Physics
Video
The eclipse which revolutionized physics
This Wednesday, May 29th, celebrates 100 years of the eclipse which was the first experimental proof of the Theory of General Relativity | 2'36"
By Redação
Physics
Heated up by the cold
Cold particles transfer heat to hotter ones in a quantum experiment, thereby reversing the thermodynamic arrow of time
By Redação
Video
Analyses show how Portinari produced his work
The findings can help confirm authorship of a painting found in what used to be his home and now is the Portinari House Museum
By Redação
Video
Sirius, the largest and most complex Brazilian laboratory
Last generation source of synchrotron light may improve the quality of Brazilian research
By Redação
ASTROPHYSICS
Signs of new worlds
Gravitational waves could be used to detect exoplanets in close orbit around their parent star
Arts
The evolution of painting according to physics
A computer algorithm has provided a numerical quantification of the changing visual characteristics in paintings over the last thousand years
By Redação
ASTROPHYSICS
Cosmic accelerator
Supermassive black hole outside the Milky Way is first confirmed source of high-energy neutrinos
INTERVIEW
Igor Pacca: In search of the secrets of inner Earth
Physicist Igor Pacca trailblazed geophysics research in Brazil and studied continental drift by investigating changes in Earth’s magnetic field
By Carlos Fioravanti and Bruno de Pierro
I.T.
Particle-tracking challenge
CERN launched a computer science challenge to stimulate the development of artificially intelligent data-analysis programs
By Redação
Astronomy
A swarm of black holes
Astrophysicists have discovered a dozen stellar-mass black holes (some larger than the Sun) in the center of the Milky Way
By Redação
Photolab
Laser faucet
System simulates how light travels through the icy clouds of interstellar media
By Redação
Physics
Hawking’s legacy
The British physicist showed black holes can emit radiation and shrink in size