Static electricity is a big mystery — a jolt of fresh research could help to solve it
Static electricity is so commonplace that it can come across as simple. Rub a balloon against your head,…
Squeaking at soft–rigid frictional interfaces
Branch, J. Why are basketball games so squeaky? Consider the spiny lobster. The New York Times (17 March…
YouTuber captures ‘lightning in a bottle’ using particle accelerator
The phrase “lightning in a bottle” is usually used as a metaphor for something rare or impossible to…
DARPA is Exploring Physics’ Strangest New Frontier to Develop the Next Generation of Defense Technology
In an effort to reshape the foundations of military computing and electronics, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency…
An enhanced instantaneous detonation model for underwater explosions involving condensed explosives
Underwater explosion (UNDEX) has found applications in diverse research fields, including underwater mineral mining, waterway and port excavation,…
A magnetically levitated conducting rotor with ultra-low rotational damping circumventing eddy loss
Detection and fabrication of diamagnetically levitated disk We magnetically levitate a diamagnetic, conductive pyrolytic graphite (PG) disk within…
These tiny flyers levitate on the Sun’s heat alone
Devices (artist’s illustration) kept aloft by sunlight could take sensors into an understudied layer of the atmosphere.Credit: Schafer…
Laser power stabilization using conservation law in acoustic optic modulator
Our experimental setup is depicted in Fig. 1. The photoelectric control system is shown in Fig. 1a. A…