Hindu

Q: A superconductor is a material whose properties are such that the material can conduct electricity without resistance. A: Magnetic fields Q: The Dutch physicist Heike Kamerlingh Onnes discovered superconductivity on April 8, 1911. A: Hampson-Linde cycle Q: In 1986, Georg Bednorz and Alex Muller found lanthanum barium copper oxide became a superconductor at 35 K -- a big jump …

9 months ago

Want to see how a solar eclipse alters colors? Wear red and green on Monday

NPR

Want to see how a solar eclipse alters colors? Wear red and green on Monday Enlarge this image toggle caption Louis Kwok/AFP via Getty Images Louis Kwok/AFP via Getty Images If you live along the path of totality for Monday's solar eclipse and you have any Christmas or Hanukkah gear, you might want to break it out. Here's a look …

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9 months, 3 weeks ago

Close encounters of the 3D kind: What’s printing next?

Hindustan Times

3D-printing is set to disrupt something that has been fundamentally unchanged since the dawn of the industrial revolution: the process of how things are made. Meanwhile, the first 3D-printed mock meat to be made commercially available — a faux salmon filet made out of mycoprotein — hit supermarket shelves in Europe last year. Though it was too small to be …

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55 years ago

‎ The 2024 CFO Forum and Leadership Awards

LA Times

See Photos from the 2024 CFO Forum and Leadership Awards 1 / 11 Muhammad Shahzad of Relativity Space 2 / 11 Chris Lopat, Talia Stern, Robbie Tinton 3 / 11 Catherine Rhebergen, Anubha Goel, Lorenzo Moran, Stella Chen 4 / 11 The evening kicks off with an illuminating discussion panel. 6 / 11 Clarissa Avendano 7 / 11 Lyle Honig …

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1 year ago

National Mathematics Day 2023: Wishes, Quotes and Messages to Share on Srinivasa Ramanujan's Birth Anniversary

News 18

National Mathematics Day on December 22 honours the birth of mathematical prodigy, Srinivasa Ramanujan. NATIONAL MATHEMATICS DAY 2023: QUOTES BY SRINIVASA RAMANUJAN An equation for me has no meaning unless it expresses a thought of God. NATIONAL MATHEMATICS DAY 2023 WISHES Happy National Mathematics Day! NATIONAL MATHEMATICS DAY 2023 MESSAGES For the math whizThinking of you and your incredible talent …

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1 year, 1 month ago

Prathamashtami 2023: Know the significance and ritual of the festival

India TV News

The festival of Prathamastami falls in the month of Margashirsh and is celebrated in every household. The celebration of this festival falls on the eighth day of the moon's waning phase- Ashtami of the month of Marghashira according to the Odia calendar, occurring on the eighth day after Kartik Purnima. The ritual involves Arti of the eldest child by the …

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1 year, 1 month ago

60 years later, JFK’s assassination still raises questions. These 3 docs have (some) answers

LA Times

In this Nov. 22, 1963, file photo, President John F. Kennedy waves from his car in a motorcade shortly before he was shot in Dallas. I’ve always felt some incidental connection between the Kennedys and the Petries, of “The Dick Van Dyke Show,” which premiered in 1961, the first year of the Kennedy administration. Coincidentally, the age spread of both …

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1 year, 1 month ago

Why you age slower on a plane (and other incredibly strange effects of relativity)

BBC

Why you age slower on a plane Edouard Taufenbach/Bastien Pourtout Travelling into a black hole would do strange things to time Einstein correctly predicted that time slows when you're flying fast, but to experience "time dilation" most spectacularly, you'd have to travel into a black hole, says astrophysicist Chris Lintott. If your spacecraft's instruments let you look back to observe …

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1 year, 2 months ago

Is time travel really possible? Here’s what physics says

BBC

Is time travel really possible? "This is where time travel can come in and it is scientifically accurate and there are real-world repercussions from that," says Emma Osborne, an astrophysicist at the University of York, in the UK. "People tie themselves up in knots trying to find ways to rearrange space-time in order to make time travel to the past …

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$Don\'t Compel Anyone to Unlearn: SC on Plea Challenging Darwin\'s Theory of Evolution$

1 year, 2 months ago

Don\'t Compel Anyone to Unlearn: SC on Plea Challenging Darwin\'s Theory of Evolution

Deccan Chronicle

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Friday dismissed a PIL challenging Darwin’s theory of evolution and Einstein’s theory of special relativity that expresses the equivalence of mass and energy. A bench comprising Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul and Justice Sudhanshu Dhulia said there cannot be a writ petition under Article 32 of the Indian Constitution to challenge scientific beliefs. “The petitioner …

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1 year, 2 months ago

'What can SC do?': Court on PIL challenging Einstein's ‘E = mc²’

Hindustan Times

The Supreme Court on Friday dismissed a public interest litigation challenging Einstein's relativity equation, E = mc². The court observed that the plea cannot be filed under Article 32 of the Constitution that deals with matters linked to fundamental rights. The court also questioned him on his contention that his fundamental rights were violated under Article 32. When petitioner told …

