A trick to detect invisible gravity waves
Thursday, May 2, 2013 - 14:00
in Physics & Chemistry
By Clara MoskowitzSpace.comThe existence of gravitational waves, or ripples in space and time, has long been predicted, but the elusive phenomenon has eluded scientists for decades. Now researchers are proposing a new method to detect these cosmic wrinkles that relies on the quantum nature of atoms.Gravitational waves are a consequence of Einstein's general theory of relativity, which posits that ...