PHYSICS & MATH

New Research Found There's a 50% Chance We're Living in a Simulation

TECH & INNOVATION 10.14.2020 08:00 AM

Could we really be living in a computer simulation? A new study found that there's a 50-50 chance that the world as we know it is not real.

NASA Set to Land on Bennu, Could Find New Clues on the Start of Life

10.13.2020 23:21 PM

Recent studies offer new insights on the materials present on the asteroid Bennu, days before the NASA OSIRIS-REx spacecraft is set to land on it on October 20.

Researchers Find Novel Method of Analyzing the Densest Star Systems

10.13.2020 09:00 AM

A team from the ARC Centre of Excellence for Gravitational Wave Discovery (OzGrav) at Monash University in Australia proposes a new technique for analyzing some of the densest star systems in the Universe.

ESO Captures a Star Ripped Apart by a Black Hole

10.13.2020 08:30 AM

Astronomers from the European Southern Observatory (ESO) have captured a rare light emitted from a star being devoured by a supermassive black hole.

Polar Vortex Brings Extreme Cold Temperatures To Chicago

Tetrahedral Form of Water Might Explain Its Unique Behavior

10.13.2020 08:00 AM

Researchers probe the notion that supercooled water undergoes a liquid-to-liquid phase transition between its disordered and tetrahedral form using a two-stage model that explains molecular structures in liquid water.

Borehole Geophysics Explained

10.11.2020 14:22 PM

When we talk about borehole geophysics, we actually refer to a science that records and analyzes physical property measurements made in test holes and wells. When learning how to do geophysical borehole logging, probes capable of measuring different important properties are lowered inside a borehole. The goal is to collect point or continuous data that is then displayed as geophysical log. Many logs are usually collected because getting data from multiple sources becomes effective, as opposed to relying on a single analysis.

Researchers Calculate the Fastest Possible Speed of Sound

10.11.2020 08:00 AM

Researchers establish that sound waves, theoretically, can travel almost twice as they do on-air at Earth's surface - and determines where this phenomenon is possible

Real-Life Young Sheldon? 12-Year-Old Boy Builds Nuclear Fusion Reactor

10.09.2020 23:19 PM

According to Guinness World Records, Jackson Oswalt, now 15 years old, is officially recognized as the youngest person ever to build a nuclear fusion reactor. Jackson completed the incredible feat when he was only 12.

Meet 5 Women Who Made Scientific History

10.08.2020 23:32 PM

Men mainly dominate the scientific community. But some women also made significant contributions to the field of science like the women in this article.

When Two Black Holes Collide, the Result "Chirps" Not Once, But Multiple Times

10.08.2020 08:30 AM

Gravitational-wave scientists reported that in the event of a collision and subsequent merging of two black holes, the resulting black hole "chirps" not just once, but multiple times.

3D Model Offers Insight Into How Saturn Got Its Hexagonal Storm

10.07.2020 09:10 AM

Researchers have created a 3D model that simulates Saturn's atmosphere, shedding light on one of its most curious features - a hexagonal storm that persists on its northern pole.

Roger Penrose Pays Tribute To the Late Stephen Hawking After Nobel Prize Win

10.07.2020 08:30 AM

In a statement, Nobel laureate for physics Roger Penrose said that his colleague Stephen Hawking deserved a share of the honor for his contributions to black hole research.

US Pentagon Is Soliciting Ideas for Stealth Rocket Fuel Until Late October

10.07.2020 08:10 AM

The US Department of Defense is asking for ideas for a solid propellant that would greatly reduce exhaust infrared signatures. In other words, stealth rocket fuel.

Research on Supermassive Black Holes Receive the 2020 Nobel Prize in Physics

10.06.2020 23:05 PM

The origins of supermassive black holes have had various theories. The work of two astronomers proving that the center of the Milky Way is a supermassive black hole plus a mathematician's work on black holes as the result of Einstein's theory of general relativity received the 2020 Nobel Prize in Physics.

IAEA Conducts Interlab Comparison Exercise for Lead Isotope Dating

10.06.2020 08:20 AM

Laboratories from fourteen different countries participated in an interlaboratory comparison (ILC) exercise regarding Pb-210 sediment dating techniques, as a part of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Coordinated Research Project.