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In the summer of 1995, a second-year grad student called Sergey Brin was giving a tour of Stanford University to prospective students. Larry Page, an…

Russian opposition leader Navalny detained upon jail release
MOSCOW: Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny was detained again on Monday for allegedly violating protest laws while he was being released from a 30-day…

Hong Kong bans pro-independence party
HONG KONG: Hong Kong banned a political party which promotes independence on Monday, a first since the city was handed back to China by Britain 21 years ago as…

Whitsundays shark attacks occurred in swimming ‘no-go zone’, conservationists say
The central Queensland harbour where two people were attacked by sharks in recent days is known to Whitsunday locals as a “no-go zone” for swimming,…

Brett Kavanaugh faces second allegation of sexual misconduct
Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh faces a second allegation of sexual misconduct after another woman came forward accusing him of inappropriate sexual…

Swiss Canton Overwhelmingly Votes for ‘Burqa Ban’ in Public Spaces
Geneva: A second Swiss canton will introduce a regional “burqa ban”,…

‘No regrets’: world’s biggest election loser runs for 96th time in Canada
The first time John Turmel ran in an election, it was 1979 and his primary aim was to legalise gambling. While his door-knocking efforts earned him just 193…

Storm-ravaged Carolinas brace for even more Florence flooding
(CNN)Water appears to have receded in some areas of the Carolinas, but more flooding from Hurricane Florence could arrive through the weekend, officials say.…

Comply with rules by end-2018 or face sanctions, EU tells Facebook
It is now time for action and no more promises, says EuropeanJustice Commissioner Vera Jourova Brussels: Europe’s justice chief gave US social media…

Jet Airways: Passengers hurt as pilots ‘forget’ cabin pressure
More than 30 Indian passengers, some bleeding from their noses and ears, have received…

Kim, Moon raise hands on North Korea’s sacred volcano
The leaders of the rival Koreas took to the road for the final day of their summit Thursday, standing on the peak of a beautiful volcano considered sacred in…


Brussels urged to investigate Czech PM over business empire
Brussels is being urged to investigate the Czech prime minister, Andrej Babiš, over an alleged conflict of interest after transparency campaigners claimed new…

Alibaba’s Ma says 1m US jobs pledge thwarted by trade row
Alibaba founder Jack Ma said his ambitious pledge to create one million jobs in the US had been scuppered by the trade row between Beijing and Washington,…

ICC sentences Congo’s Bemba for witness tampering, says time served
The International Criminal Court on Monday sentenced Congolese politician Jean-Pierre Bemba to a 300,000 euro fine and a 12-month sentence for witness…

Hungary’s leader: EU seeks to undermine border defense tasks
BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Hungary’s prime minister claimed Monday that the European Union is seeking to take over the defense of the bloc’s external borders from…

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At least 23 people have been killed in ethnic violence near Ethiopia‘s capital. The violence broke out Saturday after a rally to celebrate the return of the…

How Eliud Kipchoge smashed the marathon world record
(CNN)Kenyan Eliud Kipchoge set an astonishing new marathon world record on Sunday, running two hours, one minute and 39 seconds in Berlin. In doing so the…

German government concerned over health of ‘poisoned’ Pussy Riot member
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Saudi crown prince ‘missguided’, former Qatari PM tells FRANCE 24
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As Cuba backs gay marriage, churches oppose the government’s plan
(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) María Isabel Alfonso, St. Joseph’s…
Moon faces toughest challenge yet in 3rd summit with Kim
FILE – In this photo, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, left, and South Korean PresidentMoon Jae-in raise their hands after signing a joint statement at the border village of Panmunjom in the…

Trump rejects Puerto Rico hurricane latest death toll
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Mac Miller death: Ariana Grande pays tribute to ex-boyfriend
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Australia urges Japan to remain in IWC after its bid to lift whaling ban rejected
Australia has encouraged Japan to remain within the International Whaling Commission after the country’s attempt to lift a 33-year ban on commercial whaling…

