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Jan 27, 2024

Theoretical Possibility of Quantum Stabilization of Traversable Wormholes

Posted by in categories: cosmology, quantum physics

In this article, we argue that we can explain quantum stabilization of Morris-Thorne traversable wormholes through quantum mechanics. We suggest that the utilization of dark matter and dark energy, conceptualized as negative mass and negative energy tied to the universe’s information content, can stabilize these wormholes. This approach diverges from the original Morris-Thorne model by incorporating quantum effects, offering a credible and adequate source of the exotic matter needed to prevent wormhole collapse. We reassess the wormholes’ stability and information content considering the new calculated revised vacuum energy based on the mass of bit of information. This new calculation makes the wormholes more viable within our universe’s limits.

Jan 27, 2024

Bio Nano Technology-New Frontiers in Molecular Engineering: Andreas Mershin at TEDxAthens

Posted by in categories: engineering, particle physics

http://www.tedxathens.com/1080p HD mode available. About speaker: Andreas Mershin is a Research Scientist at the MIT Center for Bits and Atoms. He leads the L…

Jan 27, 2024

Documents Show NSA Freaking Out Over Furbies

Posted by in categories: privacy, robotics/AI, security

Their “AI” was considered a threat to security.

Jan 27, 2024

Microsoft Reaches a $3 Trillion Market Cap, Trailing Behind Apple

Posted by in category: futurism

The company achieved this milestone for the first time in its 48-year history.

Jan 27, 2024

This Mixed Reality Concept Makes Formula 1 More Immersive Than Ever

Posted by in category: augmented reality

Watch a race while watching the race in MR.

Jan 27, 2024

9 News Australia

Posted by in category: biotech/medical

A new personalised treatment is seeing a number of cancer patients beat the disease with just one tablet a day thanks to a precise tool being used at Sydney’…

Jan 27, 2024

Thomas Kuhn: new insights into a revolutionary philosopher of science

Posted by in category: science

Gino Elia reviews The Last Writings of Thomas S Kuhn: Incommensurability in Science edited by Bojana Mladenovic.

Jan 27, 2024

An Ambitious Mission to Venus Is Set to Launch in 2031

Posted by in category: space

The EnVision Venus orbiter could help explain why the hellish planet ended up so different from our own hospitable world.

Jan 27, 2024

Could AI Start Nuclear War?

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, existential risks, finance, robotics/AI

Authored by James Rickards via DailyReckoning.com,

I’ve covered a wide variety of potential crises over the years.

These include natural disasters, pandemics, social unrest and financial collapse. That’s a daunting list.

Jan 27, 2024

Feynman’s Reversed Sprinkler Puzzle Solved

Posted by in category: futurism

Which direction would an S-shaped lawn sprinkler rotate if it were submerged and the flow were reversed? Experiments now provide a definitive answer.

Physicist Richard Feynman wondered what would happen if an S-shaped lawn sprinkler, which rotates as water squirts out, were placed underwater and had its flow direction reversed, so that it sucked water in. Which direction would it rotate? Experiments have given conflicting answers, but now researchers have provided what appears to be a definitive resolution [1]. When sucking water in, the sprinkler reverses its rotational direction, and the motion is unsteady and much slower. The explanation involves the details of fluid flow in the sprinkler geometry.

“The answer is perfectly clear at first sight,” wrote Feynman about this puzzle in his 1985 book, Surely You’re Joking, Mr. Feynman. “The trouble was, some guy would think it was perfectly clear [that the rotation would be] one way, and another guy would think it was perfectly clear the other way.” Since then, some experiments have shown steady reverse rotation [2, 3], some showed only transient rotation [46], and some situations led to unsteady rotation that changed direction [3] or proceeded in a direction that depended on the experimental geometry [46].