Gravity

UC Berkeley’s Quantum Leap in Dark Energy Research

UC Berkeley’s Quantum Leap in Dark Energy Research

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Dr. Thomas Hughes

Physicists at UC Berkeley immobilized small clusters of cesium atoms (pink blobs) in a vertical vacuum chamber, then split each atom into ...

Exploring Spacetime Through Finsler Geometry

Exploring Spacetime Through Finsler Geometry

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Dr. Thomas Hughes

Sjors Heefer’s PhD research explores gravitational waves and spacetime using Finsler geometry, aiming to reconcile general relativity with quantum mechanics. His findings ...

How Modified Gravity Challenges Einstein and Dark Matter

How Modified Gravity Challenges Einstein and Dark Matter

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Dr. Thomas Hughes

Using gravitational lensing, scientists uncovered that dark matter may stretch over a million light-years from galactic centers, proposing significant adjustments to our ...

Einstein Meets Quantum Mechanics in Antarctic Ice

Einstein Meets Quantum Mechanics in Antarctic Ice

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Dr. Thomas Hughes

IceCube lab under the stars in Antarctica. Credit: Martin Wolf, IceCube/NSF Research at the South Pole studied the mysterious quantum structure of ...

Exploring the “Cosmic Glitch” in Gravity

Exploring the “Cosmic Glitch” in Gravity

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Dr. Thomas Hughes

Researchers propose a modification to Einstein’s theory of general relativity, suggesting a “cosmic glitch” that makes gravity slightly weaker across vast cosmic ...

NASA Veteran’s Propellantless Propulsion Drive That Physics Says Shouldn’t Work Just Produced Enough Thrust to Overcome Earth’s Gravity

NASA Veteran’s Propellantless Propulsion Drive That Physics Says Shouldn’t Work Just Produced Enough Thrust to Overcome Earth’s Gravity

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Dr. Thomas Hughes

Dr. Charles Buhler, a NASA engineer and the co-founder of Exodus Propulsion Technologies, has revealed that his company’s propellantless propulsion drive, which ...

Graviton-like Particles Found in Quantum Experiments

Graviton-like Particles Found in Quantum Experiments

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Dr. Thomas Hughes

Light probing a chiral graviton mode in a fractional quantum Hall effect liquid. Credit: Lingjie Du, Nanjing University The results, continuing the ...

Quantum Gravity Unveiled – Scientists Crack the Cosmic Code That Baffled Einstein

Quantum Gravity Unveiled – Scientists Crack the Cosmic Code That Baffled Einstein

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Dr. Thomas Hughes

Researchers have developed a method to measure gravity at a microscopic level, marking a significant advancement in understanding quantum gravity. Credit: SciTechDaily.com ...

Breakthrough in Quantum Measurement of Gravity Achieved Using Levitating Magnets

Breakthrough in Quantum Measurement of Gravity Achieved Using Levitating Magnets

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Dr. Thomas Hughes

Physicists are one step closer to the measurement of gravity at the quantum level, according to a team whose recent studies move ...

Why Does Gravity Pull Us Down and Not Up?

Why Does Gravity Pull Us Down and Not Up?

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Dr. Thomas Hughes

Einstein’s general relativity explains gravity as the result of spacetime curvature due to mass, contrasting with magnetism’s dual ability to attract and ...