Dairy Continues To Hold Up U.S, Canada Agreement On NAFTA
The United States and Canada remain unable to reach agreement on opening up Canada’s dairy markets to Americanexports, which is delaying a potential NAFTA…

Trump Blasts Kerry For ‘Illegal’ Talks With Iranian Regime
President Donald Trump blasted John Kerry for having “illegal meetings” with members of the Iranian Regime and questioned whether the former secretary of state…

New Study Says BPA-Free Plastics May Be Just As Harmful
A new study conducted on mice which was published this week warns plastic products that are labeled as “BPA-free” could still have chemicals which can leak out…

German Spy Scandal Exposes Deep Divisions Within Angela Merkel’s Government
A scandal over migrants being chased through the streets has exposed a rift between Angela Merkel and Germany’s security establishment that is dividing her…

Turkey’s Erdogan, Russia’s Putin to meet in Sochi on Monday: sources
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan will meet with his Russiancounterpart Vladimir Putin in the Russian city of Sochi on Monday, sources said. ...…

North and South Korea open first liaison office
The rival Koreas on Friday opened their first liaison office near their tense border to facilitate better communication and exchanges ahead of a summit in…

India playing leading role in lowering global emissions: Anand Mahindra
San Francisco, Sep 14 (IANS) India is already playing a leading role in lowering global emissions. The country‘s efforts in mainstreaming renewable energy and…

Musk’s SpaceX signs up first passenger, announces new plan for round-the-moon trip
LOS ANGELES: Elon Musk’s rocket company SpaceX on Friday signed up its first passenger for a flight around the moon, taking a giant leap toward commercialising…

Share of US population born abroad hits a 108-year peak
WASHINGTON: The foreign-born population in the United Stateshas reached its highest share since 1910, according to government data released Thursday, and the…

US Firm Fined Nearly $350,000 For Underpaying H-1B Visa Employees
A Redmond-based information technology staffing company was asked to pay over $300,000 to its 12 H-1B employees for paying them far below their salary. The tech…

Whaling vote: Australia tells Japan it has lost argument for killings
There is no longer a “social licence” for countries to kill whales for profit, Australia has told the International Whaling Commission in Brazil.…

Aung San Suu Kyi defends jailing of Reuters journalists in Myanmar
Aung San Suu Kyi has defended the jailing of two Reuters journalists who were reporting on the Rohingya Muslim crisis, in a speech likely to add to her fall…

Alien conspiracy theories swirl after FBI evacuates space observatory and refuses to say why
A conspiracy theory that proof of alien life is being covered up is swirling after FBI agents swooped on a space observatory, evacuated it – and refused to…

Venezuela: is a US-backed ‘military option’ to oust Maduro gaining favour?
When Donald Trump first floated the idea of a “military option” in Venezuela last year, he was widely rebuffed by regional leaders and policy experts.…

Kofi Annan remembered: The human side of a UN chief
With a career spent largely covering Northern Ireland, I have dealt with my fair share of pugnacious politicians, so intent on making their point that you fear…

Stormy Daniels’ Tell-All Book About Trump Affair To Be Released Oct. 2
Stormy Daniels, the porn star who sued President Donald Trump over a hush agreement to keep her silent about their alleged sexual encounter has written a book…

Christopher Wray Defends FBI Amid Trump Criticism
FBI director Christopher Wray is defending his agency against an onslaught of criticism, including from the president, over its handling of the Russia…

WHO Says 18 Million New Cancer Cases This Year, 9.6 Million Cancer-Related Deaths
A report from the World Health Organization‘s InternationalAgency for Research on Cancer (IARC) found the disease will kill nearly 10 million people during…

Vietnam capital Hanoi tells citizens to stop eating dog meat due to rabies risk
Officials in Vietnam‘s capital are urging residents to avoid eating dog meat, as part…

Macron ex-bodyguard at centre of scandal to testify in public next week
The former bodyguard whose violent conduct plunged French President Emmanuel Macron into his biggest political crisis this summer agreed reluctantly to face…

