Tag: dimensions

Black holes? They are like a hologram

According to new research by SISSA, ICTP and INFN, black holes could be like holograms, in which all the information to produce a three-dimensional image is encoded in a two-dimensional surface. As affirmed by quantum theories, black holes could be incredibly complex, and concentrate an enormous amount of information in two dimensions, like the largest hard disks that exist in nature….

Virtual reality game lets you play with hypercubes in four dimensions

Imagining how four-dimensional objects would behave in our 3D world is hard, but an interactive simulation of how those objects move and interact could help Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2243345-virtual-reality-game-lets-you-play-with-hypercubes-in-four-dimensions/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…

Surface Go 2, Featuring Larger 10.5-inch Display and Thinner Bezels, To Launch Next Month

Microsoft’s Surface Go 2 is right around the corner. While nothing is set in stone, Windows Central reported Monday that the product could be announced sometime in May. From a report: Thanks to leaked benchmarks, which I’ve been able to confirm via my own sources, we already know everything about the CPU, RAM, and storage options inside the Surface Go 2….

Air Force Official Sees Use of Flying Cars By 2023

“Now is the perfect time to make Jetson’s cars real,” says the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Acquisition, Technology & Logistics. Breaking Defense reports: ‘Flying cars’ using electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) technology could be in full-up production for Air Force use in moving cargo and people within three years, says Air Force acquisition head Will Roper. Such…

Not a Fermion, Not a Boson. Scientists Find New Evidence of Two-Dimensional ‘Anyons’

Slashdot reader Nostalgia4Infinity shared this report from Science News:
In the three-dimensional world we live in, there are two classes of elementary particles: bosons and fermions. But in two dimensions, theoretical physicists predict, there’s another option: anyons. Now, scientists report new evidence that anyons exist and that they behave unlike any known particle. Using a tiny “collider,” researchers flung presumed anyons at…

Record-size Hole Opens in Ozone Layer Above the Arctic

A rare hole has opened up in the ozone layer above the Arctic, in what scientists say is the result of unusually low temperatures in the atmosphere above the north pole. From a report: The hole, which has been tracked from space and the ground over the past few days, has reached record dimensions, but is not expected to pose any…

Realizing kagome spin ice in a frustrated intermetallic compound

Exotic phases of matter known as spin ices are defined by frustrated spins that obey local “ice rules”—similar to electric dipoles in water ice. Physicists can define ice rules in two-dimensions for in-plane Ising-like spins arranged on a kagome lattice. The ice rules can lead to diverse orders and excitations. In a new report on Science, Kan Zhao and a team…

Scientists Finally Reveal The Electronic Structure of Benzene — in 126 Dimensions

“Well, those crazy chemistry cats have done it,” writes Science Alert:
Nearly 200 years after the molecule was discovered by Michael Faraday, researchers have finally revealed the complex electronic structure of benzene. This not only settles a debate that has been raging since the 1930s, this step has important implications for the future development of opto-electronic materials, many of which are built…

Researchers Combine Lasers and Terahertz Waves In Camera That Sees ‘Unseen’ Detail

A team of physicists at the University of Sussex has successfully developed the first nonlinear camera capable of capturing high-resolution images of the interior of solid objects using terahertz (THz) radiation. Phys.Org reports: Led by Professor Marco Peccianti of the Emergent Photonics (EPic) Lab, Luana Olivieri, Dr. Juan S. Totero Gongora and a team of research students built a new type…