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Emdrive Thrust Technology Will Dominate Space

China's space attempt may be fueled by the newly-emerging technology that the majority of scientists are now contesting. Chinese researchers are currently trying to build the "Emdrive" (electromagnetic drive), which would change all space propulsion systems in case it becomes functional. Basically, the tech...

25 September 2008
10:30 GMT

Einstein and the "Green" Retro-Fridges

The refrigerator model proposed by Einstein was soon replaced with a better one, except now, as global needs change and technology improves, the savant's fridge doesn’t seem such a bad idea anymore, which is why scientists decided to "revive" the genius' electricity-free, environment-friendly icebox.M...

22 September 2008
09:02 GMT

Speed Faster than That of Light Could Prove Einstein Wrong

In a recent book, physicist Joao Magueijo explains the principles of his varying-speed-of-light (VSL) theory, claiming that light can outrun itself. This idea of velocities beyond that of light has been discussed before, as two German scientists claim their quantum tunneling experiments proved it was possible.  ...

17 September 2008
04:13 GMT

Einstein's Letter on God Sold for $404,000

The letter sent by Albert Einstein to philosopher Eric Gutkind in January 1954 - " one year before the physicist's death" - detailing his beliefs about God and the Jewish people was auctioned on Thursday at Bloomsbury Auctions in London, and sold for the sum of 404,000 US dollars, including the buyer's prem...

17 May 2008
04:07 GMT

"Science without Religion Is Lame, Religion without Science Is Blind"

This is what Albert Einstein wrote in his letter to philosopher Eric Gutkind, in response to his receiving the book "Choose Life: The Biblical Call to Revolt". The letter was written on January 3, 1954, in German, and explains Einstein's personal beliefs regarding religion and the Jewish people; it was put on sa...

14 May 2008
03:52 GMT

LIGO Detector to Receive Upgrade

In August 2002, the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory, or LIGO, became operational and started looking for the elusive gravitational waves predicted by Albert Einstein. It collected a massive amount of data, probably including some gravitational waves, however when scientists were put to the dauntin...

3 April 2008
07:25 GMT

Everything Is Relative!

So I've heard... But what does that even mean? It all goes back to German physicist Albert Einstein, who formulated the theories of Special and General Relativity in the early 1900s, in order to construct a better model that would explain the unique characteristics of space and time. Thus, relativity means that ...

9 February 2008
05:10 GMT

After a Hundred Years, Einstein's Time Is Still 'Right'

Time is relative, we all know that; as we do things that we enjoy, time seems to pass faster, but when we have a bad experience, it seems to take forever for time to pass. Albert Einstein proved in 1905 that this was not happening only in our mind, but time was truly relative and dependent on the speed at which an ob...

12 November 2007
04:54 GMT

Robotic "Einstein" Amazes Technology Fair in Spain

When it comes to robots, so far, Asia rules. They're a few generations over competitors in the field and every day, they keep coming with new and impressive creations. Sony's AIBO was the first robot dog to recognize words and objects and Honda's ASIMO is the first humanoid robot that can walk on two ...

30 July 2007
10:49 GMT

Bose-Einstein Condensate Confirmed in Polaritons

A new experiment performed in the US has proved that a Bose-Einstein condensate can exist in polaritons, a cooled system of particles. This is not the first time scientists claim to have the proof of its existence, but in similar previous applications many suspected that the coherence was in fact the effect of the l...

18 May 2007
06:55 GMT

Einstein's General Relativity Allows for Strange Figure-8 Orbit of 3 Planets

It may sound strange, but Newton's theory of gravity predicts that it would be possible for three planets with equal masses to race around one another in a strange looking orbit the shape of figure 8. Einstein's more accurate theory of gravity, general relativity, was not sure to support such a weird orbit...

5 May 2007
05:04 GMT

Could Molecules Glide on Gravity?

Could it really be that a rapidly oscillating molecule is capable of slowing down its fall in a gravitational field, much like skydivers that increase the area of body parallel to the Earth to glide on the air current? Einstein's theory of general relativity states that the presence of matter in huge amounts (...

2 May 2007
16:11 GMT

New Method of Testing General Relativity

The new precision tool with a variety of applications will serve to test Einstein's Theory of Relativity, and it's called atom interferometry. Interferometry is the science and technique of superposing (interfering) two or more waves, which creates an output wave different from the input waves, which in tu...

17 April 2007
06:59 GMT

Gravity Probe B Proves Space-Time Warps

Albert Einstein' general Theory of Relativity, published in 1915/16, unified special relativity and Newton's law of universal gravitation with the insight that gravitation is not due to a force but rather is a manifestation of curved space and time, with this curvature being produced by the mass-energy and...

16 April 2007
04:41 GMT

New Experiment to Prove Time-Travel Is Possible

John Cramer, a physicist at the University of Washington, wants to test one of his controversial predictions, that says light particles can go backward in time. The test involves using a crystal to split a photon into two reduced-energy photons that, through careful manipulation, Cramer thinks could reveal a flash o...

11 April 2007
03:01 GMT

Virtual Reality Could Revive Great Minds

Sci-Fi fans are used to seeing virtual avatars that talk to you, answer your questions, and even do something more...physical. Remember the virtual doctor from "Star Trek - Voyager", or "Andromeda", or "Stargate Atlantis" with its very realistic virtual archive that turned out to be a real Ancient?Those of you for w...

6 April 2007
04:01 GMT




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