PHYSICS & MATH

Einstein’s 72-Year-Old Letter Containing New Physics About Animal Senses

PHYSICS & MATH 05.16.2021 21:38 PM

In a letter written by Nobel prize-winning physicist, Albert Einstein considered if new physics understandings could result from examining how animals are sensing the world surrounding them

3D Printing Can Now Create Precise and Complex Microlenses

05.14.2021 05:40 AM

New research demonstrates how 3D printing technology could create highly precise and complex microlenses - miniature reflective surfaces whose diameters are just a few microns.

New Infrared Imager Sees Through Opaque Objects, Safe for Biomedical Applications

05.06.2021 21:47 PM

Engineers from the University of California San Diego developed a new infrared imager that is thin with a large-area display that converts infrared light to images.

Flat Pasta Transforms Into 3D Shapes When Cooked, Perfect for Food Delivery to Space Stations and Disaster Sites

05.06.2021 06:40 AM

Researchers from Carnegie Mellon University in Pennsylvania developed a flat pasta that morphs into 3D shapes when cooked that uses less packaging and releases less carbon footprint.

Researchers Develop Machine Learning Algorithm to Help Further Understand Quantum Systems

04.30.2021 00:50 AM

The University of Bristol's QETLabs scientists recently developed machine learning algorithms that offer valuable understandings into the physics underlying quantum systems.

Quantum Tech One Step Closer With New Single Photon Switch

04.29.2021 03:42 AM

Single photon switches, which can turn physical processes on or off by using only a single packet of light, have far-reaching implications for quantum photonic technologies - and a new breakthrough makes it one step closer to realization.

New Astrophysics Code Models Stellar Collision Faster

04.25.2021 00:45 AM

A new code is capable of generating stellar collision models with greater speed and efficiency. A stellar collision event - where two stars usually circle each other before eventually merging - is a rare phenomenon of significant interest in astrophysics.

Muon Anomaly: How A 'Last Hope' Effort Revolutionizes Physics

04.18.2021 00:15 AM

Earlier this month, physicists at the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (Fermilab) near Chicago reported the results of the Muon g-2 experiment - and a study released the same day challenges decades of study on the subject.

Ultrasound Waves Create Never-Repeating Pattern in Carbon

04.15.2021 01:26 AM

Using soundwaves, a team of University of Utah engineers and mathematicians demonstrated how to arrange carbon nanoparticles in water in a never-repeating pattern.

Scientists Perform First-ever Ultracold Atom Interferometry in Space, Leading to Possible Physics Breakthroughs

04.14.2021 04:10 AM

Scientists successfully performed the first-ever atom interferometry in space, which would lead to potential breakthrough discoveries in physics.

Three-Body Problem: Centuries-Old Physics Puzzle Addressed With New Theory

04.13.2021 23:29 PM

A new theory addresses the "three-body problem," a centuries-old problem in physics and classical mechanics that predicts the motion of three gravitating bodies in space consistent with Newton's laws of motion and universal gravitation.

80-Year-Old Kaplansky Unit Conjecture Disproved in a Research

04.13.2021 01:38 AM

The Kaplansky unit conjecture has been disproved by a researcher showing a counterexample. The Kaplansky unit conjecture, perhaps the most popular of three algebra inquiries named after American mathematician Irving Kaplansky, has been disproved by a researcher showing a counterexample after more than 80 years.

Nuclear Detonations to Deflect Asteroids: Is It Possible?

04.12.2021 23:21 PM

In investigating all possible mitigation technologies, including those seemingly from the movies, scientists from the United States are looking at nuclear detonations to protect Earth from dangerous asteroids.

Understanding Turbulence: Vortices in Quantum Fluid Visualized

04.09.2021 08:55 AM

A team of engineering researchers has taken a step forward in understanding turbulence with a new visualization of how vortices behave in a quantum fluid

Infrared Radiation From Hand Can Soon Be Used to Transmit Secret Messages [STUDY]

04.09.2021 08:37 AM

A team of engineers from China introduced a way of transmitting secret messages through the use of infrared radiation from the hand.

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