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Want to get into a bar fight at a physics conference? Argue that quantum mechanics is the best way to predict ... a confusing dichotomy, basically the LeBron James of the physics world. Einstein and the giants of his day could not settle  ... 2  DOI:10.1103/PhysRevLett.109.020402 (Physics) ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Jul 11 2025 - 9:23am - 0 attachments

... The modern standard of time is based on quantum physics — the second is defined as 9,192,631,770 oscillations of a particular ... degree above absolute zero, and toss them upward through a microwave cavity. In the cavity, they are illuminated by light from the ...

Article - The Conversation - Feb 1 2024 - 9:30pm - 0 attachments

... right now. A related idea is a mixed laser or microwave system supplying energy, and fuel on the rocket. See  Laser ... way up to geostationary orbit and beyond.  The physics is sound but materials are not yet strong enough to build it. Steel, ...

Article - Robert Walker - May 18 2020 - 1:13pm - 0 attachments

... cancer issue and says there is nothing to worry about.  Physics is not his strong suit but clarity is, so Shermer notes that proving a ... that low frequency electricity cannot harm her, though the microwave range can, may get her a fail from science fans. Does Gaga have ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Oct 24 2019 - 2:50pm - 0 attachments

... Physicist like me are most interested in the pure physics-based challenges in such a project.  Isolating a signal from all ... whatever gravitational wave signal was left on the cosmic microwave background radiation.  So far it seems that there is too much ...

Blog Post - Hontas Farmer - Jan 8 2019 - 2:12pm - 0 attachments

... or likely will happen in 2019. Ranging from astronomy to physics and technology here are my three predictions.  These are based on ... Observation of the B-Mode polarization of the cosmic microwave background radiation may both confirm the existence of gravitons, ...

Blog Post - Hontas Farmer - Dec 18 2018 - 12:28pm - 0 attachments

... which appears to violate core principles of traditional physics. However, Scientists at Delft University of Technology in the ... 1.3 kilometers apart — and blasted each with bursts of microwave and laser energy. This particular experiment came closer than many ...

Article - News Staff - Oct 31 2018 - 11:25am - 0 attachments

... Marshmallows Anyone that has made Smores in the microwave has witnessed this fun little phenomenon. Throw a marshmallow in, ... much. So to me a much more appealing alternative is to microwave the suckers, and see the ghosts and pumpkins grow and expand like ... in a bowl on top of their kitchen counter. (Applied Physics) ...

Article - Kimberly Crandell - Oct 31 2017 - 1:22pm - 0 attachments

... inside the cavity (specifically, microwaves like your microwave heater). The inventors claim that there is a net thrust, even though ... "NASA/JSC is implementing an advanced propulsion physics laboratory, informally known as "Eagleworks", to pursue propulsion ...

Article - Robert Walker - Sep 24 2015 - 6:00pm - 0 attachments

... they get too low to fly. He is not suggesting any new physics like the EM drive, so it's not controversial in that sense. Rather, the ... and a thrust to weight ratio of 50–150 by beaming microwave power to your spacecraft, which gives plenty of margin to get a ...

Article - Robert Walker - Jul 10 2017 - 8:23pm - 0 attachments