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Tag: Physics

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Now Arriving, a New Theory of In-Flight Turbulence

September 24, 2025September 24, 2025Alexander NazaryanComments Off on Now Arriving, a New Theory of In-Flight Turbulence

Physicists have devised a new model to account for the discomfort that airline passengers know all too well.

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Happy 10th Birthday to the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory. Now Drop Dead.

September 10, 2025September 10, 2025DENNIS OVERBYEComments Off on Happy 10th Birthday to the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory. Now Drop Dead.

Ten years ago, astronomers made an epic discovery with the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory. Cosmology hasn’t been the same since, and it might not stay that way much longer.

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Nobel Prize-Winning Physicist Is Stripped of Dutch Citizenship

July 4, 2025July 5, 2025Ephrat LivniComments Off on Nobel Prize-Winning Physicist Is Stripped of Dutch Citizenship

Thirteen years ago, Andre Geim took British citizenship to accept a knighthood. He has just learned he can no longer be a citizen of the Netherlands as a result.

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Results of Muon Experiment Offer More Precision But No Added Clarity

June 3, 2025June 3, 2025Katrina MillerComments Off on Results of Muon Experiment Offer More Precision But No Added Clarity

The deviant behavior of a subatomic particle might point to undiscovered forms of matter and energy in the universe. Or it might not.

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Dick Garwin Fought Nuclear Armageddon. He Hid a 50-Year Secret.

May 19, 2025May 19, 2025WILLIAM J. BROADComments Off on Dick Garwin Fought Nuclear Armageddon. He Hid a 50-Year Secret.

Richard Garwin’s role in designing the hydrogen bomb was obscured from the public, even his family, as he advised presidents and devoted his life to undoing the danger he created.

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Nine Federally Funded Scientific Breakthroughs That Changed Everything

May 16, 2025May 16, 2025Alan Burdick, Emily Anthes and Ruru KuoComments Off on Nine Federally Funded Scientific Breakthroughs That Changed Everything

The U.S. is slashing funding for scientific research, after decades of deep investment. Here’s some of what those taxpayer dollars created.

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Astronomers Get ‘More Than a Hint’ That Dark Energy Isn’t What They Thought

March 19, 2025March 19, 2025Katrina Miller and Dennis OverbyeComments Off on Astronomers Get ‘More Than a Hint’ That Dark Energy Isn’t What They Thought

New data further challenge the best scientific theory of the history and the structure of the universe. But a separate recent result reinforces it.

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‘Ultrahigh Energy’ Neutrino Found With a Telescope Under the Sea

February 12, 2025February 12, 2025Katrina MillerComments Off on ‘Ultrahigh Energy’ Neutrino Found With a Telescope Under the Sea

It’s the most energetic particle of its kind ever discovered, and scientists have no idea where it came from.

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A Sweeping Ban on D.E.I. Language Roils the Sciences

February 9, 2025February 9, 2025Katrina Miller and Roni Caryn RabinComments Off on A Sweeping Ban on D.E.I. Language Roils the Sciences

President Trump’s executive order is altering scientific exploration across a broad swath of fields, even beyond government agencies, researchers say.

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A Solstice of the Soul

December 20, 2024DENNIS OVERBYEComments Off on A Solstice of the Soul

For his next trick, your cosmic correspondent for the past quarter-century will (try to) retire.

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