Collaborate Disseminate
The Brennan torpedo, invented in 1877 by Louis Brennan, was one of the first (if not the first) guided torpedoes of a practical design. Amazingly, it had no internal power …read more Continue reading Pulling Backward to Go Forward: The Brennan Torpedo Explained
Two guys — Stern and Gerlach — did an experiment in 1922. They wanted to measure magnetism caused by electron orbits. At the time, they didn’t know about particles having …read more Continue reading The Stern-Gerlach Experiment Misunderstood
You don’t have to know how a car engine works to drive a car — but you can bet all the drivers in the Indy 500 have a better than …read more Continue reading Intuition about Maxwell’s Equations
How do you keep a glass of beer cold the longest? By using science, of course. At least that’s what one researcher has turned to, finding the optimal shape of vessel that will keep a poured beer chilled for as long as possible while you drink it.Contin… Continue reading Beer science: This popular glass keeps your brew coldest, says physics
If you need to measure the temperature of something, chances are good that you could think up half a dozen ways to do it, pretty much all of which would …read more Continue reading Measuring Temperature Without a Thermometer
Physicist John Archibald Wheeler made groundbreaking contributions to physics, and [Amanda Gefter] has a fantastic writeup about the man. He was undeniably brilliant, and if you haven’t heard of him, …read more Continue reading Remembering John Wheeler: You’ve Definitely Heard of His Work
Can you build a car that travels farther than you push it? [Tom Stanton] shows us that you can, using a capacitor and some nifty design tricks. [Tom]’s video shows us …read more Continue reading You Can Build A Little Car That Goes Farther Than You Push It
What would it look like to fall into a black hole? It’s a question basically everyone has pondered, and now NASA has finally given us a first-person view of the experience with scientifically-accurate visualizations produced by a supercomputer.Continue… Continue reading Video: Death by black hole looks absolutely stunning
Astronomers have produced the largest 3D map of the universe, which can be explored in an interactive VR video. In the process, they’ve uncovered some tantalizing hints that our understanding of physics, including the ultimate fate of the cosmos, could… Continue reading Video: Largest 3D map of the universe reveals hints of new physics
If you look into an electron mirror, you don’t expect to see your reflection. As [Anthony Francis-Jones] points out, what you do see is hard to explain. The key to …read more Continue reading Mirror, Mirror, Electron Mirror…