Physicists Stunned: Lead-208’s Shape Just Broke a Fundamental Rule of Nuclear Physics
For decades, scientists believed that lead-208, a "doubly magic" and highly stable atomic nucleus, was perfectly spherical.
The Prometheus trap
The Greek god who gave fire to humans has a lot to answer for, from internet to nuclear bombs The other day I fell into the Prometheus trap; or rather, my car did. When ...
Exploring the limits of power: Where quantum theory and the theory of relativity meet
Physics has a problem—their key models of quantum theory and the theory of relativity do not fit together. Now, Dr. Wolfgang Wieland from Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) is ...
This shocking sculpture invokes both Nazi delirium and Jewish theology
Anselm Kiefer’s “Breaking of the Vessels,” weighing more than seven tons, is one of the artist’s many manic dissections of ...
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Schrödinger's cat equation unifies Einstein's theory of relativity and quantum mechanics
The relationship between quantum mechanics and classical physics has baffled scientists for decades. In the quantum world, ...