When dealing with temperature, you can go hotter than hot, but not colder than absolute zero. Theoretically, you can't go below -459.67 degrees Fahrenheit, otherwise known as 0 Kelvin. At that temperature, an entirely new form of matter is created called the Bose-Einstein condensate, a sort of quantum state that atoms collapse into when near absolute zero. Scientists have begun experimenting on this quantum matter and have come up with some interesting data. Details in the full article.

Albert Einstein's principle of equivalence states that objects of different mass still fall at the same speed when influenced by gravity. After being accepted for years, the physics community are now planning to subject this very principle to test.

The efforts are being led by Standford University and actual testing will begin in a couple of months. How exactly are they going to do it? Know the full details after the jump!

Physicists at the University of Michigan brought one of Einstein's experiments in quantum physics to new lengths. The scientists managed to change the state of one atom by manipulating another atom that's a considerable distance away. The findings could eventually lead to the construction of a quantum computer, or even a quantum internet.

The process where one atom affects another that's far away is called "entanglement" and is one of the many strange qualities of quantum physics. There's no known way of how these two particles interact with each other; scientists liken the process to flipping two coins, where the result of one affects the other.

The experiment had two atoms of ytterbium trapped in enclosures a meter apart. By entangling the two atoms, the state of one dictated the state of the other. This will still be the case even if one were taken "to Jupiter." A very mysterious quirk, and as Einstein once described it, very "spooky."

While current tech transmits data through the air or through cables, quantum tech (if developed the right way) could transmit data directly from one atom to another in no time at all, which could lead to a whole new era of quantum computers and a quantum internet.

A principle element of Albert Einstein's Theory of Relativity is that the speed of light cannot be broken. Until today that it. Two German physicists have allegedly been able force light to break its own speed threshold (186,000 mi/sec) in one of their experiments.

The experiments centered on the movement of highly charged packets of light called microwave photons. These photons were moved through two prisms which were eventually separated.

While most of the photons bounced off the first prism they hit, a few were able to get through because of quantum tunneling, an event where particles are charged to the point that it can penetrate an obstacle or barrier.

These rogue packets of light had to travel farther than those that were bounced of the prism to get to the machine collecting the data. Theoretically, one should arrive before the other; however, all the packets arrived at the same time. This indicates a discrepancy in speed between both the reflected and tunneling packets, thus leading the scientists to believe that the latter was actually moving faster than the speed of light.

If this experiment can be reproduced and confirmed, then it could change the laws of Physics as we know it considering a lot of the theories have been based on the assumption that the light speed "barrier" cannot be surpassed.

  

Any game that has Albert Einstein in it is definitely going to be hilarious, and it's the same with homebrew coder Nicovideo's latest homebrew creation, MathematiX. Simplicity in its finest, this game should be a great time-waster for those of us who don't get a cold sweat every time we see long strings of complicated mathematical formulae.

The game itself is simple - playing as Albert Einstein himself, you're tasked to catch all the mathematical formulas falling from the top of the screen. Every catch gains you points, but be warned - ever formula you fail to catch will be counted against you, as well.

Simple, clean, and sporting a sepia tone-ish artistic look that sets it apart from other homebrew games, it's quite the find. We can't stop laughing at how ol' Albert is looking at us scared out of his wits, though. Enjoy the game!

Download: MathematiX (for FW 1.50)
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While mathematicians are known to act more like lone wolves when working out a tough mathematical problem, it took the combined minds of 18 mathematicians from America and Europe working for four years to finally detail a vast and exceedingly complex numerical "structure" called E8.

According to the Telegraph, the team used a mixture of theoretical mathematics and intricate computer programming to successfully map E8, which is an example of a Lie (pronounced "Lee") group. Lie groups were invented by the 19th century Norwegian mathematician Sophus Lie to study symmetry.

This breakthrough could have unforeseen implications in the fields of mathematics and physics in the years to come. Prof Jeffrey Adams, Project Leader, at the University of Maryland, said that this achievement is "significant both as an advance in basic knowledge, as well as a major advance in the use of large scale computing to solve complicated mathematical problems."

