What should I do with a new discovery?

[Daniel alfassi]

Summary:: I need help from a experienced physicist on the topic of how could one make his discovery public

I think that I may of have discovered a new discovery in the highpethetical topic of objects with zero/negative mass and I don't know what I should do with such a discovery or how to make it public. I'd appreciate it if someone here could tell me or give me directions for how could one make his discoveries known to the public

 

[Dale]

By far the best approach is to publish it in the peer reviewed scientific literature. It is not nearly as important to get your discovery known to the public as it is to get it known to other scientists.

Alternatively, if your idea involves a novel technology then you should patent it. If it is more like a new law of physics or formula then it is not patentable, and the peer review route is really the only one.

Please note that we won’t discuss it here until it is published in the professional scientific literature

 

[anorlunda]

I think you first step should be to search published papers and patents to see if it has already been discovered by someone else.

As we get more and more people in this planet, it becomes increasingly difficult to have a thought that someone else did not have.

 

[Keith_McClary]

There is also viXra.org

The purpose of viXra is to ensure that all researchers and scholars, both formally trained and self-taught, have the opportunity to place their work in a repository without much delay so that they are independently time-stamped and kept available at a fixed URL. There is no charge for this service.

 

[Nugatory]

There is also viXra.org

Do note, however, that papers published only on viXra are categorically banned from discussion at PhysicsForums.

 

[PeroK]

Summary:: I need help from a experienced physicist on the topic of how could one make his discovery public

I think that I may of have discovered a new discovery in the highpethetical topic of objects with zero/negative mass and I don't know what I should do with such a discovery or how to make it public. I'd appreciate it if someone here could tell me or give me directions for how could one make his discoveries known to the public

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