Sentences with phrase «which accelerates the expansion»

The cause could be the existence of another, unknown particle — perhaps an often - hypothesized fourth flavor of neutrino — or that the influence of dark energy (which accelerates the expansion of the universe) has increased over the 13.8 billion year history of the universe.

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, which we announced this morning, will accelerate the expansion of our delivery network and amplify our diner acquisition efforts, raising consumer awareness of online ordering and driving more volume for all restaurants across our platform,» Grubhub CEO Matt Maloney told CNBC in a statement.

Ant Financial, which grew out of the Chinese payment service Alipay, wanted to buy MoneyGram to accelerate its global expansion.

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[5][6] The theory could potentially explain why a mysterious repulsive form of energy known as the «cosmological constant», and which is accelerating the expansion of the universe, is several orders of magnitude smaller than predicted by the standard Big Bang model.»

It is believed that vacuum fluctuations may have a connection with «dark energy» which drives the accelerated expansion of the universe.

The review will assess whether a strategic partner has the capacity to accelerate growth and fuel A2's global expansion ambitions, which are particularly focused in the Chinese infant formula market.

Research carried out two decades ago, however, showed that this expansion is accelerating, which suggests that Einstein's Constant may still have a part to play in accounting for dark energy.

It does not explain the perplexing phenomenon of dark energy, which is accelerating the expansion of the universe, nor does it account for dark matter, the invisible material that outweighs visible galaxies five to one.

Such extra dimensions might explain some conundrums in physics, such as the existence of dark matter (an as - yet - unidentified source of mass in the universe) and dark energy (which causes the universe's expansion rate to accelerate), says coauthor Daniel Holz, an astrophysicist at the University of Chicago.

Dark energy, thought to explain the accelerating expansion of the universe, exerts negative pressure, which suggests it might have negative temperature — Schneider is currently discussing the idea with cosmologists.

AN OPTICAL illusion has enabled the most precise measurement yet of the abundance of the mysterious dark energy, which is thought to be accelerating the universe's expansion.

One of them accounts for so - called dark energy, which comprises about 70 per cent of the total energy of the universe and is responsible for its accelerated expansion.

For decades, scientists had been trying to link mainstream physics» understanding of viscosity with a related concept: cosmic viscosity, which tells us about the universe's resistance to accelerating expansion.

More recently, Verlinde suggested an alternative called «emergent gravity,» in which gravity is a byproduct of quantum fluctuations and dark energy (another scarcely understood phenomenon, one that seems to be causing the universe's expansion to accelerate).

But it could also describe last year's Nobel Prize in Physics, for which three researchers representing two teams totaling 51 scientists were recognized for uncovering the accelerating expansion of the universe.

The universe has recently been commandeered by an invisible energy field, which is causing its expansion to accelerate outward

The largest map of dark matter ever made (pictured) is one of several new ones that will help to nail the properties of the equally mysterious dark energy, which is thought to drive the universe's accelerating expansion.

And, you know, one of the best ways to track dark energy, which is the force that's causing the expansion of the universe to accelerate, is to see how far spread apart things are in the distant universe, to see how fast the universe is pulling apart.

The team's result confirms the accelerated cosmic expansion using a completely different approach, which strengthens the case for dark energy.

The frequency of gravitational lensing, which can be measured by counting the number of gravitationally lensed quasars within a given quasar catalog, allows one to infer the expansion speed of the universe, because the accelerated expansion increases the distance to each quasar and therefore enhances the chance of gravitational lensing (Figure 2).

There were several observations that suggested the accelerated cosmic expansion, including distant supernovae for which the 2011 Nobel Prize in Physics was awarded.

ML: What we know is that dark energy, which was discovered in 1998, seems to be responsible for the present accelerating expansion of the universe.

Dark energy, which is driving the accelerating expansion of the universe, is one of the biggest mysteries in physics.

The steady stream of unflattering news, which seems to portray a movement in a tailspin, comes as charter schools are trying to recover from a crushing defeat in November 2016, when state voters overwhelmingly rejected a ballot question to accelerate charter expansion.

More than anything, it signals further international expansion, which hopefully will accelerate its current, slow pace.

At the beginning of 2016, AccorHotels also sealed its strategic alliance with China's Huazhu Group, which will accelerate the expansion of its brands in China with the opening of 350 to 400 hotels over the next five years.

In addition to the new attractive price point, SCE will accelerate the expansion of the PS4 system to new audiences by further enhancing the PS4 ecosystem, which includes strengthening the PS4 software line - up, bolstering the network services available on PlayStation ™ Network and introducing PlayStation ® VR, the virtual reality system that expands the world of PS4.

By tapping into English - speaking European talent directly, this will accelerate Virtuos» expansion of our advanced design and content creation capabilities, which our clients are demanding.

The Anderson gift courts comparison with the Donald and Doris Fisher family's 2009 donation of 1,100 artworks to the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, which accelerated that institution's expansion plans.

The urgency of an accelerated grid expansion has been underlined several times since last May by individual grid operators — as well as by the Federal Grid Agency, which warned that nuclear plant closures had brought the nation's transmission grids «to the edge of their resilience.»

In 2014, Avvo closed a financing round, which it said would help to accelerate product development and marketing, and fuel international expansion.