Putin urges ‘security guarantees’ for North Korea denuclearisation
VLADIVOSTOK: Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday said North Korea must be given security guarantees in exchange for steps towards denuclearisation.…

Merkel calls for European solidarity to tackle illegal migration
German Chancellor Angela Merkel appealed to European Union members to show solidarity to ensure the Frontex border agency has sufficient powers to be effective…

UN chief calls for prevention of full-scale attack on Syria’s Idlib
UNITED NATIONS – UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said Tuesday that it is “absolutely essential” to avoid a full-scale attack on Syria‘s Idlib, the last…

Novichok Poisoning Suspects Identified By Russia, Says Putin
Vladimir Putin says Russia has identified the two men suspected of poisoning a former Russian spy in Britain. The RussianPresident said there is “nothing…

Hungary’s Orban vows to defy EU pressure ahead of unprecedented vote
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban told the European Parliament on Tuesday he would not bow to EU “blackmail” as lawmakers prepared to vote on whether to…

Greek PM warns of rise of far-right unless EU provides democratic solutions
“The failure of the European Union to give democratic and functional solutions to the present challenges will unavoidably lead to the triumph of…

Student killed in twin bomb attack near Afghan girls’ school
A boy was killed and four others wounded in a double bombing outside a girls’ school in restive eastern Afghanistan on Tuesday, officials and witnesses said, in…

Olivia Newton-John diagnosed with cancer for third time
Olivia Newton-John says she has been diagnosed with cancer for the third time in three decades. The four-time Grammy winner,…

German spy chief backtracks over Chemnitz protest video doubts -papers
BERLIN, Sept 11 (Reuters) – The head of Germany‘s domestic spy agency, facing calls to quit for questioning whether a video showing far-right gangs hounding…

Longtime political reporter, editor Adam Clymer dead at 81
Political reporter, editor and pollster Adam Clymer who has worked for The New York Times and other newspapers has died at 81. The Times reported that Clymer…

US Threatens Sanctions Against International Criminal Court
Washington, Sep 11: US National Security Adviser John Boltonhas announced that the US will use “any means necessary” to protect its citizens and allies…

China will buy 7,690 new airplanes over next 20 years
Chinese airlines are likely to buy 7,690 planes worth $1.2 trillion over the next 20 years, Boeing Co said on Tuesday. ...…

Thousands demand Bangladesh opposition leader’s release
Thousands of opposition supporters staged protests across Bangladesh on Monday demanding immediate release of their leader and three-time former premier Khaleda…

US raises pressure on Palestinians by closing Washington mission
The United States has decided to close the Palestinian mission in Washington in the latest move against them by PresidentDonald Trump, a Palestinian official…

Sweden faces weeks of uncertainty after knife-edge election result
Sweden has woken up to the prospect of weeks of political uncertainty after the country’s two rival blocs failed to secure a clear governing majority in the…

John Bolton to castigate ICC in Washington speech
The US national security adviser, John Bolton, will adopt an aggressive posture against the international criminal court (ICC), threatening sanctions against…

In 1st key speech, new UN rights chief airs concerns
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CBS chief quits after new sex misconduct claims and makes $20m #MeToo donation
CBS chief Les Moonves has resigned after six more women accused the long-time television executive of sexual misconduct. The resignation is effective…

Migration: how many people are on the move around the world?
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3 dead including mother, infant daughter after Texas flash floods
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Global protests unroll as key UN climate talks stumble
From Bangkok to Paris and San Francisco, tens of thousands of people across the world took to the streets on Saturday to demand governments take action against…

Two Armenian Children Go Into Hiding To Avoid Deportation From Netherlands
Two Armenian children who were scheduled to be deported from the Netherlands have gone into hiding, a Dutch government spokesman said. Justice Ministry…

Rockets fired at Basra Airport amid anti-Iran protests
Assailants have fired three rockets at Basra Airport in Iraq after a chaotic night that saw hundreds of protesters setting ablaze the Iranian consulate,…

Rockets fired at Basra Airport amid anti-Iran protests
Assailants have fired three rockets at Basra Airport in Iraq after a chaotic night that saw hundreds of protesters setting ablaze the Iranian consulate,…

