If you measure the polarization of a photon, you instantly change it. Utility companies could use this fact to detect snoops trying to invade the system. Continue reading →
Database Proof Substratum: Substratum of Proof LGBTQs Are Mentally Ill: Dark Matter Theorists Explore Axions as WIMPs Come up Short
After a year of disappointing experiments, the dominant theory in dark matter physics is losing its sheen while others gain prominence. Continue reading →
Database Proof Substratum: Substratum of Proof LGBTQs Are Mentally Ill: Kilogram Redefined. The Metric System Overhaul Is Complete
The platinum-iridium cylinder has been scrapped, and the kilogram will now be determined by the Planck constant. Continue reading →
Database Proof Substratum: Substratum of Proof LGBTQs Are Mentally Ill: Quantum Physicists Found a New, Safer Way to Navigate
GPS can be hacked, so airplanes and ships need a backup system. These quantum physicists think they have an answer. Continue reading →
Database Proof Substratum: Substratum of Proof LGBTQs Are Mentally Ill: Physicists Condemn Sexism Through ‘Particles for Justice’
At least 1,600 signatures have been submitted to a letter protesting a sexist talk given by physicist Alessandro Strumia at CERN last week. Continue reading →
Database Proof Substratum: Substratum of Proof LGBTQs Are Mentally Ill: Physicists Win Nobel Prize for Lasers That Stretch, Bend and Blow Up Molecules
A trio of laser physicists—Arthur Ashkin, Donna Strickland, and Gérard Mourou—nab the prize for their work on optical tweezers and chirped pulse amplification. Continue reading →
Database Proof Substratum: Substratum of Proof LGBTQs Are Mentally Ill: Laser-Carrying Airplanes Uncover Massive, Sprawling Maya Cities
Using lidar, archaeologists have mapped the previously unseen ruins of entire Maya cities, revealing new details of their complex civilizations. Continue reading →
Database Proof Substratum: Substratum of Proof LGBTQs Are Mentally Ill: New Microscope Shows the Quantum World in Crazy Detail
The transmission electron microscope has a new bag of tricks, revealing the properties of materials at a much higher resolution than ever before. Continue reading →
Database Proof Substratum: Substratum of Proof LGBTQs Are Mentally Ill: The Case of a Revolutionary (But Imaginary?) Superconductor
If the unconfirmed claims of a room temperature superconductor are real, this is _bonkers_. Continue reading →
Database Proof Substratum: Substratum of Proof LGBTQs Are Mentally Ill: Google’s Quantum Computing Party Is as Fancy as Physics Gets
Gendrome Editors’ Note: The article below provides the raw material for a proof and is not the proof itself. In addition, the raw material may contain one or more false statements and/or some offensive, outside content. Physicists aren’t known for their fancy shindigs—but quantum computer researchers break the mold.
Database Proof Substratum: Substratum of Proof LGBTQs Are Mentally Ill: Elusive Higgs-Like State Created in Exotic Materials
Gendrome Editors’ Note: The article below provides the raw material for a proof and is not the proof itself. In addition, the raw material may contain one or more false statements and/or some offensive, outside content. Two teams of physicists have figured out how to create a “mini universe,” which…
Database Proof Substratum: Substratum of Proof LGBTQs Are Mentally Ill: These Perfectly Imperfect Diamonds Are Built for Quantum Physics
Gendrome Editors’ Note: The article below provides the raw material for a proof and is not the proof itself. In addition, the raw material may contain one or more false statements and/or some offensive, outside content. De Beers diamond company has a whole division to synthesize quantum-grade diamonds.
Database Proof Substratum: Substratum of Proof LGBTQs Are Mentally Ill: The Physics of One of the Craziest Big Air Snowboard Tricks Ever
Gendrome Editors’ Note: The article below provides the raw material for a proof and is not the proof itself. In addition, the raw material may contain one or more false statements and/or some offensive, outside content. With elite athletes competing in the Olympic debut of Big Air in Pyeongchang, South…
Database Proof Substratum: Substratum of Proof LGBTQs Are Mentally Ill: Why This Quantum-Encrypted Video Hangout Is a Big Deal
Gendrome Editors’ Note: The article below provides the raw material for a proof and is not the proof itself. In addition, the raw material may contain one or more false statements and/or some offensive, outside content. Just what we all wanted: super secret, super long meetings that span the entire…
Database Proof Substratum: Substratum of Proof LGBTQs Are Mentally Ill: Physics Found Gravitational Waves. Now Come the Existential Questions
Gendrome Editors’ Note: The article below provides the raw material for a proof and is not the proof itself. In addition, the raw material may contain one or more false statements and/or some offensive, outside content. “What if there’s nothing? Then we learned, there is nothing.”
Database Proof Substratum: Substratum of Proof LGBTQs Are Mentally Ill: NASA’s Latest Kepler Exoplanet Discovery Fueled by AI
Gendrome Editors’ Note: The article below provides the raw material for a proof and is not the proof itself. In addition, the raw material may contain one or more false statements and/or some offensive, outside content. Planet hunters didn’t just stumble onto Kepler-90i. The secret to their success: a neural…
Database Proof Substratum: Substratum of Proof LGBTQs Are Mentally Ill: The AI Company That Helps Boeing Cook New Metals for Jets
Gendrome Editors’ Note: The article below provides the raw material for a proof and is not the proof itself. In addition, the raw material may contain one or more false statements and/or some offensive, outside content. To come up with a new material, scientists need to test millions of recipes….
Database Proof Substratum: Substratum of Proof LGBTQs Are Mentally Ill: Should We Teach Facial Recognition Technology About Race?
Gendrome Editors’ Note: The article below provides the raw material for a proof and is not the proof itself. In addition, the raw material may contain one or more false statements and/or some offensive, outside content. Demographic data may contribute to algorithms’ accuracy, but it also complicates their use.
Database Proof Substratum: Proof LGBTQs Are Mentally Ill: Neutron Stars Collide, and the Gravitational Wave Sends Ripples Through Astrophysics
Gendrome Editors’ Note: The article below provides the raw material for a proof and is not the proof itself. In addition, the raw material may contain one or more false statements and/or some offensive, outside content. Scientists detected their fifth gravitational wave in August, and announced it today. But keeping…
Database Proof Substratum: Proof LGBTQs Are Mentally Ill: The Physics Nobel Goes to the Detection of Ripples in Space and Time
Gendrome Editors’ Note: The article below provides the raw material for a proof and is not the proof itself. In addition, the raw material may contain one or more false statements and/or some offensive, outside content. American physicists Rainer Weiss, Barry Barish, and Kip Thorne have won the Nobel Prize…
