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Prisoner's dilemma game reveals cooperation leads to leadership

October 23, 2019 0 Comments Albert Einstein, Artificial intelligence, Educational Technology, Numeracy, Psychology, Social Psychology, video games

Game theory has historically studied cooperation and hierarchy, and has sought to explain why individuals cooperate, even though they might be better off not to do so. Researchers now use a specialized graph to map a social network of cooperators and their neighbors; they discovered cooperators can attract more neighbors to follow their behaviors and are more likely to become leaders, indicating different learning patterns exist between cooperators and defectors.

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First identification of a heavy element born from neutron star collision

October 23, 2019 0 Comments Albert Einstein, Black Holes, Chemistry, Cosmology, Nebulae, Physics, Quantum Physics, Stars

For the first time, a freshly made heavy element, strontium, has been detected in space, in the aftermath of a merger of two neutron stars. The detection confirms that the heavier elements in the Universe can form in neutron star mergers, providing a missing piece of the puzzle of chemical element formation.

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Taking a new tangent to control pesky waves in fusion plasmas

October 21, 2019 0 Comments Albert Einstein, Chemistry, Energy Technology, Nuclear Energy, Optics, Physics, Quantum Physics, Thermodynamics

Fusion combines light elements in the form of plasma — the hot, charged state of matter composed of free electrons and atomic nuclei — to generate massive amounts of energy. One of the ways that scientists help heat the plasma is by injecting beams of energetic particles into tokamaks to provide enough energy for plasma particles to overcome mutual repulsion and fuse together.

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Quantum paradox experiment may lead to more accurate clocks and sensors

October 15, 2019 0 Comments Albert Einstein, Computers and Internet, encryption, Physics, Quantum Computers, Quantum Computing, Quantum Physics, Spintronics Research

More accurate clocks and sensors may result from a recently proposed experiment, linking an Einstein-devised paradox to quantum mechanics. A physicist said the international collaboration aimed to test Einstein's twin paradox using quantum particles in a 'superposition' state.

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Unified sensor to better control effects of shock waves

September 19, 2019 0 Comments Albert Einstein, aviation, Detectors, Medical Technology, Nature of Water, Optics, Physics, Quantum Physics

Researchers have developed a unified shock sensor to quickly and accurately dispel harmful shock waves.

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Laser prototype for space-based gravitational wave detector

September 18, 2019 0 Comments Albert Einstein, Detectors, Optics, Physics, Space Exploration, Space Missions, Space Probes, Space Telescopes

Researchers have announced a prototype for a laser at the heart of the first space-based gravitational wave observatory, known as the Laser Interferometer Space Antenna (LISA) mission.

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Hello, world! A new approach for physics in de sitter space

September 17, 2019 0 Comments Albert Einstein, Astrophysics, Biochemistry, Cosmology, Physics, Quantum Physics, Space Station, Space Telescopes

For decades, physicists have been attempting to reconcile quantum mechanics, the physics of the very small, with gravity, the physics of the very large. While many academics are working on quantum gravity, they often use models that don't consider certain aspects of our own universe, like its accelerated expansion. A team reports a new approach to quantum gravity using a model that more closely matches our reality.

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The magic wavelength of cadmium

September 16, 2019 0 Comments Acoustics, Albert Einstein, Engineering, Graphene, Nanotechnology, Optics, Physics, Quantum Physics

Researchers experimentally determined a property of cadmium called the magic wavelength which is considered essential for the development of the most accurate clocks ever envisaged. The researchers hope this may permit simple and robust atomic clocks so accurate they could be used to improve our understanding of current theories and even test for new physics.