new discoveries using te principle of uniform cirular motion?

Question

are there any new discovery using the principle of uniform circular motion?

Answer 1

You can review the following journal articles for the latest discussions regarding the issue of uniform circular motion as follows:

http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0002-9890(200208%2F09)109%3A7%3C650%3ASOTDPO%3E2.0.CO%3B2-R

http://www.iop.org/EJ/abstract/0031-9120/19/2/104

http://scitation.aip.org/getabs/servlet/GetabsServlet?prog=normal&id=AJPIAS000068000007000637000001&idtype=cvips&gifs=yes

http://www.cut-the-knot.org/pythagoras/invert.shtml

Answer 2

There's a new invention that uses the idea of extremely uniform circular motion, the liquid mirror telescope. See the ref. and the links it contains. Basically a huge paraboloid mirror is made relatively cheaply by spinning a layer of mercury at a very precise speed.