PHYSICS & MATH

New Astrophysics Code Models Stellar Collision Faster

SPACE 04.25.2021 00:45 AM

A new code is capable of generating stellar collision models with greater speed and efficiency. A stellar collision event - where two stars usually circle each other before eventually merging - is a rare phenomenon of significant interest in astrophysics.

Muon Anomaly: How A 'Last Hope' Effort Revolutionizes Physics

04.18.2021 00:15 AM

Earlier this month, physicists at the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (Fermilab) near Chicago reported the results of the Muon g-2 experiment - and a study released the same day challenges decades of study on the subject.

Ultrasound Waves Create Never-Repeating Pattern in Carbon

04.15.2021 01:26 AM

Using soundwaves, a team of University of Utah engineers and mathematicians demonstrated how to arrange carbon nanoparticles in water in a never-repeating pattern.

Scientists Perform First-ever Ultracold Atom Interferometry in Space, Leading to Possible Physics Breakthroughs

04.14.2021 04:10 AM

Scientists successfully performed the first-ever atom interferometry in space, which would lead to potential breakthrough discoveries in physics.

Three-Body Problem: Centuries-Old Physics Puzzle Addressed With New Theory

04.13.2021 23:29 PM

A new theory addresses the "three-body problem," a centuries-old problem in physics and classical mechanics that predicts the motion of three gravitating bodies in space consistent with Newton's laws of motion and universal gravitation.

80-Year-Old Kaplansky Unit Conjecture Disproved in a Research

04.13.2021 01:38 AM

The Kaplansky unit conjecture has been disproved by a researcher showing a counterexample. The Kaplansky unit conjecture, perhaps the most popular of three algebra inquiries named after American mathematician Irving Kaplansky, has been disproved by a researcher showing a counterexample after more than 80 years.

Nuclear Detonations to Deflect Asteroids: Is It Possible?

04.12.2021 23:21 PM

In investigating all possible mitigation technologies, including those seemingly from the movies, scientists from the United States are looking at nuclear detonations to protect Earth from dangerous asteroids.

Understanding Turbulence: Vortices in Quantum Fluid Visualized

04.09.2021 08:55 AM

A team of engineering researchers has taken a step forward in understanding turbulence with a new visualization of how vortices behave in a quantum fluid

Infrared Radiation From Hand Can Soon Be Used to Transmit Secret Messages [STUDY]

04.09.2021 08:37 AM

A team of engineers from China introduced a way of transmitting secret messages through the use of infrared radiation from the hand.

Freezing Electrons as Temperature Rises: Discovered Graphene System Does That!

04.08.2021 23:59 PM

In a new discovery regarding graphene, two research teams independently discovered a particular graphene system whose electrons "freeze" as temperature rises.

5th Important Force of Nature Discovered in New Lab Experiment

04.08.2021 06:15 AM

Physicists recently said they have discovered probable signs of a fifth fundamental force of nature showing findings coming from a study carried out at a laboratory near Chicago.

CERN Scientists Use Lasers to Cool Antimatter to Near Absolute Zero, Challenging Modern Physics Theories

04.06.2021 01:52 AM

Physicists have cooled antimatter for the first time using lasers and this breakthrough challenges many modern physics theories.

How to Cook Chicken By Slapping It? This Guy Did It!

04.05.2021 03:10 AM

YouTuber Louis Weisz showed how to convert kinetic energy from slapping into thermal energy that will cook the chicken.

Michio Kaku: Will He Complete the ‘Theory of Everything’? Discourages Search for Extraterrestrial Beings

04.03.2021 21:41 PM

Michio Kaku, a professor of theoretical physics explains his work on string theory and how it's a candidate for the Theory of Everything.

Trapped in Time: The Ice Age Never Officially Ended in a Part of the Black Sea

04.01.2021 00:34 AM

In a deep part of the Black Sea, situated between Europe and Asia, the waters still respond to a climate change pattern prompted by the last Ice Age - a period which officially ended about 12,000 years ago.

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