An international research collaboration led by the University of Surrey's Nuclear Physics Group has overturned the long-standing belief that the atomic nucleus of lead-208 (²⁰⁸Pb) is perfectly spherical.

https://phys.org/news/2025-02-unexpected-nucleus-prompts-reevaluation-atomic.html

The discovery challenges fundamental assumptions about nuclear structure and has far-reaching implications for our understanding of how the heaviest elements are formed in the universe.

#NUCLEAR #PHYSICS #THEORY #PRESS

"Electrons are everywhere. But what if it's the same one?" 😎🤭🤣

"It's estimated that there are around 1082 atoms in the observable universe. With each element in the periodic table containing at least one electron, you can therefore safely assume there are at least 10,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 electrons in the observable universe as well. Or can you?"
https://www.iflscience.com/the-strange-theory-that-there-is-only-one-electron-in-the-universe-73818 #physics #mindfuck 🤡

A ‘Teleportation’ Breakthrough for Quantum Computing Is Here

https://www.wired.com/story/quantum-computing-information-teleportation/

A team at the University of Oxford succeeded in getting two quantum processors to connect to each other and transmit the same information using particle entanglement.

#physics #computers #networks #Oxford #UK #press

Oxford Scientists Say They’ve Achieved Quantum Teleportation

https://futurism.com/oxford-scientists-quantum-teleportation-supercomputers

KEWL🌀NEWS

#OXFORD #PHYSICS #QUANTUM #TELEPORTATION #PRESS

Dr. Sofyan Taya was a theoretical physicist who studied optoelectronics for practical applications. He was born in the Jabalia refugee camp in Gaza in 1971, and tragically he was killed on Dec 2, 2023 in an Israeli airstrike in Gaza.

Dr. Taya was born and raised in the Jabalia refugee camp in Gaza in 1971. He began his education at a United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) school in the camp. He then went on to study physics and, in 1994, received his bachelor’s degree at the Islamic University of Gaza, and received his doctorate in 2007. He was the physics department head at Islamic University of Gaza from 2008 to 2011, and earlier 2023, was appointed to the president of the university.

Dr. Taya’s research has focused on light and utilising it in specific structures called optical waveguides and photonic crystals for measurements and sensing, with one potential goal of using them in medical bio-sensors. Just in 2020, he spent a few years at the University of Montreal, Canada as part of a fellowship to study sensitivity enhancement of optical waveguide sensors. Additionally, he has a number of published papers on improving solar cell function with organic dyes. In 2021, Dr. Taya was named one of the top 2% of researchers worldwide by an Elsevier and Stanford University study.

On December 2, 2023, Dr. Taya and his family were killed in an Israeli airstrike in the Jabalia refugee camp. It is absolutely tragic to see such talent and intellect wasted through the indiscriminate bombing of the Israeli military. Imagine how many more scientists, poets, engineers, and artists the world would have if our efforts were put into rebuilding Gaza instead of razing it to the ground? The +15,000 Palestinians that have been killed to date are not just numbers, but each person has a story, like Dr. Taya. Their deaths could have been prevented if Israel stopped their relentless brutal assault against all of Gaza.

#Palestine #PalestineScientist #FreeGaza #Art #physics

How to talk about Heisenberg's 1925 papers in your quantum mechanics class to celebrate 100 years of QM

https://youtu.be/X2CQ7OEqiqA?si=kS36-2aOK4vPJreP

#physics

Light connects us. 🤝

So we are back with new energy on Mastodon! Looking forward to inspiring science communication with you. 🫵

#Science #ScienceMastodon #physics #light

I’ve been sat quietly for a long time but I think it’s time for an #introduction. I’m Chronodile, a queer adult with ADHD. I’m a PhD student working on an atomic #physics experiment but my thesis is due soon and then I’ll start teaching at Uni!

My hobbies include #knitting and #crochet , but I’m also dead into science communication and outreach. I love #videogames (I used to stream on Twitch) and I enjoy a good book.

I’m looking to move instances - see details below, suggestions welcome!

Never change the past. It’s the rule time travelers must not disobey. However, Vanderbilt University physicist Lorenzo Gavassino isn't so sure this is such a big obstacle. @ScienceAlert has more, including a description of “The Grandfather Paradox” and how it may be circumvented:

https://flip.it/sKJmK-

#Science #TimeTravel #Human #Physics

Moin #PhysikEdu,

ich habe endlich mein Isotopentafel-Puzzle fertig modelliert und gedruckt. Damit kann man die Isotope zusammenpuzzelnd und anschließend Zerfallsreihen ermitteln, wobei ein „Zerfallsrahmen“ auch nur auf die Isotope passt, die diesen Zerfall „können“.