"While mathematicians have known for a long time about the beauty and the uniqueness of E8, we physicists have come to appreciate its exceptional role only more recently," said Hermann Nicolai, Director of the Albert Einstein Institute in Potsdam, Germany. "Yet, in our attempts to unify gravity with the other fundamental forces into a consistent theory of quantum gravity, we now encounter it at almost every corner."

The Telegraph reports that the result of the E8 calculation is 60 gigabytes in size, enough to store 45 days of continuous music in MP3 format. According to calculations made by the E8 team, if all the numbers were written out in small type, they would cover an area the size of Manhattan.

 A few days ago, we covered a story about Jobs sparing no words in criticizing teachers and teacher unions. This has caused the California Federation of Teachers to invite Jobs to either attend an annual teacher's convention next month or to offer a public apology for his "insulting comments" to California's teachers.

Jobs, with rival CEO Michael Dell, shares a vision of delivering technology to schools and having "textbook-free" classrooms, but according to him, no amount of technology would ever improve schools until public school principals could fire bad teachers.  The CFT says they will create a new award specifically for Jobs, the "Rotten Apple" award, for the individual who best personifies the need to think differently about public education and teacher unions.

Educators reiterate by pointing out that Apple refused to recognize the Silicon Valley janitorial workforce in the 1990s until Justice for Janitors union sufficiently embarrassed the company and brought it around. CFT President Mary Bergan also cited Albert Einstein's support for the American Federation of Teachers, saying that the genius encouraged intellectuals to work together to be an influential political force. According to Bergan, the real problem in the education system is lack of funding.

Steve Jobs may be a pop-culture icon, but it's interesting to know if this former hippie has been too radical this time.

Now you can wave a copy of Time's annual year-end issue in the faces of anyone who told you YouTubing gets you nowhere. If you're one of the millions of people who uploaded (even the silly ones) videos to YouTube, pics to MySpace, contributed knowledge to Wikipedia, or blogged about anything, you're it.

How did you end up (figurativelly) on the cover of "Time" with other former honorees such as Albert Einstein (1999 Man of the Century), Bill Gates, and U2's Bono (2005), as well as Adolph Hitler? Every year the magazine editors choose a person or object (the PC was Machine of the Year in 1983) that good or bad has most affected the course of the year.

According to the magazine, everybody who "took part in this global media... working for nothing and beating the pros at their own game....changing the nature of the information age" is Time's Person of the Year for 2006.

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It's easier for players to appreciate the game if it has easier instructions. In contrast, there were some games that were too complicated that most players just gave up on it in the first few hours. We guess that was what Retro Studio was thinking when they developed Metroid Prime 3: Corruption for the Wii.

Last time we wrote about a hands-on where we mentioned a bit of the controls, now we got some pictures (that may come from the gamebox or instruction booklet) showing how basic it will be to direct our hero.

We're not sure yet if this is fake or real , so if you have any info regarding the picture below please tell us right away. This is still unofficial and it might change before the release date in 2007. So how's it implemented?

Pictures paint a thousand words. While other games had at least two pages reserved for the control instructions, this one was succinct enough to fit in less than a page. Zen-like? We agree. For instance, the Nunchuck will be used primarily for movement while the Wiimote is more concerned with blasting the heck out of alien scum. Playing a game this great with controls this easy should be a sin. For more info, feel free to click on the picture below.

According to Albert Einstein, "Make everything as simple as possible, but not simpler," Let's hope that it's easy to pick up, yet hard to master. This will ensure that it has enough challenge that gamers will want to play it again and again.

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Move aside, Asimo! Your cousin not only walks but has also learned to drive!

A Korean robot by the name of Hubo (a mix of the words "humanoid" and "robot") has recently been burning rubber on his trusty Segway. Hubo's creator, Professor Oh Jun-ho of the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology said that they have picked the Segway as the means of transportation since it allows Hubo to easily maneuver in varied areas as well as narrow spaces.

The professor has also noted that Hubo's hardware is currently "good enough to travel onboard Segway and upgrading its software will be sufficient for the robot to use the scooter as it is and without modification. Software revisions will begin soon."

Oh has also added that Hubo is the first robot that has gotten on and can fully control the scooter.

Hubo is Oh's third bipedal creation and first gained fame when it greeted world leaders during the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum in November last year, sporting the face of Albert Einstein.