Why ice is slippery: Scientists overturn 200 years of assumptions
Every winter, countless people step onto icy sidewalks and suddenly find themselves sliding. For generations, the explanation was…
The Messy Habits Of Small Black Holes
The best opportunity to study black holes is when they’re actively accreting matter. During these times, matter gathers…
Physicists Created a Time Crystal That We Can Actually See : ScienceAlert
Physicists have just made a new breakthrough in the enigmatic realm of time crystals. For the first time,…
A Supercomputer Just Created the Largest Universe Simulation Ever
Last month, a team of researchers put the then-fastest supercomputer in the world to work on a rather…
Wooden walls can withstand 100 kilonewtons of pressure, research finds
Swiss researchers have overturned the assumption that windowed timber walls offer no structural support after they proved that…
Non-magnetic material shows ‘Anomalous Hall Effect’ for the first time
Japanese physicists have observed an elusive form of the “Hall effect” in a nonmagnetic material for the first…
Scientists Finally Crack Why Ice Is Really Slippery—Upending a 200-Year-Old Physics Explanation
For nearly two centuries, students have been taught that ice is slippery because pressure or friction melts a…
‘We want more people to know about our priceless Albert Einstein blackboard’
Malia CartyBBC News, Nottingham BBC The blackboard used by Albert Einstein is the only one believed to be…
Physicists Measured The Pulse of an Atom’s Magnetic Heart in Real Time : ScienceAlert
The pulse of an atom’s magnetic heart as it ticks back and forth between quantum states has been…
Scientists Watch an Atom’s Nucleus Flip in Real Time for the First Time
Artist’s impression, based on actual measurement data, of the nuclear spin of an atom flipping between distinct quantum…
Graphene Electrons Violate Fundamental Law of Physics
Scientists have detected a “Dirac fluid” in graphene, where electrons flow like a nearly perfect liquid and defy…
45 years ago, Carl Sagan beautifully explained the fourth dimension with just an apple.
Most adults periodically examine their lives to try to figure out where they can save money. It might…