Hacker News with Generative AI: Physics

Finding Beauty and Truth in Mundane Occurrences (quantamagazine.org)
The physicist Sidney Nagel delights in solving mysteries of the universe that are hiding in plain sight.

Physics, Science, Beauty, Observation

4 points by Brajeshwar 16 hours ago | 1 comments

Hydrostatic Paradox (scubageek.com)
Before the principles of hydrostatics were understood, the behaviour of liquids was often very puzzling.

Physics, Fluids, Science, History

4 points by mhb 1 day ago | 0 comments

The six strongest materials on Earth are harder than diamonds (bigthink.com)
For millennia, diamonds were the hardest known material, but they only rank at #7 on the current list. Can you guess which material is #1?

Materials Science, Diamonds, Science, Physics

4 points by PaulHoule 1 day ago | 0 comments

ALICE detects the conversion of lead into gold at the LHC (home.cern)
Near-miss collisions between high-energy lead nuclei at the LHC generate intense electromagnetic fields that can knock out protons and transform lead into fleeting quantities of gold nuclei

Physics, Nuclear Physics, Gold, Lead

610 points by miiiiiike 2 days ago | 292 comments

ALICE detects the conversion of lead into gold at the Large Hadron Collider (phys.org)
In a paper published in Physical Review C, the ALICE collaboration reports measurements that quantify the transmutation of lead into gold in CERN's Large Hadron Collider (LHC).

Physics, Nuclear Physics, CERN, Gold

5 points by pseudolus 2 days ago | 0 comments

Physicists turn lead into gold – for a fraction of a second (nature.com)

Physics, Science, Nuclear Physics, Alchemy

19 points by Brajeshwar 2 days ago | 3 comments

ALICE detects the conversion of lead into gold at the LHC (phys.org)
In a paper published in Physical Review C, the ALICE collaboration reports measurements that quantify the transmutation of lead into gold in CERN's Large Hadron Collider (LHC).

Physics, Nuclear Physics, CERN, Gold, Lead

16 points by jonbaer 2 days ago | 1 comments

New framework suggests stars dissolve into neutrons to forge heavy elements (phys.org)
Understanding the origin of heavy elements on the periodic table is one of the most challenging open problems in all of physics.

Astrophysics, Physics, Heavy Elements, Stars

4 points by PaulHoule 3 days ago | 0 comments

Progress toward fusion energy gain as measured against the Lawson criteria (fusionenergybase.com)
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Fusion Energy, Science, Physics

231 points by sam 3 days ago | 134 comments

Universal all-optical logic gate reaches 240 GHz at room temperature (phys.org)
A research team from Skoltech and the University of Wuppertal in Germany determined that an all-optical universal logic gate that was previously developed at Skoltech can operate at a speed of 240 GHz at room temperature.

Physics, Optics, Technology, Computer Science

13 points by PaulHoule 3 days ago | 2 comments

Physicists discover an unusual chiral quantum state in a topological material (phys.org)
Chirality—the property of an object that is distinct from its mirror image—has long captivated scientists across biology, chemistry, and physics.

Physics, Quantum Mechanics, Materials Science

6 points by westurner 3 days ago | 0 comments

A snapshot of relativistic motion: visualizing the Terrell-Penrose effect (nature.com)
In 1959, Roger Penrose and James Terrell independently predicted that the Lorentz contraction of fast moving objects is not visible in a snapshot photograph.

Physics, Relativity, Visualization, Science

4 points by bookofjoe 4 days ago | 0 comments

Physicists uncover how geometric frustration shapes the rose's iconic blossom (phys.org)
Four physicists at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, in Israel, have unraveled the mechanical process behind the growth of roses as they blossom into their unique shape.

Physics, Botany, Science, Flowers, Mathematics

11 points by wglb 4 days ago | 1 comments

Why it is (nearly) impossible that we live in a simulation (arxiv.org)
We assess how physically realistic the ''simulation hypothesis'' for this Universe is, based on physical constraints arising from the link between information and energy, and on known astrophysical constraints.

Physics, Simulation Hypothesis, Cosmology

27 points by pseudolus 5 days ago | 82 comments

MIT physicists snap the first images of "free-range" atoms (news.mit.edu)
MIT physicists have captured the first images of individual atoms freely interacting in space.

Physics, Science, Microscopy, Atomic Physics

8 points by ilamont 5 days ago | 1 comments

New quantum theory of gravity brings 'theory of everything' step closer (phys.org)
At long last, a unified theory combining gravity with the other fundamental forces—electromagnetism and the strong and weak nuclear forces—is within reach.

