Category: Cosmos
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Mapping the genome. The illusion of “dimensions”…
Cells face a daunting task. They have to neatly pack a several meter-long thread of genetic material into a nucleus that measures only five micrometers across. This origami creates spatial interactions between genes and their switches, which can affect human health and disease. Now, an international team of scientists has devised a powerful new technique…
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Star Wars VIII - The last Jedi explained. Allegories. Weird references. Balance.
~ Warning: Potential SPOILERS may be contained! The new Star Wars Episode VIII (8) is finally released. All the fans are out there looking for a room to watch the new part of the saga and they will not be disappointed. The new movie is a quality addition to the Star Wars (SW) universe and…
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Synchronizing things… That are already in sync…
Scientists have set up the world's most precise 'metronome' for a kilometer-wide network. The timing system synchronizes a 4.7-kilometer-long laser-microwave network with 950 attoseconds precision. An attosecond is a millionth of a millionth of a millionth of a second. (1) Impressive. Or so it seems. Because the problem is not synchronization per se. Everything is…
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Ghost images. Glows. At the corners of the universe…
A team of physicists at The Australian National University (ANU) has used a technique known as 'ghost imaging' to create an image of an object from atoms that never interact with it. Lead researcher Associate Professor Andrew Truscott from the ANU Research School of Physics and Engineering (RSPE) said the experiment relied on correlated pairs…
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Time crystals. In a timeless world…
It may sound like science fiction, but it’s not: Scientists have created the first time crystal, using a chain of ions. Just as a standard crystal repeats in a regular spatial pattern, a time crystal repeats in time, returning to a similar configuration at regular intervals. (1) Crystals developing in time. Over and over again.…
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