Betsy Devine: Funny ha-ha and/or funny peculiar

Making trouble today for a better tomorrow…

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I just felt a vast disturbance in the force…

March 25th, 2006 · No Comments

galaxyM101: Messier 101 spiral galaxy from Hubble telescope

Towards a new test of general relativity? from PhysOrg.com
Scientists funded by the European Space Agency have measured the gravitational equivalent of a magnetic field for the first time in a laboratory. Under certain special conditions the effect is much larger than expected from general relativity and could help physicists to make a significant step towards the long-sought-after quantum theory of gravity.
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But the force detected was a gajillion times stronger than the force predicted…How lovely that gravity still has some surprises!


Thanks to Kottke’s Remainders for the link!


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