Why Your Wedding Almost Certainly Broke the Speed of Sound

Why Your Wedding Almost Certainly Broke the Speed of Sound

You would not think of a wedding (or a birthday, or any other type of event) as a logical setting for a physics experiment, but…
Internet Heavily Invested In Woman’s Quest to Unstick Her Bowls

Internet Heavily Invested In Woman’s Quest to Unstick Her Bowls

Twitter has been extremely involved in solving a little scientific problem in the previous several days: how to get one woman’s bowls unstuck. While doing…
Researchers Find a Way to Simulate Nonlinear Quantum Electrodynamics in a Laboratory

Researchers Find a Way to Simulate Nonlinear Quantum Electrodynamics in a Laboratory

In movies, video games, and our imaginations, lightsabers catch and flare when they collide. The light beams actually pass through one another, just like in…
Scientists’ Use of Quantum Dots to Identify Inflammatory Cells in Fat

Scientists’ Use of Quantum Dots to Identify Inflammatory Cells in Fat

Doctors and researchers must be able to peer into bodies in order to properly identify and cure illnesses. Since the invention of the first x-ray,…
First Results from the Daya Bay Neutrino Experiment’s Final Dataset are Announced by Physicists

First Results from the Daya Bay Neutrino Experiment’s Final Dataset are Announced by Physicists

The Daya Bay Reactor Neutrino Experiment recorded a record-breaking 5.5 million interactions from neutrino subatomic particles over the course of over nine years. Theta13, a…
Difference between Volume and Capacity

Difference between Volume and Capacity

The volume of a three-dimensional figure is a measurement of the entire space filled by a solid. A three-dimensional figure is any object with length,…
High-Altitude Rocket Engine Exhaust Pollution Enters the Atmosphere of Earth

High-Altitude Rocket Engine Exhaust Pollution Enters the Atmosphere of Earth

Commercial spaceflights by firms like SpaceX and Virgin Galactic have popularized the use of reusable space technology to increase space transportation at a reduced cost.…
Quantum Computer Inner Workings

Quantum Computer Inner Workings

A precision diagnostic developed at the Department of Energy’s Sandia National Laboratories is quickly becoming the gold standard for detecting and describing problems within quantum…
Scientists Develop Ultra-thin Solar Panels with Record Efficiency

Scientists Develop Ultra-thin Solar Panels with Record Efficiency

A team of researchers has successfully increased the amount of energy absorbed by wafer-thin photovoltaic panels by 25%. Their solar panels, which are only one…
Waveform Control of Ultrashort Infrared Pulses

Waveform Control of Ultrashort Infrared Pulses

An international team of laser physicists from LMU and the Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics has achieved unprecedented control over light pulses in the…
Solar Cells Continue to Function even after the Sun has Set

Solar Cells Continue to Function even after the Sun has Set

Because solar panels require sunlight to generate electricity for your home, they do not generate electricity during the night. As a result, the short answer…
Quantum Computers are used to Simulate Quantum Materials

Quantum Computers are used to Simulate Quantum Materials

Scientists have reached a significant milestone in the advancement of quantum computing. Quantum computing is a new technology that promises a paradigm shift in computing…
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