TED, which stands for technology, entertainment and design, is a global conference with a mission to spread important ideas from the fields of science, art, technology, design and business. TED began as a single conference back in 1984, but later became an annual conference held in Monterey, California. Due to high popularity TED events spread all around world offering live streaming of the events online. In 2009 TED started grating licenses to organize independent TED-like conferences...
After Copernicus released his famous work On the Revolutions of The Heavenly Spheres in the first half of the 16th century, more and more people started believing in the heliocentric theory. Almost a century later the great Italian physicist and astronomer Galileo Galilei started observing the endless night skies with his newly built telescope. Galileo was a great fan of Copernicus’ ideas, and his telescope was a great tool to check them practically. Interestingly, after many long nights...
So another great week has passed and it’s time to take a look at some of the most important physics news. This week a group of US researchers found new clues on what could signal the birth of black holes. Meanwhile the researchers from the Centre for Quantum Technologies at the National University of Singapore tackled the question of why the nature is quantum. Finally, scientists at the University of Nevada, Reno and Stanford University came...
Dr. Michael Liu was born and raised in the Washington, D.C. area and done his undergraduate work at Cornell University. His doctoral work at the University of California, Berkeley led him to the Institute of Astronomy at the University of Hawai’i at Mānoa, where he is now a faculty member. In this TEDx talk Dr. Michael Liu discusses his work with the most powerful telescopes and the ever-going search for exoplanets. For more videos visit...
In this neat video from 1940, by the Handy Organization, the science of light is introduced. It’s an educational video, which explains and demonstrates the most important facts about light that were known back in those days. In particular, the infra-red and ultra-violet light is introduced. Also, the main physical properties of light are shown through the demonstrations of diffraction and reflection. Interestingly, the video is concluded by introducing the new headlights of Chevrolet, which,...
This week there were some nice breakthroughs in nanotechnologies and thermal physics. In particular, KIT researchers succeeded in demonstrating that certain materials could be used to build a thermal cloak. Meanwhile, a group of leading nanoscientists succeeded in explaining the case of the herringbone crystals. The final report is on the clues, that might hide in exotic atoms, about the mystery of matter and anti-matter asymmetry. To receive these news straight to your email, register for our...
So since the textbooks on particle physics, offered on our list of free physics books, are so popular, I dug up some more of them. “Particle Physics” from Intech includes a theoretical discussion of Higg’s mechanism and alternatives to the Standard Model. “Particle Physics and Inflationary Cosmology” by Andrei Linde covers an overview of theories of particle physics and their relations to cosmology. Finally, the last one is an introduction to groups, invariants and particles. For...
In this course from the University of California, Irvine, professor Michael Dennin introduces the basic concepts of physics. These 13 lectures cover such introductory topics as various forms of motion, position & displacement, constant acceleration, dynamics and others. To access the other lectures, click the playlist icon. UCIrvine | More lectures
All Mars rovers that explored the red planet didn’t find any life forms there. But, according to Penelope Boston, we were searching in the wrong places. According to the scientist, there is a great chance that there might be exotic life forms hiding in the caves of Mars. For more TED videos check out the link below. TED | More videos
Here’s a short overview of the most important physics news headlines from this week. To receive physics news of the week straight to your email, you can register for our email newsletter. 1. Unifying General Relativity and Quantum Theory Through Spectral Geometry (April 29) One of the most interesting ways of unifying quantum theory and relativity could be by using so called spectral geometry. It is a field of mathematics which concerns the relationship between...
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