In a paper published in Nature today November 15 the research team revealed a system that uses individual photons -- single particles of light -- as a ruler ... of quantum physics, a photon ...

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Among its many statements are that moving clocks run slow and that moving rulers shrink. But how are we supposed to make sense of this? To understand the physics of relativity, we have to dip back ...

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Researchers from the non-biological domain have looked at the 20-second rule, drawing on the laws of physics to explore what is happening at the micro-level. The physics behind hand washing has ...

The study found that the picture aligns with a physics rule known as Kolmogorov’s law which predicts atmospheric movement. Overall, scientists say the artist’s careful use of scale and ...