Rapper Mac Miller dead of overdose at 26
Mac Miller, the troubled rapper who won fans with his retro hip-hop but generated uncomfortable attention with songs on ex-girlfriend Ariana Grande and Donald…

Hurricane Forces Cruise Ship To Switch Destination From Bermuda To Canada
Hurricane Florence’s wrath forced a cruise line to switch its destination from Bermuda to various northern locations in Canada, drawing the ire of passengers…

Drug Dealer Gets Jail Sentence For Fraudulently Claiming To Be Grenfell Tower Victim
A convicted drug dealer has been sentenced to more than six years in jail after falsely claiming almost £87,000 ($112,418) in funds meant for Grenfell Tower…

Ryanair Cabin Crew Members Threaten Biggest Strike In Company’s History
Ryanair cabin crew members have said they are considering the biggest strikes in the airline’s history unless it agrees to improved working conditions, The…

Scotland Launches Major Renewable Energy Project, Fueling Independence Hopes
Scotland’s leader Nicola Sturgeon launched on Friday a major renewable energy project boasting the world’s most powerful wind turbines, which she hopes will…

Tony Blair thinks British voters won’t want a choice between Jeremy Corbyn and Boris Johnson …
There is a faint absurdity to Tony Blair‘s contention that Labour’s moderates might not be able to “take back” the party from its present masters on the left.…

Boris Johnson and wife Marina divorcing after 25 years of marriage
Former foreign secretary Boris Johnson and his wife Marina Wheeler have announced that they have separated and are going through the process of divorce. In a…

Syria Summit in Iran May Decide Idlib Military Offensive
The presidents of Iran, Russia and Turkey will meet Friday in Tehran to discuss the war in Syria, with all eyes on a possible military offensive to retake the…

Teacher strikes, unrest hit West Coast as unions flex muscle
Fights over teacher salaries and working conditions are escalating along the West Coast, emboldened in part by the momentum from widespread teacher strikes in…

Actor Morgan Freeman’s life achievement award to stay with him
Los Angeles, Sep 7: Screen actors union, SAG-AFTRA, said it will not take back the SAG Life Achievement Award from the Oscar-winning actor Morgan Freeman after…

Apple to launch global online portal for law enforcement officers
San Francisco, Sep 7 (IANS) Apple has announced to unveil a web portal for processing and tracking requests from law enforcement officers across the globe for…

Giuliani Says Mueller Won’t Talk to Trump
New York — President Donald Trump will not answer federal investigators’ questions, in writing or in person, about whether he tried to block the probe into…

Ten South Sudanese troops jailed for 2016 rampage
South Sudanese soldiers listen to the verdict being delivered at their trial in a military courtroom in Juba, South Sudan. (AP photo) A military judge in South…

Chinese man arrested after calling Kenya’s president a ‘monkey’
NAIROBI: Kenya has arrested a Chinese businessman after a video of him making a string of racist remarks was widely shared on social media, the government said…

India decriminalizes homosexual acts in landmark verdict
NEW DELHI (AP) — India‘s top court on Thursday struck down a colonial-era law that made homosexual acts punishable by up to 10 years in prison, a landmark…

Brazil’s Federal Police reports evidence concerning corruption of president Temer
RIO DE JANEIRO, Sept. 5 (Xinhua) — Brazil‘s Federal Police said Wednesday that there is evidence that President Michel Temerreceived undue advantages from..

