Researchers have successfully measured the quantum structure of radium monofluoride (RaF) using ion-trapping and specialized laser techniques, allowing for the detailed characterization of its rotational energy levels and establishing a laser-cooling scheme. These findings are crucial for future experiments focused on laser-cooling and trapping RaF molecules, which are expected to...

Physicists Just Made a Breakthrough That Could Explain Why We Exist

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For more than 160 years, Macy's has been much more than a department store. It's a cornerstone of American shopping, with generations eager to buy everything from back-to-school clothes to holiday gifts. But now it is a surprise that the store has been forced to close, leaving millions to wonder how such a powerful and fast-moving brand could be defeated. Macy's, the US retail giant, now faces a difficult future. Signs of trouble have been showing for several years, including declining traffic, aging stores, and an inability to keep up with a fast-paced retail environment. However, experts say the real story is corporate mismanagement, intense competition, and a lack of innovation.

The Fall of Macy's: Inside the Collapse of America's Largest Merchant

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Four years ago, back in 2020, a group of scientists at Cardiff University in the UK discovered phosphine in the clouds on Venus. This significant discovery, the researchers said, showed that a gas closely related to life on Earth existed on Earth’s twin still to this day, spurring theories that life on Venus might not be completely extinct just yet.
However, many scientists called back to those researchers and those theories, calling them crazy for even suggesting such a thing. And while it is always good to have a healthy amount of skepticism about things, those scientists didn’t give up. And...

Scientists find more proof of life on Venus

JILA researchers have created the most precise atomic clock yet, using visible light for time measurement. This breakthrough could redefine timekeeping standards and unlock new insights in physics, aiding both space exploration and quantum computing. In humanity’s relentless quest for perfection, scientists have created an atomic clock that surpasses all...

Redefining Time and Space: Scientists Have Developed the World’s Most Accurate Atomic Clock

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(1) Ahmed Farag Ali, Essex County College and Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, Benha University. We found that the GUP implied by Snyder's algebra vanishes at a specific energy scale. We define this energy scale as the scale of space-time quanta at which wavefunction collapses to form a mass. The mass of space-time quanta forms a mass gap of space-time. The covariance principle requires the space-time quanta to be a 4-dimensional object and to represent the elementary particles. Based on the geometric and symmetric analysis, we propose that the space-time quanta be represented by the 24-cell. First, it is highly-symmetric convex regular 4-polytope and self-dual. Second, The symmetry group of 24-cell is the Weyl/Coxeter group of Fs group that generates the gauge group of the standard model by the intersection of its two stabilizer groups. In addition, the 24-cell has a beautiful geometric property in which its vertices can be grouped into 3 different sets of eight vertices, each defining 16-cell with the rest defining the dual tesseract with 16 vertices. Therefore, we represent 8 vertices of 16-cell with the 8 gluons that may give a geometric interpretation of the color confinement. We represent 16 vertices of tesseract with the 12 fermions and 4 gauge bosons which may explain the flatness of the observable universe. The Higgs particle is represented as the tesseract which explains why Higgs only couple with 12 fermions and 4 gauge bosons and does not couple with 8 gluons. Vanishing uncertainty implies the creation of a mass of space-time quanta, so the length of 24-cell is identified by the electroweak length scale 10-18 m of mass creation and which is consistent with experimental measurements of the smallest measured value of charge radius of scattering for neutrinos, Higgs, Z-boson, and W boson. We think that a 24-cell symmetry group which is a solvable group of order "1152" could be useful in quantum computing. We hope to report on this application in the future.

The Role of the 24-Cell in Space-Time Quanta and Quantum Computing

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Bryshere Gray's name has been added to a growing list. Some Virginians have been keeping up with the ever-increasing tales of celebrities and their alleged connections to the saga of Sean Diddy Combs. There are now rumors that Empire actor Bryshere Gray is suing Diddy and Will Smith.

Empire actor Bryshere Gray is allegedly suing Will Smith and Sean Combs

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Shortly before 3 AM, people in the Chicago area may have felt their houses shake as a 3.4-magnitude earthquake occurred about 60 miles west of the city. (CHICAGO) The United States Geological Survey (USGS) reported a 3.4-magnitude earthquake around Somonauk, IL. Somonauk is in DeKalb and LaSalle Counties, 64 miles west of Chicago.

Did You Feel the Earthquake?

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Yesterday was the third time this year that an ad stating Chelsea Clinton lives in a beautiful Virginia home popped up on my laptop. My computer did not warn me this was a dangerous site, so this time, I clicked on the link.

