Monday, 20 April 2009 21:21
Physicists observe waves that heat Sun's corona
For the first time scientists have directly seen magnetic waves that heat up the outer atmosphere of the Sun millions of degrees hotter than its surface interior. These Alfvén waves were imaged by the Swedish 1-meter Solar Telescope.
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Space
Monday, 08 December 2008 20:33
Quantum encryption broken with time travel?
The field of quantum mechanics allows security codes to be sent completely free of being detected and read. However, U.S. scientists say they could break these quantum encryption codes with time travel, specifically, wormholes. That is, if wormholes exist?
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Space
Saturday, 20 September 2008 18:27
LHC atom smasher temporarily smashed
CERN officials announced that its Large Hadron Collider (LHC) will be inoperable for at least two months while repairs are conducted after it malfunctioned and was damaged during its initial startup on Friday, September 12, 2008.
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Energy
