A cosmic particle detector in Antarctica has picked up a series of inexplicable signals that contradict current models in particle physics. The anomalies were detected by the Antarctic Impulsive Transient Antenna (ANITA) experiment and consist of radio wave pulses that, instead of reflecting off the ice as expected, seem to emerge from impossible angles in […]
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Physicists Challenge the Big Bang Theory and Propose That the Origin of the Universe Lies in a Black Hole from a Previous Universe
An international team of physicists led by Professor Enrique Gaztañaga of the Institute of Cosmology and Gravitation at the University of Portsmouth has questioned the idea that the Universe began with the Big Bang. In an article published in Physical Review D, the researchers propose an alternative model for the origin of the cosmos, explaining […]
CERN’s Collider Achieves Transmutation of Lead into Gold in an Experiment
For centuries, alchemists sought to convert common metals into gold, a phenomenon known as chrysopoeia. Now, thanks to advances in nuclear physics, this ancient aspiration has unexpectedly become a reality at CERN’s Large Hadron Collider (LHC), where scientists have observed a real and measurable process of transmutation from lead into gold, according to a recently […]
Closer to the Theory of Everything: A new theory unifies the fundamental forces and changes our understanding of the universe
The biggest challenge in theoretical physics for more than a century has been to develop a unified theory that combines gravity and the other three fundamental forces of the Universe: the strong and weak nuclear forces as well as electromagnetism. Physicists have tried but failed to unite two apparently incompatible pillars of contemporary science: the […]
Scientists Create a “Black Hole Bomb” in the Laboratory for the First Time
A team of researchers has succeeded in recreating for the first time in a laboratory experiment a phenomenon that until now only existed as a theory in the realm of black holes. The experiment demonstrates that the rotation of an object can exponentially amplify electromagnetic waves, mimicking the behavior of a black hole bomb, a […]
Scientists Find an Exception to the Laws of Thermodynamics: A Physical Phenomenon That Defies Textbooks
A team of researchers from the University of Massachusetts Amherst has identified an unusual physical phenomenon that challenges certain traditional expectations derived from the laws of thermodynamics. The finding, led by physics graduate student Anthony Raykh, is described in an article published in Nature Physics, and involves a liquid with the ability to “regain its […]
Robert Grosseteste, the English Bishop and Philosopher Who Conceived a Precursor to the Big Bang Theory in the Middle Ages
Legend has it, as recounted by the English Benedictine monk Matthew of Paris, that the energetic Pope Innocent IV died of a heart attack triggered by the terrifying nocturnal vision of a ghost. It was the spirit of Robert Grosseteste, a British Franciscan who had died a year earlier, serving as Bishop of Lincoln, whose […]
Physicists Create a New Phase of Matter: A “Time Crystal” That Challenges Common Perceptions of Motion and Time
In a new and significant breakthrough in the field of quantum physics, a team of researchers from Washington University in St. Louis (WashU) has successfully developed an innovative type of time crystal, a state of matter that challenges conventional notions of motion and temporality. The research, published in the journal Physical Review X, represents a […]
Scientists Manage to Create Light Particles That Coexist in 37 Dimensions Simultaneously
Scientists have made a surprising discovery: they have managed to manipulate light particles in such a way that they can exist in 37 dimensions at the same time. This breakthrough, published in Science Advances, opens up new possibilities in quantum computing and information transmission. What Does It Mean to Exist in 37 Dimensions? Imagine that […]
Quantum particles observed for the first time to have mass only when moving in one direction
An international team of scientists has achieved a remarkable breakthrough in the study of quantum materials thanks to an experiment conducted in Florida. Using the world’s most powerful magnet, they discovered strange behavior in a material that could have revolutionary applications for future technologies, from batteries to medical devices. The experiment was conducted at the […]