Applied Physics
- Sawtooth Swings In Fusion Plasma Stabilized
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Up-and-down ripples, swings that rise and recede like the teeth on a saw blade, are found in everything from stock prices on Wall Street to ocean waves; and they occur periodically in the temperature and density of the plasma that fuels fusion reactions in ...
Article - News Staff - Jul 19 2018 - 6:00am
- How To Gamify Getting A Tenure Track Job
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If you are up for a job, and four other candidates are weak, your chances are obviously better than if four other candidates are strong. In the World Cup just completed, statistically there will always be a 'Group of Death", wherein a round-robin ...
Article - News Staff - Jul 23 2018 - 6:51am
- Old Tires: How To Keep Indonesian Buildings From Collapsing During Earthquakes
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At the time of writing, 436 people have died following an earthquake in the Indonesian island of Lombok. A further 2,500 people have been hospitalized with serious injuries and over 270,000 people have been displaced. ...
Article - The Conversation - Aug 22 2018 - 11:04am
- Say Hello To My Little 3D Printed Bionic Eye
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A fully 3D printed array of light receptors on a hemispherical surface is the first significant step toward creating a "bionic eye." The project began with a hemispherical glass dome to show how they could overcome the challenge of printing elect ...
Article - News Staff - Aug 29 2018 - 7:12am
- Firenado: How A Bad Luck Combination Led To California's Fire-Generated Vortex 17,000 Feet In The Air
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The Carr Fire in Shasta and Trinity Counties began July 23rd, 2018 after a tire blew out on a trailer and the rim made sparks on the pavement. setting dry vegetation in an area historically dry ablaze. That's simple bad luck but it caused 359 square ...
Article - News Staff - Dec 5 2018 - 3:53pm
- Ship Coating That Has An Air Layer Under Water Increases Efficiency
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If you've swum in the ocean you know it requires a lot of energy, and for ships it is no different. Adding to that are the problems of friction, corrosion, and biofilms, all of which cause marine traveler to drag. Science is on the case. New types of ...
Article - News Staff - Apr 11 2019 - 8:15am
- The Rheology Of Cats (are They Liquid Or Solid), The Deborah Number, And How It Won An Ig Nobel Prize
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A liquid is traditionally defined as a material that adapts its shape to fit a container. Yet under certain conditions, cats seem to fit this definition. ...
Article - The Conversation - May 3 2019 - 1:39pm
- Fur Color Identified In 3 Million Year Old Mouse
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Were dinosaurs green? You'd think so going by pop culture imagery but there is no way to know if they were green or grey or something else. ...
Article - News Staff - May 21 2019 - 10:09am
- How To Create Lightning Bolts Underwater
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Plasma is like a lightning bolt, when it happens underwater. A new study explored how electrochemical cells that help recycle CO2 but whose catalytic surfaces get worn down in the process might be regenerated at the push of a button- using extreme plasmas ...
Article - News Staff - Jun 27 2019 - 10:25am
- Forget Propaganda About Nuclear Energy, The Real Radiation Risk For Humans Is Natural Cosmic Rays
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Sometimes pop culture becomes fact for the public. When the climate disaster film "The Day After Tomorrow" came out, journalists bizarrely started referencing it as a real climate change scenario, and now that Netflix, the home of anti-science se ...
Article - Hank Campbell - Jul 9 2019 - 4:46pm
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