Imagining the 10th Dimension
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A Flash presentation illustrates a book on superstring theory, and explains each dimension, from the first to the 10th. In Table of Malcontents.
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It was supposed to reconcile atoms with space-time. Now, Lee Smolin wants to unravel the unifying approach. By Adam Rogers from Wired magazine.
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Holographs could become much more widely used as US scientist discover a quick way to make the 3D images.
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Asking questions about the quantum universe is a fool's game: one cannot get a single answer, only a probability. A committee of particle physicists bounced this concept around a table to pose the top nine questions, and a probable path to answering them.
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Cern has been at the forefront of research on understanding how the universe works for half a century. It is also the birthplace of the World Wide Web.
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Square nanoscale rings could be the key to reliably manufacturing high-capacity magnetic memory chips.
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Only 12 years old, the field of ultracold physics is already leading scientists to discoveries that seemed like science fiction just a decade ago. Think quantum supercomputers and modeling the big bang.
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A breakthrough in computer-assisted mind reading brings us closer to predicting criminality. Should the justice system adapt? Commentary by Jennifer Granick.
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Surgeons may soon be able to practise tricky operations using a virtual scalpel on a virtual body, thanks to new 3D imaging.
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Also: Stephen Hawking's next goal: Space travel. Read these stories and more from around the Web on News.com Extra.
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They help predict the path of weather halfway around the world or in space, shed light on the death of dinosaurs and train pilots to fly in Alaska. They're supercomputers, capable of high-speed calculations that would take people trillions of years to do.
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Ready for takeoff More modern, more art
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Three-dimensional movies at home, without the silly glasses, have been a science-fiction dream for at least as long as Dick Tracy's wristwatch cell phone and the household robot.
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There is something almost spectral about the vision of the new bridge across the Tarn Valley at Millau. It is almost as though it is not connected to the normal laws of gravity.
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A month ago I was introduced to the works of Michel Gondry.  In short, I was amazed and tantalized by his short films and music videos.  Even if you haven't heard of him, you've probably seen his many works in Gap commercials, various music videos, and the recent movie Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind.    Many of his works explode with visual elements that, when taken alone, are simple and mundane.  However, under his masterful guidance, these elements come together to form a highly mesmerizing visual experience.  He never ceases to push visual technologies and challenge our ideas about the visual medium.
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By exploiting the physics of how light reflects off of pits in a plastic surface, researchers have come up with a method for storing 1,000 gigabytes of data on a DVD-size disk.
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Imagining hundreds of outage-related micro-dramas unfolding simultaneously.