CAN TIME FLOW BACKWARDS IN QUANTUM PHYSICS?
June 10, 2009 by Sophie
Filed under News, Quantum Mechanics, Time
Denyse O’ Leary at Uncommon Descent reports that some scientists are now of the opinion that time can flow backwards in quantum mechanics. Image from http://www.dailygalaxy.com/photos/uncategorized/2007/07/19/time_travel_use_2.jpg Read More →
CAN SCHROEDINGER’S CAT EXPLAIN THE ORIGIN OF TIME?
June 8, 2009 by Sophie
Filed under Information and Data Quality, Language, News, Quantum Mechanics, Time
The FQXi Community has published an interesting article on the quantum arrow of time.  On the microscopic scale, the movement is time reversible. That is, theoretically, the equations that govern how molecules interact with each other work just as well backwards as forwards. Physicist Jonathan Dowling believes that quantum mechanics - not entropy, which most physicists use to explain the arrow - can give answers as to why time is not reversible... Read more
SCI-FI WEAPONRY: ANTI-MATTER, PLASMA AND SPACE-TIME DISRUPTION
GFISH at World of Weird Things writes about the weaponry of sci-fi. It’s a good article since it distinguishes between physics and fiction. Read More →
NATURE OF TIME ESSAY WINNERS
May 12, 2009 by Sophie
Filed under News, Philosophy, Time
Foundation Questions in Physics and Cosmology has announced the winners of their essay contest on the nature of Time. Read More →