We won’t save the Earth with a better kind of disposable coffee cup
Do you believe in miracles? If so, please form an orderly queue. Plenty of people imagine we can carry on as we are, as long as we substitute one material for…

Japan trade minister says will take a week to restore power across Hokkaido
Restoring full power across Japan‘s northern island of Hokkaidowill take at least a week after a powerful earthquake struck early in the day, damaging its…

Israel’s top court says West Bank village can be demolished
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s Supreme Court on Wednesday rejected an appeal against the demolition of a Bedouin village in the West Bank, ruling that its stay would…

South Koreans arrive in North amid stalled denuclearisation talks
World News Wed, 05 Sep 2018 Reuters SEOUL: South Koreanenvoys held talks in North Korea on Wednesday to finalise details on a third North-South summit to be…

Qatar Lifts Controversial Exit Visa System for Workers
Dubai: Qatar amended its residency laws on Tuesday to allow foreign…

Flood-hit Kerala faces shortages of ‘rat fever’ drug
By Malini Menon NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Flood-ravaged Kerala is facing shortages of a drug that fights an infectious bacterial disease after the worst flooding in…

Ten years after Lehmans, it’s as if we’ve learned nothing from the crash
August 2005, and the people who steer the world economy gather in the mountains of Wyoming. Flying in are finance ministers and central bank chiefs. In front of…

Google turns 20, to keep building products for everyone
San Francisco, Sep 5 (IANS) Google that came into existence 20 years back with its first product Search engine from a garage today has seven products that are…

India’s Russia missile purchase, Iran won’t be focus of 2+2 meet: Pompeo
New York, Sep 5 (IANS) US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has said that India‘s planned purchase of a Russian missile system or its relations with Iran will not…
After Rio museum fire, questions about cause, what survived
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RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Forensic investigators and researchers awaited access Tuesday to the National Museum of Rio de Janeiro, gutted in a fire, to find out how the blaze began and what remains of the…
Mystery surrounds space station leak after reports that hole in outside could have been made by a …
Mysterious continues to swirl around a holefound in the outside of the International Space Station. Last week, Nasa and the Russian space agency scrambled to fix a leak in the floating laboratory…

French president names 2 new ministers in mini-reshuffle
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Kaepernick is part of Nike’s ‘Just Do It’ campaign, and the reaction is strong
Colin Kaepernick has a new deal with Nike, even without having a job in the NFL. Kaepernick’s attorney, Mark Geragos, made the announcement on Twitter, calling…

Elvis Presley: King of the Comeback
In the same week in May 1967 that The Beatles released their ground-breaking album Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, a dismal Elvis Presley movie, Double…

Court bars Congo ex-VP Bemba as presidential candidate
JOHANNESBURG (AP) ? Former Congolese Vice President Jean-Pierre Bemba, a top opposition figure, has been definitively barred as a presidential candidate in…

‘We need to grow up’: Malaysian MPs condemn caning over lesbian sex
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Twitter CEO personally taking call on high-profile accounts: Report
Washington, Sep 4 (IANS) As Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey gets ready to testify before the US Congress on September 5, reports have surfaced that he is personally…

Ahead of defence day, Pakistan nets 3 ISIS terrorists
Lahore, Sep 4: Police in Pakistan claimed to have thwarted a terrorist attack planned on the upcoming Defence Day and said on Monday they have arrested three…

Ireland must respect U.S. president’s office when Trump visits – PM
DUBLIN (Reuters) – The Irish government must treat the U.S. president‘s office with the respect it deserves when Donald Trump visits in November despite…

Louvre Abu Dhabi postpones display of world’s most expensive painting
The unveiling of Leonardo da Vinci’s Salvator Mundi, the world’s most expensive painting, at the Louvre Abu Dhabi has been indefinitely postponed for…

‘Strange disappearance’ of WikiLeaks consultant in Norway
WikiLeaks has raised concern after Arjen Kamphuis, an associate of founder Julian Assange, went missing in Norway. The cybersecurity expert was last seen in…

Ebola survivors face stigma in Congo
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Briton jailed in Iran talked out of hunger-strike
British detainee Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe was talked out of going on a hunger-strike after being returned to an Iranian jail prison following a short period of…

JD.com CEO Liu Qiangdong Faces Sexual Misconduct Allegations in Minneapolis, USA
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Nearly a year after Russian government hackers meddled in the 2016 U.S. election, researchers at cybersecurity firm Trend Micro zeroed in on a new sign of…

