BLUESTART User ID: 79436 United Kingdom 01/09/2010 09:59 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Golden Ratio Discovered in Quantum World: Hidden Symmetry Observed for the First Time in Solid State Matter Researchers from the Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie (HZB), in cooperation with colleagues from Oxford and Bristol Universities, as well as the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, UK, have for the first time observed a nanoscale symmetry hidden in solid state matter. They have measured the signatures of a symmetry showing the same attributes as the golden ratio famous from art and architecture. The research team is publishing these findings in the Jan. 8, 2010 issue of the journal Science. On the atomic scale particles do not behave as we know it in the macro-atomic world. New properties emerge which are the result of an effect known as the Heisenberg's Uncertainty Principle. In order to study these nanoscale quantum effects the researchers have focused on the magnetic material cobalt niobate. It consists of linked magnetic atoms, which form chains just like a very thin bar magnet, but only one atom wide and are a useful model for describing ferromagnetism on the nanoscale in solid state matter. When applying a magnetic field at right angles to an aligned spin the magnetic chain will transform into a new state called quantum critical, [ link to www.redicecreations.com] more of these eh?... :) [ link to turbo.inquisitr.com] |
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User ID: 832087 United States 01/09/2010 10:02 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: Golden Ratio Discovered in Quantum World: Hidden Symmetry Observed for the First Time in Solid State Matter In other words... Secret of the Universe.
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Anonymous Coward (OP) User ID: 79436 United Kingdom 01/09/2010 10:06 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: Golden Ratio Discovered in Quantum World: Hidden Symmetry Observed for the First Time in Solid State Matter In other words... Secret of the Universe.
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Quoting: Floyd007An old one at that?... :) [ link to media.photobucket.com] |
Anonymous Coward (OP) User ID: 79436 United Kingdom 01/09/2010 10:14 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: Golden Ratio Discovered in Quantum World: Hidden Symmetry Observed for the First Time in Solid State Matter Fractal Geometry & The Golden Mean [ link to www.goldenmean.info] |
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User ID: 836425 United Kingdom 01/09/2010 10:18 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: Golden Ratio Discovered in Quantum World: Hidden Symmetry Observed for the First Time in Solid State Matter It always amazes me why people don't just take a quick glance at the news section on the left. It has saved me quite a few times from posting what I thought was breaking news, and thereby embarrassing myself. Just a 'heads up', OP. The chariots of God are tens of thousands, and thousands of thousands. |
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