Science Gossip supports science journalism through blogs, where it collects science news of interest to the average person and lets the blogosphere handle the in-depth coverage. http://sciencegossip.info sciencegossip-physicshttp://feedburner.google.comSubscribe with My Yahoo!Subscribe with NewsGatorSubscribe with My AOLSubscribe with BloglinesSubscribe with NetvibesSubscribe with GoogleSubscribe with PageflakesSubscribe with PlusmoSubscribe with The Free DictionarySubscribe with Bitty BrowserSubscribe with NewsAlloySubscribe with Live.comSubscribe with Excite MIXSubscribe with Yourminis.comSubscribe with Attensa for OutlookSubscribe with WebwagSubscribe with netomat HubSubscribe with Podcast ReadySubscribe with FlurrySubscribe with WikioSubscribe with Daily Rotation <p>Physicists count the number of atoms to measure temperatures that are a few billionths of a degree above absolute zero.</p> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/J6WTxaUGQ-sFaCVeAls3uRpm2J0/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/J6WTxaUGQ-sFaCVeAls3uRpm2J0/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/J6WTxaUGQ-sFaCVeAls3uRpm2J0/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/J6WTxaUGQ-sFaCVeAls3uRpm2J0/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/sciencegossip-physics/~4/mXe9ilb52yc" height="1" width="1"/> http://feeds.sciencegossip.info/~r/sciencegossip-physics/~3/mXe9ilb52yc/measuring_temperature_by_count.php 619 at http://sciencegossip.info Wed, 28 Jul 2010 12:51:43 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/principles/2010/07/measuring_temperature_by_count.php <p>Using lasers on muonic hydrogen reveals that the size of the proton is slightly smaller than previously believed, which could have profound implications in the theory of particle physics.</p> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/fT84LZ4gyJdVbpbtZI5Nllf24po/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/fT84LZ4gyJdVbpbtZI5Nllf24po/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/fT84LZ4gyJdVbpbtZI5Nllf24po/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/fT84LZ4gyJdVbpbtZI5Nllf24po/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/sciencegossip-physics/~4/gs83kijW27g" height="1" width="1"/> http://feeds.sciencegossip.info/~r/sciencegossip-physics/~3/gs83kijW27g/size-of-proton-measured-with-lasers.html 612 at http://sciencegossip.info Mon, 12 Jul 2010 11:01:09 +0000 http://theastronomist.fieldofscience.com/2010/07/size-of-proton-measured-with-lasers.html <p>An asymmetry between matter and antimatter which is much larger than what is predicted by the Standard Model of particle physics may have been discovered.</p> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/EgEDwW8FO-qaM4_8F46gSBBGOhk/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/EgEDwW8FO-qaM4_8F46gSBBGOhk/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/EgEDwW8FO-qaM4_8F46gSBBGOhk/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/EgEDwW8FO-qaM4_8F46gSBBGOhk/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/sciencegossip-physics/~4/RbJgRDU_tJM" height="1" width="1"/> http://feeds.sciencegossip.info/~r/sciencegossip-physics/~3/RbJgRDU_tJM/ 588 at http://sciencegossip.info Sat, 29 May 2010 12:09:30 +0000 http://www.theness.com/roguesgallery/?p=1627 <p>The largest thing that has ever been observed in its quantum ground state is as long as the width of a human hair.</p> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/4gLnlF_9U8LZ_uRE6gMCBt0klNw/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/4gLnlF_9U8LZ_uRE6gMCBt0klNw/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/4gLnlF_9U8LZ_uRE6gMCBt0klNw/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/4gLnlF_9U8LZ_uRE6gMCBt0klNw/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/sciencegossip-physics/~4/tFhNWahYL8M" height="1" width="1"/> http://feeds.sciencegossip.info/~r/sciencegossip-physics/~3/tFhNWahYL8M/several_people_have_sent_me.php 555 at http://sciencegossip.info Wed, 31 Mar 2010 14:15:21 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/principles/2010/03/several_people_have_sent_me.php <p>The LHC at CERN has collided two beams of protons with a total center-of-mass energy of 7 TeV (seven trillion electron volts).