Physics Week in Review: August 18, 2018
Among this week’s physics highlights: thousands of new “topological” materials discovered, the physics of breaking spaghetti strands neatly in two, and the latest work on …
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Physics Week in Review: August 11, 2018
Among this week’s physics highlights: dark energy and string theory might not mix, excess gamma rays due to pulsars and not dark matter, and speculation …
Physics Week in Review: August 4, 2018
Among this week’s physics highlights: An infrared cloaking device thanks to salt-infused graphene, the string theory universe landscape may not exist, and closing the door …
Physics Week in Review: July 28, 2018
Among this week’s physics highlights: a star orbiting a black hole confirms relativity yet again; how rainbow physics can help self-driving cars; and the physics …
Physics Week in Review: July 21, 2018
Shape-changing material triggered by light, the first full-color 3D x-rays, and how much energy Marvel superhero Iron Fist packs into a punch are among this …
Physics Week in Review: July 14, 2018
Astronomers track a neutrino to its source for the first time; the physics of the perfect S’more; and how a dead fish could swim upstream …
Physics Week in Review: July 7, 2018
Among this week’s physics highlights: the physics of launching fireworks from a drone; the science and scientists behind Marvel’s Ant Man; and using a three-body …
Physics Week in Review: June 30, 2018
Taming turbulence by flattening fluids, two ways a crystal shrinks, and the physics of steeping tea are among this week’s physics highlights. Mathematicians Tame Turbulence …
Physics Week in Review: June 23, 2018
Among this week’s physics highlights: the physics of how cracks spread; resonating peacock crests, and Einstein’s general relativity still holds at the galactic scale. (Takeaway: …
Physics Week in Review: June 16, 2018
Brains may function best near, but not precisely at, the critical point between two phases; the math of how order falls into chaos; and shape-shifting …