Gravity

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 ...

Now that’s what I call death defying! Scientists suggest building a Wall of Death on the moon to help keep astronauts fit in low gravity

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Dr. Thomas Hughes

Scientists say that running on a ‘Wall of Death’ could keep people fit on the moon Running horizontally generates enough impact to ...

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

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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

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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

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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

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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?

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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 ...

Physicists Hope to Finally Resolve Whether Gravity is Quantum by Levitating Micro Diamonds

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Dr. Thomas Hughes

An international team of physicists plans to levitate micro diamonds in a vacuum to determine if gravity is quantum in nature. Scientists ...

Is a Giant Void Driving the Universe Apart?

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Dr. Thomas Hughes

The recent “Hubble tension” in cosmology, marked by conflicting expansion rate measurements, raises questions about the standard cosmological model. A new theory ...