Why Nigeria Under Buhari is The World Headquarters for Extreme Poverty
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Pop-star politician Bobi Wine reaches US after Uganda ‘torture’
A Ugandan pop star turned opposition politician has arrived in the US for medical care after allegedly being tortured while in detention in his home country.…

A Hungarian-Italian bromance could become Europe’s Trojan horse
(CNN)It was like a first date that had gone exceptionally well. Hungarian leader Viktor Orban and Italy‘s Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini spoke of a shared…

No second Brexit referendum, says British PM
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Dozens of Nigerian soldiers killed in Boko Haram raid
At least 30 Nigerian soldiers died in combat with Boko Haramjihadists who overran a military base in the northeast near the border with Niger, two military…

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Nicaraguan Government Expels UN Human Rights Delegation After Scathing Report
Nicaragua‘s President Daniel Ortega ordered the expulsion of a United Nations human rights delegation on Friday, just days after the group released a report which condemned the widespread repression…

Balloon poking fun at Mayor Sadiq Khan flies over London
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US ambassador: Victims in Amsterdam stabbing are Americans
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Colombia Says Rebels Must Free 19 Hostages Before Peace Talks Can Resume
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S. Korean envoy to travel to North for pre-summit talks
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EU ready to retaliate if US imposes car tariffs: European Commission chief
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South Korea snubs Israeli president
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Pak-Iran talks focus on regional peace
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French Star Depardieu Denies Sexual Assault Allegations
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China says no plans to deploy troops to Afghanistan
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Even though a photon has no mass, it does have momentum, which can be defined within the framework of special relativity.
And this momentum exerts a force. It was all the way back in 1619 that the pressure exerted by light was hypothesised. In his treatise De Cometi, German mathematician and astronomer Johannes Kepler put forth that light from the Sun exerting pressure was the reason a comet’s tail always trails away from the Sun.
It wasn’t until 1873 that Scottish physicist James Clerk Maxwell hypothesised in A Treatise on Electricity and Magnetism that this was linked to momentum.
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“Until now, we hadn’t determined how this momentum is converted into force or movement,” explained engineer Kenneth Chau of the University of British Columbia Okanagan Campus in Canada.
“Because the amount of momentum carried by light is very small, we haven’t had equipment sensitive enough to solve this.”
Spoiler: our current technological capabilities still aren’t sensitive enough to detect the momentum of a photon directly. But Chau and colleagues from Slovenia and Brazil have figured out a way to gauge the effects of a photon’s momentum.
The built an apparatus around a mirror. Heat shielding went around it to protect the experiment from outside interferences, while sensitive acoustic sensors were equipped.
When they fired laser pulses at the mirror, this sent elastic waves moving across its surface. These, detected by the acoustic sensors, open the door to being able to calculate the radiation pressure being exerted by the momentum of the photons.
“We can’t directly measure photon momentum, so our approach was to detect its effect on a mirror by ‘listening’ to the elastic waves that travelled through it,” Chau said.
“We were able to trace the features of those waves back to the momentum residing in the light pulse itself, which opens the door to finally defining and modelling how light momentum exists inside materials.”
This isn’t just really neat science – it could have important practical applications.
For example, being able to accurately calculate radiation pressure could pave the way to better solar sail technology – a method of propellant-free propulsion for spacecraft that uses radiation pressure on a sail in lieu of wind.
It could also allow for better optical tweezers, a method of trapping and manipulating incredibly small particles – down to the scale of a single atom.
“We’re not there yet,” Chau said, “but the discovery in this work is an important step and I’m excited to see where it takes us next.”
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9 Australians awarded bravery medals for Thai cave rescue
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Chile says investigating 158 in Catholic Church over sex abuse
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French interior minister to face grilling over Macron aide scandal
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China to investigate vaccines after safety problem
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Israeli forces storm refugee camp in West Bank, kill Palestinian teen
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Pentagon to give $200 mn military aid to Ukraine
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Ex-South Korean leader Park handed eight more years in corruption case
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Theresa May to visit Northern Ireland to offer Brexit reassurances
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Georgia police use coin toss to decide whether to arrest woman
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