Tag: Physics
NASCAR may be the fastest way to learn about physics
Christine Helms, University of Richmond
There’s just something thrilling about traveling at high speeds. Throughout history people have always pushed themselves to go faster, whether...
What’s really behind baseball’s home run surge?
Brian J. Love, University of Michigan and Michael L. Burns, University of Michigan
At the 2019 Major League Baseball All-Star Game, Houston Astros pitcher Justin...
What happens when a raindrop hits a puddle?
Nate Barlow, Rochester Institute of Technology
Have you ever taken a walk through the rain on a warm spring day and seen that perfect puddle?...
Lise Meitner – the forgotten woman of nuclear physics who deserved...
Timothy J. Jorgensen, Georgetown University
Nuclear fission – the physical process by which very large atoms like uranium split into pairs of smaller atoms –...
70 years of instant photos, thanks to inventor Edwin Land’s Polaroid...
Ann Elsner, Indiana University
It probably happens every minute of the day: A little girl demands to see the photo her parent has just taken...
The math behind the perfect free throw
Larry M. Silverberg, North Carolina State University
Some 20 years ago, my colleague Dr. Chau Tran and I developed a way to simulate the trajectories...
Black holes aren’t totally black, and other insights from Stephen Hawking’s...
Christoph Adami, Michigan State University
Mathematical physicist and cosmologist Stephen Hawking was best known for his work exploring the relationship between black holes and quantum...
Dark matter: The mystery substance physics still can’t identify that makes...
Dan Hooper, University of Chicago
The past few decades have ushered in an amazing era in the science of cosmology. A diverse array of high-precision...
EXPLORING NATURE
New study measures titanium in Apollo rock to uncover Moon’s early chemistry
Advik D. Vira, Georgia Institute of Technology and Emily First, Macalester College
The Earth and the Moon may look...
