Friday, February 02, 2007

Physics Stories III

String Theory could fall?
http://space.newscientist.com/article/dn11085-new-particle-accelerator-could-rule-out-string-theory.html
I wouldn't bet on it but I imagine that the supporters of Quantum Loop Gravity are looking at this closely

Some assistance in the hunt for Dark Energy
http://space.newscientist.com/article/dn10924-keplers-supernova-may-aid-dark-energy-search.html

Diamond no longer the stiffest substance
http://www.newscientisttech.com/article/dn11093-diamond-loses-its-stiffness-crown-to-new-material.html
beaten by mineral barium titanate and molten tin mixture...drat

A single photon producing a whole image?
http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?articleid=5116CF53-E7F2-99DF-3B64CF41CFBB5B91&chanId=sa026
Now thats one for the mind to ponder - the wonders of slow light technology

Why did matter truimph over antimatter?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/space/origins/antimatter/index.shtml
This one is far from over. I wonder if dark energy-dark matter-antimatter are all linked somehow.

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