Laser Beams That Control Electrical Discharges Could Potentially Redirect Lightning
Physicists have used laser tractor beams to change the path of electrical discharge in the laboratory. They believe that instead of stopping the blazing fire…
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Fragments Of Energy – Not Waves Or Particles – May Be The Fundamental Building Blocks Of The Universe
The subject makes the universe, what makes things up? For those who think about it, this question is long complicated, especially for physicists. Reflecting recent…
Five Incredible Physics Studies Published In 2020
Saying that 2020 has been a difficult year is less to say. Science also had to learn to navigate this brave new world and in…
Spectroscopy – a study of absorption and emission of light
Spectroscopy is a study of the absorption and emission of light and other radiation by matter, as related to the dependence of these processes on…
Ultrathin “Flying Disks” Could Levitate On Sunlight To Explore Earth’s Upper Atmosphere
Near the point where the atmosphere flows into space, there is an undiscovered region known as the mesosphere or, more commonly, the ignorosphere. The air…
How Did This Man Put His Hand Through Molten Metal Without Killing Himself?
A video circulating on Reddy shows that a person has the apparent ability to shake hands with molten metal without being injured. In the footage,…
Physicists Have Developed a “Quantum” Hologram Using Entanglement
Researchers have used a quantum mechanical property to overcome some of the limitations of conventional holograms. This new method, described in detail in Nature Physics,…
New Breakthrough in Graphene Superconductivity Pushes It to Higher Temperatures
Graphene is an incredible ingredient. It is only one atom thick, yet 200 times stronger than steel. It is a forgery of carbon atoms and…
Power behind Mysterious Gamma-Ray Source Revealed Thanks To Thousands of Volunteers
For years gamma-ray source PSR J2039−5617 has been a cosmic mystery. Astronomers had an ink on what might be behind it but were struggling to…
The Youngest Known Magnetar Is Even Weirder Than Previously Thought
Humanity has discovered only 31 magnetic neutron stars or magnetic, stellar objects with incredible magnetism. The new observations of one of these stars are not…
Huge Dark Matter Halo around Dwarf Galaxy Hints at How the First Galaxies Formed
More than 50 dwarf galaxies surround the Milky Way (more), some of which have remained unchanged since their first founding 13 years ago. These incredible…
Astronaut Performs First-Ever Plant Transplant in Space
Above the International Space Station (ISS), there are many astronauts and astronauts ranging from plants, bacteria and fungi. It is human responsibility to ensure that…
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