Quantum Physics, Physics, Theoretical Physics, Unified Theories

10 points by pseudolus 6 days ago | 1 comments

ITER completes largest and most powerful pulsed magnet system (phys.org)
In a landmark achievement for fusion energy, ITER has completed all components for the world's largest, most powerful pulsed superconducting electromagnet system.

Fusion Energy, Physics, Engineering, Superconductors

7 points by rntn 6 days ago | 0 comments

Researchers create a one-dimensional gas out of light (uni-bonn.de)
Physicists at the University of Bonn and the University of Kaiserslautern-Landau (RPTU) have created a one-dimensional gas out of light.

Physics, Light, Quantum Mechanics, Experimental Physics

7 points by kposehn 6 days ago | 0 comments

Gravity is a clue that we live in a simulation (bgr.com)
We all know gravity as the invisible force that keeps us grounded. But what if it’s not a force at all? What if it’s a function? One physicist believes gravity might actually be one of the strongest clues that we live in a simulation.

Physics, Simulation, Science, Philosophy

9 points by hochmartinez 7 days ago | 7 comments

New Atomic Clock Is So Precise It Won't Lose a Second for 140M Years (zmescience.com)
On a campus in Boulder, Colorado, time just became a little more exact.

Science, Timekeeping, Physics

10 points by Brajeshwar 8 days ago | 0 comments

Castle Engine improvements: physics upgrade, sphere casting, layers filtering (castle-engine.io)
We have a number of improvements to announce, so welcome to another “bag of improvements all around the engine” news post! Take a look around, see if you find something you like 🙂 As usual, all the announced improvements are already part of the latest downloads.

Game Development, Software Updates, Physics, 3D Graphics

6 points by mariuz 8 days ago | 0 comments

Show HN: I built a synthesizer based on 3D physics (anukari.com)
Anukari is a software synthesizer and effects processor based on a fully interactive 3D physics simulation.

Music, Software, Physics, 3D Modeling

511 points by humbledrone 9 days ago | 123 comments

The unusual mathematics that gives rose petals their shape (nature.com)
The growth of rose petals exploits a geometric trick previously unobserved in nature, physicists have found.

Mathematics, Nature, Biology, Physics

20 points by gnabgib 9 days ago | 9 comments

A competing theory to 'dark energy' suggests universe has different time zones (cbc.ca)
There's a cosmic controversy brewing in the universe. It centres around the mysterious force known as "dark energy."

Cosmology, Physics, Astronomy, Universe

73 points by wglb 10 days ago | 64 comments

Blood droplets on inclined surfaces reveal new cracking patterns (phys.org)
Dried deposit of a 5 μL blood droplet on a glass surface inclined at 35° to the horizontal, showing differential cracking between the advancing (downhill) and receding (uphill) fronts. The arrow indicates the direction of gravitational acceleration (g). Credit: Bibek Kumar, Sangamitro Chatterjee, Amit Agrawal, Rajneesh Bhardwaj

Physics, Forensic Science, Fluid Dynamics

41 points by bookofjoe 10 days ago | 3 comments

The cat that wouldn't die (aeon.co)
In 1935, the Austrian physicist Erwin Schrödinger published a rather critical three-part review of what he called the ‘present situation’ in the relatively new theory of quantum mechanics.

Physics, Quantum Mechanics, Science

25 points by Hooke 11 days ago | 18 comments

Reversible computing with mechanical links and pivots (tennysontbardwell.com)
With the concern that “Moore’s Law is dead,” new interest has grown for unconventional forms of computing.

Computing, Hardware, Physics, Science

163 points by tennysont 11 days ago | 68 comments

What Is "Induced Atmospheric Vibration"? (stackexchange.com)
The blackout seen today on the Iberian Peninsula has been attributed to a "rare" phenomenon known as "induced atmospheric vibration".

Science, Physics, Blackouts, Meteorology

167 points by belter 12 days ago | 88 comments

X-rays from an overdriven magnetron [video] (youtube.com)

Physics, Magnetrons, X-rays, Video

7 points by michalpleban 13 days ago | 0 comments

Why do electrons not fall into the nucleus? (libretexts.org)
The picture of electrons "orbiting" the nucleus like planets around the sun remains an enduring one, not only in popular images of the atom but also in the minds of many of us who know better.

Physics, Quantum Mechanics, Chemistry, Atomic Structure

48 points by thunderbong 13 days ago | 50 comments