'New Physics'

[MrCarPark]

I'm a bit wary when anyone claims to have discovered something new to physics in a tupperware tub, but this caught my eye:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-2646...


High voltage electrostatics? Is it really 'new'?

[Catatafish]

No, new physics should be about a fifth force, white holes hidden inside electrons etc, not baking for simpletons.

[turbobloke]

Somewhat reminiscent of the reported supposedly unknown process(es) leading to volcanic lightning, wording in this report - below - is similarly sensational but it's hardly new physics in either case. New-ish manifestations of old physics seems better suited.

http://news.discovery.com/earth/rocks-fossils/volc...

Get this: "Volcanic lightning, the researchers hypothesize, is the result of charge-separation."

NSS