Light does a lot of work in the modern world, enabling all types of information technology, from TVs to satellites to ...
Collective behavior is an unusual phenomenon in condensed-matter physics. When quantum spins interact together as a system, ...
Previous studies of T. rex growth rings concluded they grew until around the age of 25, and then stopped. This was more of a ...
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Does size matter in physics?
An educational look at how scale influences physical laws, from everyday objects to galaxies and particles, and why size can change how the universe behaves. Scientists reveal winter habit that may be ...
When we imagine a planet, we think of one like ours, orbiting a star. But some have a far lonelier existence, drifting through interstellar space without a sun to call their own. Known as “rogue” or ...
Even people without a background in science are familiar with Schrödinger’s cat because of the sheer audacity of the idea: the cat in a box is both alive and dead at the same time until you actually ...
The shape of water Likun Zhang (right) and Zhengwu Wang monitor the water passing through a barrier while manipulating the angle of the meniscus. (Courtesy: Clara Turnage/University of Mississippi) ...
When a droplet of liquid the size of a grain of icing sugar hits a water-repelling surface, like plastics or certain plant leaves, it can meet one of two fates: stick or bounce. Until now, scientists ...
Researchers have found a new way to optimise the design of molecular motors, bringing us one step closer to making synthetic molecular machines a reality Ribbon diagram of the structure of a protein.
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