Applied Physics

Electron Paramagnetic Resonance Spectroscopy Reveals Health Benefits Of Coffee

New research has brought us closer to understanding  the health benefits of coffee. Monash researchers, in collaboration with Italian coffee roasting company Illycaffè, have conducted the most comprehensive study to date on how free radicals and antioxida ...

Article - News Staff - May 8 2015 - 9:16am

Want Better Aircraft? Ask A Bat About The Sensory Receptors In Their Wings

Bats are masters of flight, even at night. The best pilots in World War II would have to be envious of their steep nosedives and sharp turns. But when we think about bats and flying, most people think of echolocation and their built-in radar. But that doe ...

Article - News Staff - May 7 2015 - 8:33am

Researchers Capture What Thunder Looks Like- Yes, You Read That Right

Scientists have successfully imaged thunder for the first time. A team from Southwest Research Institute has visually captured the sound waves created by artificially triggered lightning, they reported at a joint meeting of American and Canadian geophysica ...

Article - News Staff - May 5 2015 - 5:51pm

Amtrak Tragedy And Newton's First Law

By Sara Rennekamp, Inside Science-- Last week's deadly derailment that sent an Amtrak Northeast Regional train careening off its tracks has many people asking how such a tragedy could happen. ...

Article - Inside Science - May 18 2015 - 4:59pm

Environmentally Friendly Electricity Production, Nuclear And Hydroelectric

Currently, burning fossil fuels is the main source of energy here and around the world.   Those fuels emitting greenhouse gasses are considered by most associated scientific organizations in the world as contributing to a potential global catastrophe in t ...

Article - Robert Hayes - May 18 2015 - 11:54pm

Tunable Liquid Metal Antenna Controlled By Voltage

Liquid metal electronics like antennas are intriguing because the shape and length of the conducting paths that form an antenna determine its critical properties such as operating frequency and radiation pattern. Using a liquid metal, such as eutectic gal ...

Article - News Staff - May 19 2015 - 1:47pm

No, We're Not Being Pickled In Deadly Cell Phone Radiation

Tomorrow at TedX Sydney’s Opera House event, high-profile neurosurgeon Charlie Teo will talk about brain cancer. Last Saturday Teo was on Channel 9’s Sunrise program talking about the often malignant cancer that in 2012 killed 1,241 Australians. During th ...

Article - Simon Chapman - May 25 2015 - 12:02pm

Non-Joulian Magnetostriction May Energize The World

 A new class of magnets that swell in volume when placed in a magnetic field also generate negligible amounts of wasteful heat during energy harvesting. This "Non-Joulian Magnetostriction" could change the way we think about a certain type of mag ...

Article - News Staff - May 20 2015 - 9:55pm

Back To The Future: Skyscrapers Will Be Made Of Wood

Vancouver-based architect Michael Green was unequivocal at a conference at which I heard him speak a while ago: “We grow trees in British Columbia that are 35 storeys tall, so why do our building codes restrict timber buildings to only five stories?” ...

Article - The Conversation - May 21 2015 - 12:30pm

The Serious Physics Of Super Balls

By Joel Shurkin, Inside Science-- Super Balls are toys beloved by children because of their extraordinary ability to bounce. Physicists love them for exactly the same reason. Drop a baseball on the floor and it will hardly bounce at all. Drop a Super Ball ...

Article - Joel Shurkin - May 28 2015 - 8:00am