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‘Schrödinger’s Hat’ Uses Invisibility to Measure Quantum World
Mathematicians now suspect quirks in energy-cloaking metamaterials could be exploited to create powerful quantum probes called “Schrödinger’s hats.”
image caption: A “Schrödinger’s hat” metamaterial could trap a signal (red spike at center) from an atomic particle while leaving the signal’s source undisturbed. Image: A. Greenleaf et al./PNAS
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Living long and prosper
“How would we express in terms of the statistical theory the marvelous faculty of a living organism, by which it delays the decay into thermodynamical equilibrium (death)?… the device by which an organism maintains itself stationary at a fairly high level of orderliness… really consists in continually sucking orderliness from its environment.” — Erwin Schrödinger - Wikiquote (via rhea137)
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What is the world made of?…There are twelve basic building blocks.
Six of these are quarks—- they go by the interesting names of up, down, charm, strange, bottom and top. (A proton, for instance, is made of two up quarks and one down quark.) The other six are leptons—- these include the electron and its two heavier siblings, the muon and the tauon, as well as three neutrinos.
There are four fundamental forces in the universe: gravity, electromagnetism, and the weak and strong nuclear forces. Each of these is produced by fundamental particles that act as carriers of the force…: …photon…graviton…eight…gluons…three…W+, … W- , … Z.
The behavior of all of these particles and forces is described with impeccable precision by the Standard Model, with one notable exception: gravity.
” — Alberto Güijosa (via isomorphismes)(via isomorphismes)
Aisha Mustafa, a 19-year-old Egyptian physics student, has invented a promising new quantum propulsion system for spacecraft.
Mustafa invented a way of tapping this quantum effect via what’s known as the dynamic Casimir effect. This uses a “moving mirror” cavity, where two very reflective very flat plates are held close together, and then moved slightly to interact with the quantum particle sea. It’s horribly technical, but the end result is that Mustafa’s use of shaped silicon plates similar to those used in solar power cells results in a net force being delivered. A force, of course, means a push or a pull and in space this equates to a drive or engine.
so I’m watching Wuthering Heights on Masterpiece Theater starring Bane, Sheriff Rick Grimes and Owen Harper