PHYSICS & MATH

The Unusual Physics of an Upside-Down Boat Flips Previous Understandings of the Law of Buoyancy

PHYSICS & MATH 09.03.2020 08:10 AM

Since Archimedes, the science of why boats float remains the same. However, a new study flips our current understanding of the law of buoyancy.

The Story of the World's Fastest Human Calculator and His Fractured Skull

09.02.2020 07:30 AM

Neelakantha Bhanu Prakash was five years old when he fractured his skull and was thought to become cognitively impaired. But solving puzzles and math problems helped him overcome it and later on become the world's fastest human calculator.

Kite Aerodynamics: How Did a Kite Lift a 3-Year-Old?

08.31.2020 08:20 AM

During a kite festival in Taiwan, a 3-year-old girl was carried aloft by a giant kite in the air for 30 seconds. Luckily, she was safe and the festival got cancelled after the incident.

10% of US Students are English Learners

08.28.2020 20:51 PM

More than 1 in 10 of the nation’s approximately 50 million public school students speak a native language other than English, according to the latest federal data. Roughly 3 in 4 of these English learners speak Spanish.

3 Statistical Facts That Seem Outrageous at First

08.27.2020 20:27 PM

With the idea of chances and probabilities hard as it may be for the average person to fully digest, here are three more statistical facts that seem outrageous at first.

Scientists Build A Mechanical Switch With Origami

08.26.2020 07:10 AM

The ancient Japanese art of paper-folding, known as Origami, has been used as a reference in fabricating a paper device that works as a mechanical switch.

Constructor Theory Could Explain Life, Universe, and Existence

08.24.2020 08:40 AM

A group of physicists is working on a new theory, called the constructor theory, which attempts to solve wide-ranging problems including what makes biological evolution possible and many more. The only problem is how to test their theory.

Dr. Katie Mack Presents Five Possible End Scenarios for the Universe

08.24.2020 07:30 AM

Dr. Katie Mack, theoretical cosmologist and Assistant Professor at North Carolina State University, shares five different scenarios on how the universe might end, in the latest episode of the Science Focus Podcast Monday, August 24.

Ultraclean Graphene As High Performance Magnetic Field Sensors

08.21.2020 09:00 AM

A team from Cornell University has fabricated a miniature magnetic field sensor, using an ultrathin graphene "sandwich," that offers detection over a greater temperature change with enough sensitivity to sense subtleties in magnetic fields.

Ultrathin Silicon Nanoantennas Can Slow Down and Redirect Light

08.20.2020 23:16 PM

Scientists were able to fashion ultrathin silicon nanoantennas that can trap and redirect light at will, similar to how echo chambers work with sound.

WATCH: NASA’s Guide to Near-Light-Speed Interstellar Travel

08.20.2020 22:41 PM

Sometimes science fiction goes beyond the imagination that even the impossible is made possible just like traveling through space in the speed of light as the characters explore the vastness of the universe. But the laws of physics do not allow that to happen in real life. In the new video of NASA, they showed what it would be like if someone is to travel in the speed of light.

New Quantum Key Distribution Protocol Maintains Security Over Long Distances

08.20.2020 06:24 AM

Researchers have successfully demonstrated a secure transmission using measurement-device-independent quantum key distribution (MDI-QKD) protocol, sending information over 170 kilometers.

Five Easy, Fun Science experiments to do With Kids at Home

08.19.2020 10:24 AM

You can help your child learn their science lessons through simple science projects. Easy projects that demonstrate scientific concepts, and show how these concepts apply in everyday life, will encourage them to explore the world of science further. Also, with schools closed due to the coronavirus pandemic, the following simple science projects will give the children something fun to do.

Scientists Capture the Moment Fluids Act Like Solids

08.17.2020 05:32 AM

Some fluids exhibit a solid-like response to stress, suddenly thickening and becoming solids for a moment upon disturbance - and scientists have captured the exact moment it happens.

New Photodetector Exceeds 100% Efficiency

08.14.2020 10:29 AM

A team from Aalto University in Espoo, Finland, has created a black silicon photodetector that has exceeded 100%—the first to surpass what was thought to be the theoretical limit for external quantum efficiency.

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