</p> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/D46CRQrbCiqzV-brLMGtxVrmzVM/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/D46CRQrbCiqzV-brLMGtxVrmzVM/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/D46CRQrbCiqzV-brLMGtxVrmzVM/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/D46CRQrbCiqzV-brLMGtxVrmzVM/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/sciencegossip-physics/~4/VEt8tnKXmTc" height="1" width="1"/> http://feeds.sciencegossip.info/~r/sciencegossip-physics/~3/VEt8tnKXmTc/ 554 at http://sciencegossip.info Tue, 30 Mar 2010 14:53:40 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2010/03/30/lhc-physics-begins/ <p>Even something as big as 200 micrometers will still be subject to quantum effects when cooled to nearly absolute zero.</p> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/spuJlevY8Lv8aDgWZuDQLs-3b38/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/spuJlevY8Lv8aDgWZuDQLs-3b38/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/spuJlevY8Lv8aDgWZuDQLs-3b38/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/spuJlevY8Lv8aDgWZuDQLs-3b38/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/sciencegossip-physics/~4/qKqGu6SyNzA" height="1" width="1"/> http://feeds.sciencegossip.info/~r/sciencegossip-physics/~3/qKqGu6SyNzA/ 550 at http://sciencegossip.info Thu, 25 Mar 2010 13:33:32 +0000 http://worldofweirdthings.com/2010/03/18/rethinking-quantum-states-and-computers/ <p>The Large Hadron Collider is about to set a record by achieving beam circulation at 3.5 TeV, bringing collisions between protons to 7 TeV center-of-mass energy.</p> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Buc-Al6MVIv59mmss_RUB_KSoTs/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Buc-Al6MVIv59mmss_RUB_KSoTs/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Buc-Al6MVIv59mmss_RUB_KSoTs/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Buc-Al6MVIv59mmss_RUB_KSoTs/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/sciencegossip-physics/~4/VhVAfKvxT60" height="1" width="1"/> http://feeds.sciencegossip.info/~r/sciencegossip-physics/~3/VhVAfKvxT60/ 547 at http://sciencegossip.info Fri, 19 Mar 2010 12:21:07 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2010/03/18/highest-energy-ever/ <p>The Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider observes parity violation in a quark-gluon plasma.</p> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/AIh3i8PX0lHecvqH4s8b7vawk3Q/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/AIh3i8PX0lHecvqH4s8b7vawk3Q/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/AIh3i8PX0lHecvqH4s8b7vawk3Q/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/AIh3i8PX0lHecvqH4s8b7vawk3Q/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/sciencegossip-physics/~4/mOzpkS1ETeM" height="1" width="1"/> http://feeds.sciencegossip.info/~r/sciencegossip-physics/~3/mOzpkS1ETeM/ 530 at http://sciencegossip.info Mon, 22 Feb 2010 11:42:23 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2010/02/16/violating-parity-with-quarks-and-gluons/ <p>Another analysis indicates that general relativity is consistent with the large-scale structure of the universe after all.</p> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/HUA2DMYdoEDyZ6a61bHjdOawf_w/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/HUA2DMYdoEDyZ6a61bHjdOawf_w/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/HUA2DMYdoEDyZ6a61bHjdOawf_w/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/HUA2DMYdoEDyZ6a61bHjdOawf_w/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/sciencegossip-physics/~4/3VK-6ZUMlIA" height="1" width="1"/> http://feeds.sciencegossip.info/~r/sciencegossip-physics/~3/3VK-6ZUMlIA/ 527 at http://sciencegossip.info Thu, 18 Feb 2010 13:36:57 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2010/02/12/general-relativity-in-pretty-good-shape/ <p>Maxwell's demon inspires a cooling technique for a gas of atoms using single photons and a magnetic trap.</p> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/5YZqo1l9WZcLJ_tWTHna6TgqC5g/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/5YZqo1l9WZcLJ_tWTHna6TgqC5g/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/5YZqo1l9WZcLJ_tWTHna6TgqC5g/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/5YZqo1l9WZcLJ_tWTHna6TgqC5g/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/sciencegossip-physics/~4/oRzOeM_yEiM" height="1" width="1"/> http://feeds.sciencegossip.info/~r/sciencegossip-physics/~3/oRzOeM_yEiM/single-photon_cooling_making_m.php 515 at http://sciencegossip.info Fri, 05 Feb 2010 02:06:11 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/principles/2010/01/single-photon_cooling_making_m.php