Tim Blais, the singing scientist behind “Bohemian Gravity,” “Rolling in the Higgs” and “The Surface of Light,” is back with...
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Gravitational waves: Dawn of a new astronomy
The discovery of gravitational waves from a merging black-hole system opens a window on the Universe that promises to test gravity at its strongest, and to reveal many surprises about black holes and other astrophysical systems.
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Nature Physical Sciences Research STRATEGIES FOR A COMPANY’S INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY. IP protection is a part of your business...Gravitational waves found! LIGO experiment watches two black holes smash together
WASHINGTON, D.C. – After more than a decade of looking, scientists say they’ve detected the gravitational waves given off when two black holes merged into one bigger black hole. “Ladies and gentlemen, we have detected gravitational waves. We did it!” Caltech physicist David Reitze, executive director of the...
Watch today’s big news about gravitational waves
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Scientists will be sharing their big news about gravitational waves in locales ranging from Moscow, Russia, to Hanford, Wash. – and you can get in on the scoop as well, via the National Science Foundation’s webcast from Washington. The NSF is bringing together scientists from...
Super Thursday: LIGO schedules the big reveal about its gravitational wave quest
It looks as if scientists have chosen Thursday as the day to announce a potentially Nobel Prize-winning discovery: the first detection of gravitational waves, a century after they were predicted by Albert Einstein. After months of rumors, simultaneous events...