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From Unbreakable Codes To Incredible New Computers, Quantum Technology Is...
Since the advent of personal computers, the name of the game has been miniaturization.How small can we shrink down transistors? How many of those transistors can we cram onto a computer chip? This is...
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Cactus Needles Inspired A Super-Efficient New Way To Clean Up Oil Spills
Scientists may have just invented an amazing new way to clean up oil spills by mimicking the ingenious physics of cactus needles.Cactus needles are not just for warding off animals trying get a taste...
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A New Theory Suggests That The Universe May Not Be Expanding After All
Every now and again, cosmologists decide that the universe needs a rethink.For example, for the past century, they have likened it to an inflating balloon, decorated with galaxies. Now one theoretical...
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Scientists Reliably Achieve Quantum Teleportation For The First Time
Quantum teleportation has taken another step forward, thanks to two complimentary experiments, one from ETH Zurich and one from the University of Tokyo. The researchers have demonstrated the most...
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Here's The Science Behind That Bouncing Jell-O GIF That Everyone Is Talking...
These mesmerizing GIFs of Jell-O falling, flattening, then bouncing back has been making the rounds of the Internet today. The original post, from the FreshPhotons Tumblr, has been re-blogged more than...
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Stephen Hawking Thinks You Should Be Able To Kill Yourself If You Are...
Physicist Stephen Hawking says he thinks terminally ill patients should have access to assisted suicide, as long as there are checks to prevent abuse."I think those who have a terminal illness and are...
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Fun Science Fair Projects You Can Do In One Night
You are down to the wire with your kid's science fair project — It needs to get done and it needs to get done quick. That's we've provided a few great science experiments you can do at home, in one...
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Here Are The Front Runners To Win A Science Nobel Prize This Year
Thomson Reuters, which has been predicting the Nobel Winners for more than 10 years, released its annual list of potential winners Wednesday. The media outlet has successfully predicted 27 wins using...
View ArticleHow Stephen Hawking Understands The Universe In 150 Seconds [VIDEO]
Have you ever wondered how the legendary Stephen Hawking thinks about the universe? He has worked on some of the most mind-boggling physics and cosmology questions, like what's at the center of a black...
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Scientists Create A New Type Of 'Lightsaber' Matter
Scientists have created a new type of matter in which light actually acts like it has mass."The physics of what’s happening in these molecules is similar to what we see in the movies," Harvard physics...
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The 5 Most Important Physics Discoveries Of The Past 25 Years
Physics World, the monthly magazine of the Institute of Physics, has identified the most important physics discoveries of the past 25 years in an apparently arduous decision.Physics World reporter...
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Francois Englert And Peter Higgs Win Nobel Prize In Physics
Francois Englert, 80, and Peter Higgs, 84, won the Nobel Prize in physics on Tuesday for the theory of how particles acquire mass. Englehart and Higgs separately proposed this theory —what became...
View ArticleNobel Prize Winner Peter Higgs Explains How The Large Hadron Collider Works
British physicist Peter Higgs along with Belgian physicist Francois Englert won the 2013 Nobel Prize in physics on Tuesday for the theory of how particles acquire mass, proposed nearly fifty years ago....
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What Is A Higgs Boson?
Early Tuesday morning, the Royal Swedish Academy of Science awarded this year's Nobel Prize in Physics to two theoretical physicists — Peter Higgs and François Englert — who each independently...
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Physics Professor Explains Why Other Scientists Involved On The Higgs Boson...
On Tuesday, Peter Higgs, of the United Kingdom, and François Englert, of Belgium, were jointly awarded the Nobel Prize in physics for theorizing how particles obtain mass in separate papers published...
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Peter Higgs Found Out About His Nobel Win In The Most Unusual Way
Peter Higgs had already made it clear that he would be off the grid when the Nobel Prize in Physics was announced on Tuesday.So when a former neighbor pulled up in her car as he was retiring from lunch...
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These Massive Mirrors Will Bring Winter Sunlight To A Norwegian Town For The...
Three giant mirrors that have been installed on a Norwegian mountainside are about to be used for the first time, bringing sunlight to a small town for the first time during winter.Rjukan, located at...
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This Is The Oldest Galaxy We've Ever Found
A galaxy known as "z8_GND_5296"— the red blob in the box to the right — has just been confirmed as the oldest known galaxy we've seen, formed just 700 million years after the universe's birth.The...
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What Makes A Boomerang Come Back?
The boomerang is one of humanity's oldest heavier-than-air flying inventions.King Tutankhamen, who lived during the 14th century BC, owned an extensive collection, and aboriginal Australians used...
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Liquid Nitrogen Is Amazing [GIFS]
Liquid nitrogen can do some really cool things. We found these videos from Jefferson Labs on Mental Floss. The team there just loves playing with liquid nitrogen. They have a whole series of YouTube...
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