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Atoms within atoms
It’s a matter of some irony that forces that act across larger distances also give rise to lots of empty space – although the more you think about it, the more it makes sense. The force of gravity, for example, … Continue reading
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Tagged Bose-Einstein condensate, bosonic gas, electrons, integer spin, inverse square law, laser excitation, neutrons, Rydberg atom, Rydberg polaron, Serge Haroche, strontium, subatomic particles, subatomic physics, valence electrons
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Good writing is an atom
The act of writing well is like an atom, or the universe. There is matter but it is thinly distributed, with lots of empty space in between. Removing this seeming nothingness won’t help, however. Its presence is necessary for things … Continue reading
Posted in Life notes, Scicomm
Tagged dark energy, electrons, galaxy, good writing, Hubble constant, neutrons, protons, science journalism, science writing, universe, vacuum, vacuum energy, void
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Inspecting nuclear warheads like they were passwords
Nuclear weapon inspectors have a weighty but tricky job. An inspecting state relies on them to verify if a weapon is a nuclear warhead, but the state whose weapons are being inspected doesn’t want to divulge too much information about the weapon’s design … Continue reading
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Tagged British Test Object, cryptography, neutrons, nuclear warheads, weapons inspection, zero-knowledge protocol
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