Mind and space bending physics on a convenient chip – Phys.org

Thanks to Einstein, we know that our three-dimensional space is warped and curved. And in curved space, normal ideas of geometry and straight lines break down, creating a chance to explore an unfamiliar landscape governed by new rules. But studying how physics plays out in a curved space is challenging: Just like in real estate, location is everything.
“We know from general relativity that the universe itself is curved in various places,” says JQI Fellow Alicia Kollár, who is also a professor o…

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