- Makerworld: https://makerworld.com/en/models/998223?profiled=975203#profileId-975045 freue mich über Boost/Likes

- GitHub: https://github.com/tweh/Table-of-Isotopes-Puzzle

#FediLZ #Physik #Atomphysik #Strahlung #3ddruck #3dprinting #maker #BlueLZ #modell #physics #iteachphysics #onshape #openscad

#Physics Girl #DoingBetter after #LongCovid

I owe this YouTuber a lot. She educated people on physics. Took them to places.
More than 2 years ago she got really sick with Covid that soon became Long-Covid. Earlier messages from her [partner] she was barely alive, non responsive.
If you want to check out her channel:
-> Physics Girl <-
-> youtube.com/@physicsgirl <- And please do.

Now she gives a very happy sign of emprovement I'm happy to share:

"Hello from Dianna! - Two years in bed"
by physicsgirl

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/euCkKszuWDQ

Quote by PG:
"Nov 21, 2024
Here is a small update from Dianna herself! She hasn't been able to communicate directly here on Youtube for almost 2 years now. A quick hello and thank you!"

#TechCrunch:
❛❛ an even wilder claim tucked into the blog post … that this #chip was so mind-boggling fast that it must have borrowed computational power from other universes.

Ergo the chip’s performance indicates that #parallel #universes exist and “we live in a multiverse.” ❜❜

🔗 https://techcrunch.com/2024/12/10/google-says-its-new-quantum-chip-indicates-that-multiple-universes-exist/ 2024 Dec 10
🔗 https://blog.google/technology/research/google-willow-quantum-chip/ … #Google #blog
🔗 https://Wikipedia.org/wiki/Multiverse … #Multiverse

#Community #TimeTravel #Research #quantum #computing #maths #science #physics #Kronodon

Astronomers have just discovered the first known "Einstein zigzag."

Due to a rare, lucky cosmic alignment, the combined gravity of two galaxies bent light like spaghetti & split a distant quasar into six different images.

This six-part image could allow a very accurate measure of the expansion of the universe.

https://www.science.org/content/article/first-known-double-gravitational-lens-could-shed-light-universe-s-expansion #science #space #astronomy #physics

Physicists have made a groundbreaking discovery at CERN, capturing an elusive 4D "ghost" particle! 🌌 This remarkable achievement opens new doors in our understanding of the universe. 🚀✨ Dive into the details of this fascinating research and what it means for the future of physics! 🔬 #CERN #Physics #4D #ParticleAccelerator #ScienceNews

🔗 https://www.sciencealert.com/physicists-capture-elusive-4d-ghost-in-cern-particle-accelerator

Humans spend a lot of time moving in crowds. Matthew R. Francis and Maki Naro collaborate on this comic for @KnowableMag, which demonstrates how tools from fluid dynamics can help model crowd behavior and smooth the flow of crowds, potentially making us safer.

https://knowablemagazine.org/content/article/society/2024/using-physics-to-understand-behavior-of-human-crowds

#Science #Physics #FluidDynamics #CrowdBehavior #ThinkingFluids #Newstodon #NewstodonFriday #FollowFriday

I somehow had never heard of cloud chambers before. With the help of condensing vapors at cool temperatures, you can see the actual paths of particles with your own eyes.

Not only can you see electrons, and protons, but you also see the interactions between particles. And cloud chambers have been used in physics since the 1920s, wild!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oLobPAJuHBc
#physics #particlephysics #science

The front flip on the long jump is banned - but here's the #physics that explains why it's actually a good strategy. @wired https://www.wired.com/story/physics-of-the-banned-front-flip-long-jump/

#electric #electronic #physics #knowledge #handbook for #howto
+ на русском: https://forum.cxem.net/index.php?/topic/215858-карманный-справочник-инженера-электронной-техники/

“Indeed, almost every theory of physics is basically a retelling of momentum of conversation [sic] but in different applications.”

“We do now [sic] understand the nature of dark matter or dark energy. […] We do now [sic] know what happened in the earliest moments of the big bang.”

Is the whole publication this sloppy?

Did AI write this shit?

The title itself sounds like some lazy-ass query put to AI.

#physics #ai

Study reveals how natural processes helped sculpt the Great Sphinx of Giza #physics #fluiddynamics https://arstechnica.com/?p=1983658

Part of me is tickled to death that a grammar book for adults is the #1 New Release in Science for Kids. Again.

The other part of me is annoyed. Make it go back to #1 in Technical Writing Reference! Or back to Top 50 of all Science & Math Books, at least!

@JHUPress

https://www.amazon.com/Subatomic-Writing-Fundamental-Lessons-Language/dp/142144612X/

#science #writing #reference #grammar #science #physics #adulteducationcanbefuntoo #edutainment