How to Measure the Calories in a Candy Bar—With Physics!
Step one: Trick or treat. Step two: Get out your bomb calorimeter. (Yes, that is a real thing.) ..
Step one: Trick or treat. Step two: Get out your bomb calorimeter. (Yes, that is a real thing.) ..
You can't block electromagnetic waves, but there's still a way to keep electronic devices like cell phones in stealth mode. ..
The preferred “handedness” of biomolecules could have emerged from interactions between electrons and magnetic surfaces on primordial Earth, new research ..
The development of attosecond pulses of light allowed researchers to explore the frame-by-frame movement of electrons. ..
To figure it out, you’ll need two similar feats of superhero strength and a little bit of physics. ..
A deceptively simple math proposition known as the Kakeya conjecture underpins a tower of other questions in physics, number theory, and harmonic analysis. ..
Although radiation sounds scary, it isn’t necessarily harmful. Here’s what to know about the four types. ..
Physicists finally know where at least some of these high-energy particles come from, which helps make the neutrinos useful for exploring fundamental physics. ..
It seems impossible, but there’s a way to cool things off without tapping into a fuel source. (Hint: It involves outer space.) ..
How would scientists even recognize biological signs of life beyond Earth? Assembly theory proposes a way to identify molecules made by living systems—even ..