Tag: Physics
Sticky baseballs: Explaining the physics of the latest scandal in Major...
John Eric Goff, University of Lynchburg
Cheating in baseball is as old as the game itself, and pitchers’ modifying...
535 new fast radio bursts help answer deep questions about the...
Emmanuel Fonseca, West Virginia University
On June 9, 2021, my colleagues and I announced the discovery of 535 fast...
How much energy can people create at one time without losing...
Xuejian Wu, Rutgers University - Newark
Curious Kids is a series for children of all...
How much energy can people create at one time without losing...
Xuejian Wu, Rutgers University - Newark
Curious Kids is a series for children of all...
Microfluidics: The tiny, beautiful tech hidden all around you
Albert Folch, University of Washington
When you think of micro- or nanotechnology, you likely think of small electronics like...
Warp drives: Physicists give chances of faster-than-light space travel a boost
Mario Borunda, Oklahoma State University
The closest star to Earth is Proxima Centauri. It is about 4.25 light-years away,...
A concept from physics called negentropy could help your life run...
Alison Carr-Chellman,, University of Dayton
Life is full of small decisions: Should I pick up that sock on the...
What makes the world’s biggest surfable waves?
Sally Warner, Brandeis University
On Feb. 11, 2020, Brazilian Maya Gabeira surfed a wave off the coast of Nazaré, Portugal, that was 73.5 feet tall....
EXPLORING NATURE
Children can be systematic problem-solvers at younger ages than psychologists had...
Celeste Kidd, University of California, Berkeley
I’m in a coffee shop when a young child dumps out his mother’s...