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1 year, 5 months ago

Oppenheimer's hero Niels Bohr has a legacy as complicated as the "father of the atomic bomb"

Salon

In Christopher Nolan's hit biopic "Oppenheimer," real-life Danish physicist Niels Bohr is more than just a major character. Atom illustration "Through his physics, Bohr fundamentally changed our view of the world we live in," Dr. Christian Joas, Director of the Niels Bohr Archive at the University of Copenhagen, told Salon by email. Just as the film "Oppenheimer" is cagey about …

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1 year, 5 months ago

Remembering A.K. Raychaudhuri: Transformed relativity, almost got fired

The Hindu

A young Indian physicist was under pressure. A barrier In Raychaudhuri’s time, it was an open problem as to whether the singularities were bugs introduced by the unrealistic simplicity of the models – or features of reality itself. The north-bound ships According to general relativity, every bit of matter tries to move in a straight line in space and time. …

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1 year, 6 months ago

Science for All | Why does observing gravitational waves matter?

The Hindu

Last week, scientists revealed evidence that the universe is constantly flooded with low-frequency gravitational waves, unlocking new avenues to expand our knowledge of the universe. In 2016, scientists working with the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory announced that they had detected signals of gravitational waves emanating from two merging black holes, 1.3 billion light years away. Observing the information carried by …

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1 year, 7 months ago

Dharma Files | The delicate nature of different religions

Firstpost

By using the word ‘delicate’ in the title here, I am not suggesting that one has to deal with the various religions of the world delicately because they involve someone else’s cherished beliefs and practices. One can gauge the striking nature of this achievement from the fact that, even though the Buddha did not believe in a God, he was …

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1 year, 8 months ago

A boost for science, a wider window to the universe

The Hindu

In the distant universe, black holes merge, supernovae explode, neutron stars collide. Now, the United States National Science Foundation is partnering with top U.S. universities and India’s Raja Ramanna Centre for Advanced Technology, or RRCAT to launch LIGO-India, a ground-breaking collaboration, fuelled by a $320 million investment from India, that will accelerate discovery and innovation in India and around the …

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1 year, 9 months ago

3D-printed rocket fails just after launch

Associated Press

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — A rocket made almost entirely of 3D-printed parts made its launch debut Wednesday night, lifting off amid fanfare but failing three minutes into flight — far short of orbit. There was nothing aboard Relativity Space’s test flight except for the company’s first metal 3D print made six years ago. Although the upper stage malfunctioned and the …

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1 year, 9 months ago

3D-printed rocket remains grounded after more launch aborts

Associated Press

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — A rocket made almost completely of 3D-printed parts came within a half-second of blasting off Saturday on its debut flight, but remained grounded after back-to-back launch aborts. The engines ignited, but abruptly shut down, leaving Relativity Space’s rocket, named Terran, standing on its pad. Launch controllers reset the countdown clocks and aimed for the last possible …

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1 year, 10 months ago

Terran 1: Launch of world’s first 3D printed rocket aborted at the last minute

The Independent

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The anticipated launch of the world’s first 3D-printed rocket was aborted at the …

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1 year, 10 months ago

Launch of 3D-printed rocket aborted minutes before lift-off

India Today

California-based Relativity Space aborted the launch of a rocket made almost entirely from 3D-printed parts minutes before the scheduled lift-off. Relativity Space's 3D-printed rocket Terran 1 is rolled out to the launch pad at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. Relativity, one of a handful of U.S. rocket startups competing to meet the growing demand for cheap launch services, has …

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1 year, 10 months ago

World’s first 3D-printed rocket set to launch

The Independent

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Scientists propose “DNA of the universe” is gap in Einstein’s hunt for unified physics theory

The forgotten priest who predicted black holes – in 1783

The Science Quiz | The weird shapes of space

The Hindu Daily Quiz, April 8 2024

Want to see how a solar eclipse alters colors? Wear red and green on Monday

Close encounters of the 3D kind: What’s printing next?

‎ The 2024 CFO Forum and Leadership Awards

National Mathematics Day 2023: Wishes, Quotes and Messages to Share on Srinivasa Ramanujan's Birth Anniversary

Prathamashtami 2023: Know the significance and ritual of the festival

60 years later, JFK’s assassination still raises questions. These 3 docs have (some) answers

Why you age slower on a plane (and other incredibly strange effects of relativity)

Is time travel really possible? Here’s what physics says

Don\'t Compel Anyone to Unlearn: SC on Plea Challenging Darwin\'s Theory of Evolution

'What can SC do?': Court on PIL challenging Einstein's ‘E = mc²’

Oppenheimer's hero Niels Bohr has a legacy as complicated as the "father of the atomic bomb"

Remembering A.K. Raychaudhuri: Transformed relativity, almost got fired

Science for All | Why does observing gravitational waves matter?

Dharma Files | The delicate nature of different religions

A boost for science, a wider window to the universe

3D-printed rocket fails just after launch

3D-printed rocket remains grounded after more launch aborts

Terran 1: Launch of world’s first 3D printed rocket aborted at the last minute

Launch of 3D-printed rocket aborted minutes before lift-off

World’s first 3D-printed rocket set to launch