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Title Information Could Be the Fifth State of Matter, Proving We Live in a Simulation Degree of recognition International Media name/outlet Popular Mechanics Media type Web Country/Territory South Africa Date 19/04/22 Description Melvin Vopson's research suggests that information has physical mass, and he has devised an experiment which could mean he has discovered that information is the fifth form of matter. URL https://www.popularmechanics.co.za/science/information-could-be-the-fifth-state-of-matter-proving-we-live-in-a-simulation/ Persons Melvin Vopson Title Information Could Be the Fifth State of Matter, Proving We Live in a Simulation Degree of recognition International Media name/outlet Men's Health US Media type Web Country/Territory United States Date 4/04/22 Description Trying to make sense of information is a universal daily experience. For physicist Melvin Vopson, this pursuit goes well beyond the mundane—he’s trying to prove that information has a physical presence. It’s a weighty task that could lead to new insights about how we can manage the future of information storage. It could also lead to a fundamental shift in how we think about the universe. Producer/Author Manasee Wagh URL https://www.menshealth.com/technology-gear/a39627451/information-could-be-the-fifth-state-of-matter/ Persons Melvin Vopson Title Information Could Be the 5th State of Matter, Proving We Live in a Simulation Degree of recognition International Media name/outlet Yahoo! Life Media type Web Country/Territory United Kingdom Date 4/04/22 Description Trying to make sense of information is a universal daily experience. For physicist Melvin Vopson, this pursuit goes well beyond the mundane—he’s trying to prove that information has a physical presence. It’s a weighty task that could lead to new insights about how we can manage the future of information storage. It could also lead to a fundamental shift in how we think about the universe. Producer/Author Manasee Wagh URL https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/information-could-5th-state-matter-140600964.html?guccounter=1 Persons Melvin Vopson Title Newly proposed experiment could confirm that information is the fifth state of matter Degree of recognition International Media name/outlet Germanic News Media type Web Country/Territory Germany Date 22/03/22 Description Melvin Vopson, a physicist at the School of Mathematics and Physics at the University of Portsmouth, has published research suggesting that information has physical mass and that all elementary particles store information about themselves. Now the researcher has devised an experiment which, if done correctly, means he has discovered that information is the fifth form of matter alongside solid, liquid, gas and plasma. URL https://germanic.news/neu-vorgeschlagenes-experiment-konnte-bestatigen-dass-information-der-funfte-aggregatzustand-ist/ Persons Melvin Vopson Title Newly Proposed Experiment Could Confirm that Information is Fifth State of Matter Degree of recognition International Media name/outlet Sci-News Media type Web Country/Territory United States Date 22/03/22 Description Melvin Vopson, a physicist with the School of Mathematics and Physics at the University of Portsmouth, has already published research suggesting that information has physical mass and that all elementary particles store information about themselves. Now, the researcher has designed an experiment — which if proved correct — means he will have discovered that information is the fifth form of matter, alongside solid, liquid, gas and plasma. URL www.sci-news.com/physics/information-fifth-state-matter-10638.html Persons Melvin Vopson Title Is information the fifth state of matter? Physicist says there’s one way to find out Degree of recognition International Media name/outlet ZME Science Media type Web Country/Territory United States Date 9/03/22 Description Einstein’s theory of general relativity was revolutionary on many levels. One of its many ground breaking consequences is that mass and energy are basically interchangeable at rest. The immediate implication is that you can make mass — tangible matter — out of energy, thereby explaining how the universe as we know it came to be during the Big Bang when a heck lot of energy turned into the first particles. But there may be much more to it. Producer/Author Tibi Puiu URL https://www.zmescience.com/science/news-science/information-energy-mass-equivalence/ Persons Melvin Vopson Title A proposed experimental test for the mass-energy-information equivalence principle Degree of recognition International Media name/outlet AIP Media type Web Country/Territory United States Date 4/03/22 Description A recent conjecture, called the mass-energy-information equivalence principle, proposed that information is equivalent to mass and energy and exists as a separate state of matter. In other words, stored information has mass and can be converted into energy, and a full hard drive is marginally heavier than an empty one. Producer/Author Avery Thompson URL https://aip.scitation.org/doi/10.1063/10.0009785 Persons Melvin Vopson