Physics & Chemistry

This Hubcap-Like Contraption Could Be The Future Of Space Travel (Or Not)

The idea of a rogue, genius inventor working outside the confines of a government or corporate lab, creating a new technology that could potentially change the world, is certainly tantalizing. Who knows: Guido Fetta could be the next Tesla, and his QDrive could very well revolutionize space travel. Or it could be an idea lacking…

Physics & Chemistry Andrew Liszewski

The Japan Earthquake Weakened Earth’s Gravity

The Japan earthquake in March was big. Obviously. But recent satellite analysis by researchers reveal it was so big that it actually affected the gravitational field surrounding Japan. According to the Christian Science Monitor, the uneven mass distribution on Earth means Gravity has different magnitudes in different places. The earthquake was strong enough to produce…

Physics & Chemistry Adrian Covert

When You Drop a Slinky, It Floats in Midair Like Magic

Slinky’s, one of the cosmos’ perennial enigmas, has one amazing propert you’ve probably never noticed. But that’s okay. Our mortal eyes aren’t quick enough to notice—but this slow-mo camera is. It looks like magic! But it’s awesome physics. Physicist Rod Cross of the University of Sydney demonstrates this amazing effect in a charming, white-haired professorial…

Physics & Chemistry Sam Biddle

Why Those Faster-Than-Light Particles Might Be a Good Bet to Hedge Against

Yes, okay, it’s terribly exciting that Einstein’s theory of relativity has been put on notice by some perky faster-than-light neutrinos. But science, I’ve been burned before by your outsized enthusiasms. So here’s a great way to hedge my bets. https://gizmodo.com/faster-than-light-particles-could-wreck-einsteins-relat-5843006 Okay, so maybe I don’t have an xkcd-sized bankroll to bet you $200 that this…

Physics & Chemistry Brian Barrett

Faster Than Light Particles Could Wreck Einstein’s Relativity Theory

This is extremely shocking: CERN scientists using a 1300-ton particle detector have measured particles travelling faster than the speed of light. If confirmed, this discovery could invalidate Albert Einstein’s 1905 theory of special relativity and revolutionize physics. Einstein’s theory says that there’s nothing in the universe that could travel faster than light. Now, CERN scientists…

Physics & Chemistry Jesus Diaz

Can Bird Poop Really Crack Your Car’s Windshield?

It’s one of life’s great mysteries: how much damage can bird poop falling at terminal velocity really do? Rhett Allain, Wired’s resident physics guy, did us all a kindness and set his equations on this serious and pressing matter, originally raised by a Car Talk caller. The answer? Maaaaybe, if it was an especially large…

Physics & Chemistry Kyle Wagner

First Quantum Computer Simulator Operates at the Speed of Light

Celebrated physicist Richard Feynman first proposed it in 1982, and now it exists: the first universal, digital quantum simulator. Austrian scientists, who published how they created the mind-blowing simulator in the September 1 issue of journal Science, haven’t yet returned my emails (they’re probably popping champers), but they’ve got to be are pretty stoked. “We…

Physics & Chemistry Kristen Philipkoski

Table-Top Atom-Smasher Does Amazing Things in a Small Package

How cool is this? Scientists at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Easy Bay represent!) have created an atom-smasher that could fit on your kitchen table. Why should the Large Hadron Collider guys have all the fun? The Berkeley Labs invention is, not surprisingly, pretty genius. They shoot powerful laser pulses through plasma, which builds up…

Physics & Chemistry Brent Rose

Why Earthquake Tweets Reached You Before the Earthquake Did

If you live in New York and were on Twitter about an hour ago, something like this probably happened to you: you read a tweet about an earthquake from someone in DC. Then, moments later, you felt it. Here’s why. Basically, as XKCD explained some time back, the fiber signals that usher your beeps and…

Physics & Chemistry Brian Barrett

What Does Nuclear Radiation Sound Like?

In reality, radiation emits no sound, or visuals, or smell. But that doesn’t mean it can’t be interpreted. Axel Boman, a musician and DJ, partnered with KSU, the Swedish safety agency, to develop a musical model for radioactive isotopes. According to Brain Pickings’ Maria Popova, The Radioactive Orchestra is modeled after the decay patterns of…

Physics & Chemistry Adrian Covert

How Chaos Really Works

According to this explanation, the butterfly effect used to explain chaos theory is just a big exaggeration. Watch the video for a much better understanding of how it works and why we can’t predict the outcome of these complex systems. Actually, just watch it because it has scientists talking physics with English accents. Always a…

Physics & Chemistry Jesus Diaz

Meet the Gömböc, one of the strangest shapes in the world

Invented by Hungarian mathematicians, the Gömböc can’t ever be kept down. It’s the world’s only artificial, self-righting shape. There are plenty of things that come back up after being knocked down. Angry roadies do, for example. But they get up under their own power. Weebles and inflatable clowns do. But they only manage it because…

