Pauli's exclusion principle

Is mathematics real?

Nov 28, 2021 5 min read

I didn't think to think about the realism of mathematics until I got to high school, and encountered quantum mechanics. Mathematics was at first just another subject, before becoming a tool with…

Physicists produce video of time crystal in action 😱

Mar 9, 2021 7 min read

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Have you heard of time crystals? A crystal is any object whose atoms are arranged in a fixed pattern in space, with the pattern repeating itself. So what we typically know to be crystals are really s…

The awesome limits of superconductors

Jul 5, 2020 8 min read

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On June 24, a press release from CERN said that scientists and engineers working on upgrading the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) had "built and operated … the most powerful electrical transmission l…

Physicists could have to wait 66,000 yottayears to see an electron decay

Dec 16, 2015 3 min read

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An electron's lifetime is predicted by prevalent theory that physicists would like to see disproved…

Superconductivity: From Feshbach to Fermi

Aug 31, 2012 8 min read

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(This post is continued from this one.) After a bit of searching on Wikipedia, I found that the fundamental philosophical underpinnings of superconductivity were to be found in a statistical concept…