Chelsea Clinton is rumored to be living in Virginia but probably still in NYC

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Quantum information theory is the field behind quantum computing, but experts in this field are also applying their way of thinking to some big questions in quantum physics.

Quantum information theorists are shedding light on entanglement, one of the spooky mysteries of quantum mechanics

Washington, DC

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Some Washingtonian super commuters are clocking into their hybrid D.C. jobs from houses hours away.Why it matters: No longer is it standard thinking that you have to live in D.C. to work in D.C., shifting the makeup of our city's professional pool.State of play: Thanks to WFH changes made permanent by Covid, it's now easier for many to try another city while still keeping their D.C.-area jobs, or to move for lower housing prices and costs of living.This comes as Northern Virginia has seen the highest out-migration rate per capita this decade out of all the state's metro areas, according...

Meet the super commuters traveling hours to DMV jobs

For years, scientists and philosophers have pondered over whether or not the real world isn't quite as real as we think. What if we told you that the world you live in isn't real ?. It might sound like a concept straight out of the Keanu Reeves science fiction favorite...

New experiments could prove that we live in a computer simulation

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Scientists from the Texas Advanced Computing Center are gaining a deeper — on the atomic level — understanding about why perovskites are such a good material for converting sunlight into electricity. The breakthrough was discovered using a supercomputer that found "vortex structures in quasiparticles of electrons and atoms,...

Supercomputer simulations make groundbreaking discovery about potential of solar power and LEDs: 'Never been observed before'

Philadelphia, PA

Axios Philadelphia

All Philadelphians want for Christmas is … Mariah Carey.The big picture: Carey just announced a new nationwide tour to celebrate the 30th anniversary of her "Christmas Time" album, including the holiday classic "All I Want for Christmas is You."Driving the news: Carey plays at Philadelphia's Wells Fargo Center on Dec. 3. The 20-city tour kicks off at Southern California's Yaamava Theater on Nov. 6.Tickets go on sale Aug. 9 at 10am, but fans can purchase them early through Verizon Up on Aug. 6.Flashback: Carey played at the Wells Fargo Center last year as part of her "Merry Christmas And All...

Mariah Carey is coming to Philly

Mass can give off energy and energy can give off mass—only in the presence of the speed of light, squared—is a principle of fusion in particle physics. However, can this be remotely used to explain an aspect of the human mind, for rough similarities, towards how the brain works?

Particle Physics Neuroscience: Does e = mc^2 Have an Equivalent for the Human Mind?

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Sha’Carri Richardson, the fastest woman in the world, has stunned fans with her incredible speed. Now, scientists say she might be able…
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She’s Magic! Scientists Believe Sha’Carri Richardson Could Theoretically Walk On Water

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The incredible 3D visualization can show what really happens inside a Tokamak.

Fly Inside A Nuclear Fusion Reactor Thanks To This Spectacular Simulation

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For nearly a month, about 300 staffers at the country's largest labor union haven't worked or been paid. Their employer, the National Education Association, took the rare step of locking them out of work last month amid contract negotiations. Why it matters: Barring employees from work, i.e., a lockout, is...

The largest labor union in the U.S. locked out its staff

For decades, physicists have been captivated by the prospect of spaceships traveling faster than light by compressing four-dimensional spacetime — a concept commonly referred to as “warp drive.”. Yes, you heard it right — those super-speed spaceships that effortlessly dart across galaxies in popular sci-fi culture. While it...

Detecting warp drives from extraterrestrial spacecraft using gravitational waves

The captivating world of quantum mechanics is constantly evolving, revealing complexities that challenge our perception of reality. Recent advancements illuminate the puzzling wave functions of entangled photons, providing remarkable insights into the behavior of these fundamental particles. At the forefront of this research are experts from the University of Ottawa...

Quantum dance of entangled photons captured in real-time

Have you ever considered the possibility that our reality might be an intricately crafted computer simulation? There is a name for this theory — Simulation Hypothesis — and it is now being tested in quantum lab experiments. Though it may initially resemble a plot from the latest sci-fi...

'Simulation Hypothesis' has leaped into serious quantum lab experiments

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Future-skilling girls for an AI world

Telling young women they should \"just learn to code\" is \"misguided\" advice in the AI era, according to the founder of a global nonprofit aimed at...

Telling young women they should "just learn to code" is "misguided" advice in the AI era, according to the founder of a global nonprofit aimed at...

Future-skilling girls for an AI world

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