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One of the most incredible predictions of quantum theory is the fact that the vacuum is not an absolute void. In fact, it is swarming with virtual particles, which under certain conditions, appear and disappear again and again, as rabbits in a hat of a magician. For a long time, it has been impossible to “feel” these “little animals”. But in May 2011, scientists from Chalmers University of Technology in Gothenburg (Sweden) conducted an experiment and extracted of the photon fluxes from the vacuum that means some “development” of hidden in its virtual particles. Thus, they confirmed the critical situation of the quantum theory.

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Higgs boson is the elusive elementary particle, in which search a lot of physicist are engaged for several decades.

Bosons are elementary particles, which according to the atomic system of units, have integer spin, i.e., the angular impulse of elementary particles. The particles are called bosons to honor Indian physicist Bose, who owns the statistics for such particles, called the Bose-Einstein statistics. According to these statistics, one quantum state can contain an unlimited number of identical particles. Since the bosons have the ability to transfer interaction, they are sometimes in English literature termed as the field.

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In 2006, the group of Californian theoretical physicists has made an interesting prediction, according to which “sandwich” of the semiconductors with a thin layer of mercury telluride (HgTe) in the middle the electrons will behave in a very unusual way, showing the spin Hall effect. In 2007 the corresponding sandwich was made by ​​experimental physicists from Germany. And they find in it exactly what was predicted by their counterparts from California.

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Internet plays a progressively greater role in human life. Now it is difficult to imagine a person who has not heard of such things as “search engine”, “site” or “Web Page”. Every year the number of Internet users is increasing. Normal viewing of static text and multimedia in the browser is no longer satisfied people: such sites, where visitors can interact with other visitors by means of this site gradually enter into the fashion.

Social Network is an interactive multi-user site, the content of which is filled by the members of the network. The site is an automated social environment that allows group of users united by a common interest to communicate with each other.

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At the end of the 21st century everything will be different …
And the person will be the other one…

People got used to such large-scale changes as the redrawing of the continents or climate that occur slowly. It is difficult to assess them by one generation, and sometimes just to see them. However, there is a discovery: a grand event – the upheaval of the magnetic poles – maybe even for a man almost instantly. And such a focus home planet can wrap up before our very eyes.

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Modern electric motors are complex mechanical devices that help people in solving various production problems. Without the electric motor it is hard to imagine even the simplest form of electrical equipment, which is protecting the interests of the progressive people. At first, people discovered the inexhaustible sources of electrical energy. Then, using the electric motor they made the electricity to perform time-consuming work. Today, electric motors are an essential part of any electrical equipment. Continue reading →