Sentences with phrase «fractions of a second old»

It turns out that the electric charge of fundamental particles could have been close to zero when the universe was fractions of a second old.

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What varied across experiments was the duration for which the face was exposed, from barely a glimpse — unlikely to be seen at all — to a sizable fraction of a second that, at least in older children, is invariably associated with the conscious sight of a smiling young woman.

While I was catching an old episode of Law & Order: Criminal Intent, the actors» voices lagged a fraction of a second behind the movement of their mouths, making me so disoriented it completely ruined the show.

«Any sensible question you can ask about the call metadata would be answered in a fraction of a second by five - year - old supercomputers,» says cryptographer Daniel Bernstein from the University of Illinois, Chicago.

The scientists asked 64 14 - year - olds to look at images of yellow and blue dots that flashed on a computer screen for a fraction of a second.

In a new study, 14 - year - olds had a fraction of a second to identify the more numerous of two sets of colored dots, such as those in the images shown here.

The show, which will colonize the second floor of the museum, goes on view alongside exhibitions of Lynette Yiadom - Boakye, Kaari Upson, and Elaine Cameron - Weir — all a fraction of Rama's age (Upson, the oldest, was born in 1972).

What does it mean to take a picture of a 4,000 - year - old tree at a fraction of a second?