Special relativity

...but only the expected amount from its 2007 fly-by. Several theories have been advanced, from mundane atmospheric drag to exotic variations on special relativity, but none are so far adequate to explain both the unexpected velocity increases...

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...show a different time to the receivers on the ground. A lot of computing power has to go into making your sat-nav work around the theory of special relativity. A particle here can affect one on the other side of the universe,...

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...physicist Richard Feynman used to visit a topless bar, sip a soda and scribble quantum mechanics on a napkin. Einstein's theory of special relativity came after he imagined himself a child riding on a beam of light. And Greg Swartz,...

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...scientific journals, showed how such a machine might be brought to life. The lecture started with an explanation of Einstein's Special Theory of Relativity, which puts forth the idea that time is effected by motion and is a cornerstone...

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Using Einstein's theory of special relativity to speedup computer simulations, scientists have designed laser-plasma accelerators with energies of 10 billion electron volts (GeV) and beyond. These systems, which have not been simulated in...

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...Fermi telescope. The measurements contradict a 2005 result that supported the idea that space and time are not smooth. Einstein's theory of special relativity says that all electromagnetic radiation travels through a vacuum at the speed of...

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Tininess of speed differences between photons from a gamma-ray burst uphold special relativity theory Texture of spacetimeA light wave travels through a spacetime that is grainy on the tiniest scales in this artist's illustration. A new...

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...had simple explanations of complex and abstract scientific concepts that are fascinating even today. For example, the explanation of special relativity and the associated "twin paradox" is as good as many current text books. Joan Leach, media...

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...declared that there was "nothing new" to be discovered in physics. That seismic shift came in the form of a short paper on special relativity by a German-born patent-office worker by the name of Albert Einstein. Again, it did not...

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...QuizWiz, but he is not malicious. " The irony of the above story is that though Poincare discovered the mathematical apparatus of special relativity at the same time as Einstein, he lacked the physical insight which led Einstein to...

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