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These Beautiful Cones of Light actually represent Einstein’s Theory of Relativity

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The three photos show nightscapes with strange rock formations, and each has swirling, hourglass-shaped tracks in the sky, created by long exposure photography. The pictures have a surreal, bright effect.

Elliot McGucken These photos of 70-foot-tall cones of light shining in the California desert may look pretty, but they have a surface and actually represent some interesting ideas about the evolution of space-time. Dr. Elliot McGucken is a nationally recognized photographer and Ph.D. a physicist. He likes to combine his two passions, which he believes … Read more

Oregon researchers discover ‘beautiful glass’ – with numbers

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Eric Corwin, a physicist at the University of Oregon

Try to bend a piece of glass, and it may break. But what if it were possible to create a different, stronger type of glass? Researchers at the University of Oregon conducted physics experiments and developed a mathematical solution to create what they call “perfect glass.” That is, glass is made of molecules packed as … Read more