Applied Physics

New Form Of Matter: Supersolid Is Both Superfluid And Crystalline At The Same Time

By using lasers to manipulate a superfluid gas known as a Bose-Einstein condensate, the team was able to coax the condensate into a quantum phase of matter that has a rigid structure — like a solid, and can flow without viscosity, a key characteristic of a ...

Article - News Staff - Mar 14 2017 - 6:06am

Solar Plus Batteries Will At Least Double The Cost For Electricity

Solar power is all the rage, at least for government officials who don't understand physics but do spend a lot of time with environmental (and solar panel) lobbyists. Even in a small country like Belgium, solar can't even meet half of energy need ...

Article - News Staff - May 15 2017 - 7:40am

Using Microbes To Convert Natural Gas Into Electricity

Natural gas has seen a resurgence due to hydraulic fracturing ("fracking") which has allowed geologists and engineers to extract it from wells that were previously considered unusable. CO2 emissions from energy have plummeted back to early 1990s ...

Article - News Staff - May 17 2017 - 8:39am

New Heights In Systemic Corrupt Science: Another Hockey Stick; Would You Fund For Retracting?

Well known: Critical science is career suicide. But did you know you are not even allowed to warn the community about fraud committed yourself? Welcome to science, where we reject the scientific method because it slows down publications, and call the publi ...

Article - Sascha Vongehr - May 22 2017 - 2:08am

Water Structure: It's Different At Nanoscale Size And Different Temperature

The surface of water drops at 100 nm size changes with temperature. At room temperature, the surface water molecules of these droplets have much stronger interactions than a normal water surface. The structural difference corresponds to a difference in tem ...

Article - News Staff - May 24 2017 - 6:09am

No Scaffold Needed: Lab-Grown Cartilage Has Properties Of The Real Thing

Lab-grown cartilage grown shows similar mechanical and chemical properties to the natural articular cartilage which allows our joints to move smoothly, according to a new study in Nature Materials.  A team biomedical engineers from University of Californi ...

Article - News Staff - Jun 19 2017 - 8:13am

Puzzle: Which Tank Fills First? What Happens If You Increase The Flow Rate? Someone Tried- With A 3D Printer

You may have seen this tank filling puzzle that's gone viral. But have you wondered what happens at a faster flow rate? Someone has tried it out, with a 3D printer. First though, let's look at the original puzzle.   Here it is. Look closely, as ...

Article - Robert Walker - Aug 9 2017 - 11:48pm

Superheroes Against Science In Thor: Ragnarok

Thor: Ragnarok is the latest Marvel movie (out in Australia today) that sees Australian Chris Hemsworth back as Thor, but he’s not on friendly home turf. Instead he finds himself imprisoned on the opposite side of the universe from his beloved Asgard, and ...

Article - The Conversation - Oct 25 2017 - 5:46pm

Cosmic Rays Reveal New Hidden Room In The Great Pyramid

The Great Pyramid, built under the command of the Pharaoh Cheops (who died around 2483 B.C.), retains a lot of mysteries. We don't know how it was built, which has led to any number of conspiracy stories about alien technology and other things. ...

Article - News Staff - Nov 2 2017 - 11:33am

Computer Scientist Mark Jacobson Can't Sue His Way To Competence

Starting Science 2.0 in 2006, I was as wide-eyed as anyone new to media could be.  My first month I was sure we were about to discover life on other planets, cancer was going to be cured, chocolate was healthy, resveratrol was the one polyphenol to rule th ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Dec 4 2017 - 6:56am