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Twelve early-career researchers at UNSW Sydney have received grants from the Australian Research Council to kickstart their innovative ...
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A Star Trek–inspired idea by Miguel Alcubierre kicked off decades of theory and experiments as scientists pursue plausible ...
What if a robot could show us how the brain keeps us balanced? UBC scientists built one—and their discovery could help shape ...
In Millikan's experiment, an oil drop became a microscopic messenger, revealing the quantized nature of electric charge, a cornerstone of modern physics. This ingenious experiment, conducted by Robert ...
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Tiruvallur district administration has inaugurated a ₹301.60 lakh road safety park within the collectorate complex. The ...
Physicists have demonstrated with unprecedented accuracy that the speed of light remains constant. In 1887, a landmark physics experiment was carried out by American researchers Michelson and Morley.
A tiny black hole zipping through your body sounds like the kind of death dreamed up by a pulp-era sci-fi writer. Which, ...
Some modern historians claim they are “doing science.” However, Ludwig von Mises in Theory and History decried what he saw as ...
The effect, first predicted over 60 years ago and regarding objects traveling near the speed of light, has been lent support ...