Archive for January 20th, 2012
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Heisenberg’s Uncertainty Principle is one of the fundamental concepts of Quantum Physics, and is the basis for the initial realization of fundamental uncertainties in the ability of an experimenter to measure more than one quantum variable at a time. Attempting to measure an elementary particle’s position to the highest degree of accuracy, for example, leads [ READ MORE ]
With £9.3billion being spent on the Olympics, the organisers could be forgiven for thinking they had prepared for every eventuality. But London could suffer a space storm during the games – causing power cuts, damaging communication satellites and forcing planes to divert. London Olympics organisers admitted today they were ‘monitoring the situation carefully’ after the [ READ MORE ]
Well, science seems to be slowly agreeing on the fact that the earth’s magnetic north orientation has and is moving.. What will happen? What causes this? Causes and effects True polar wander can be caused by several mechanisms of redistributing mass and changing the moment of inertia tensor of the Earth: Glacial cycles: redistribution of [ READ MORE ]
A magnetic reversal in progress? The South Atlantic Anomaly (SAA) is known to be growing in extent and spreading westwards from South Africa, as the Earth’s internal magnetic field rapidly weakens in this region. This may be early evidence of a forthcoming reversal in the direction of the Earth’s internal magnetic field. We do not know in [ READ MORE ]
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