Physics & Chemistry Esther Inglis-Arkell

Fermilab’s Claim of New Subatomic Particle Discredited by Rival Team

Fermilab believed they hit the motherlode this past April after findings from the Tevatron particle accelerator suggested a new subatomic particle was out there. A second, independent group has analyzed that same data and claim there is no new particle. https://gizmodo.com/have-scientists-discovered-a-new-elementary-particle-5789701 The research team DZero has a detector of their own in a different section…

Physics & Chemistry Adrian Covert

Researchers Entangle and Observe Eight Photons Simultaneously, Smashing the Previous Record

Like a long-distance romance, quantum entanglement is a fragile interaction; one moment, two particles can be sharing that special bond in which they are essentially one and the same, even when separated by vast distances. Then, just like that, the link can be broken. So the fact that Chinese researchers have set a new record…

Physics & Chemistry Clay Dillow - PopSci

To Keep Innovating (and Discover Parallel Universes), We Need to Rethink the CPU

Big data processing will be the future of innovation. Our greatest discoveries will come not from carefully conceiving a theory and testing it, but by throwing every possibility up against a CPU wall and seeing what sticks. And as GigaOm points out, we’re quickly reaching a point where the CPU in its current form just…

Physics & Chemistry Adrian Covert

What Is the Terminal Velocity of an iPhone?

This isn’t really breaking news, but there was this story of a guy that dropped his iPhone 4 out of a plane. The man was quite happy to find his iPhone unharmed. It was partially protected by Griffin case, but still this got me thinking. Was this a miracle or not so crazy? Here are…

Physics & Chemistry Rhett Allain - Wired.com

Alleged LHC Memo Hints Scientists Have Found the Elusive Higgs Boson

Did scientists running the massive Large Hadron Collider finally discover what Einstein eloquently hypothesized was the “mind of God” for the last 30 years of his life? Possibly, yes, if a memo leaked this week turns out to be legitimate. The memo, which it should definitely be noted has not been properly vetted or undergone…

Physics & Chemistry Jack Loftus

New Self-Healing Polymer Gets the Job Done in 60 Seconds or Less

They may not exist outside laboratories, but self-healing polymers are fantastic. When they rip, they’re normally held under a UV ray for 30 minutes, and they repair themselves. But new research breakthroughs have cut that time down to a minute. https://gizmodo.com/self-healing-polymer-uses-light-to-rebuild-itself-5711255 According to Ars Technica, typical self-healing polymers rely on organic compounds and chemical bonds…

Physics & Chemistry Adrian Covert

The Science of Bicycle Motion Gets a Re-Do

Bicycles, huh? When I was younger I found them to be mystical, two-wheeled things that remained upright seemingly by magic. Training wheels were my crutch until one day dad ripped them off and gave me a shove down the street. Weeping, I wobbled forward, fear in my eyes and terror in my gut until…I realized…

Physics & Chemistry Jack Loftus

Latest Energy Breakthrough Threatens the Entire Existence of Solar Panels

Upending a theory of physics maintained for over a century, researchers at the University of Michigan have discovered that magnetic fields coming from light waves are 100 million times stronger than previously believed, creating new possibilities for harvesting solar power. According to PhysOrg, this discovery came about when researchers ran a light source through a…

Physics & Chemistry Adrian Covert

This Hubcap-Like Contraption Could Be The Future Of Space Travel (Or Not)

The Japan Earthquake Weakened Earth’s Gravity

When You Drop a Slinky, It Floats in Midair Like Magic

Why Those Faster-Than-Light Particles Might Be a Good Bet to Hedge Against

Faster Than Light Particles Could Wreck Einstein’s Relativity Theory

Can Bird Poop Really Crack Your Car’s Windshield?

First Quantum Computer Simulator Operates at the Speed of Light

Table-Top Atom-Smasher Does Amazing Things in a Small Package

Why Earthquake Tweets Reached You Before the Earthquake Did

What Does Nuclear Radiation Sound Like?

How Chaos Really Works

Meet the Gömböc, one of the strangest shapes in the world

Fermilab’s Claim of New Subatomic Particle Discredited by Rival Team

Researchers Entangle and Observe Eight Photons Simultaneously, Smashing the Previous Record

To Keep Innovating (and Discover Parallel Universes), We Need to Rethink the CPU

What Is the Terminal Velocity of an iPhone?

Alleged LHC Memo Hints Scientists Have Found the Elusive Higgs Boson

New Self-Healing Polymer Gets the Job Done in 60 Seconds or Less

The Science of Bicycle Motion Gets a Re-Do

Latest Energy Breakthrough Threatens the Entire Existence of Solar Panels

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