Applied Physics

Chiffron Is The Best Material For Homemade Masks

If you can afford a combination of cotton with natural silk or chiffon, those provide the best protection from coronavirus if you are not one of those people hoarding N95 masks. But, really, unless you are a healthcare worker, the kind of covering makes li ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 24 2020 - 5:02pm

A Wuhan Lab Developed Fossil Fuel-Free Jet Propulsion Using Air Plasmas

The last group most of the world wants to hear from right now is a lab in Wuhan, but if their microwave air plasma thruster is more real than their claims of having a certified BSL-2 lab studying coronavirus, there could be a great deal of interest in the ...

Article - News Staff - May 6 2020 - 9:27am

The Purell Of The Future May Be A Handheld UV Light Device

Though "energy medicine" and "oxygenated herbs" promoted by CNN's Chris Cuomo are woo, one notion ridiculed by journalists has merit; using light to disinfect areas and kill coronavirus. Though chemicals are most common, they are n ...

Article - News Staff - Jun 2 2020 - 9:31am

TikTok Is The Newest Chinese App That Might Steal Your Secure Information

TikTok, the short video sharing app owned by Beijing-based ByteDance, has already been banned by the United States military, Wells Fargo, and the nation of India. A new report says no corporate phone, or private devices that may access secure information, ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Jul 15 2020 - 3:42pm

Noble Uncertainty: Next Gen Gaming Customizing Psychological Experiences Using Newtonian Laws

Right now, we can play video games and feel like we are 'in the game' but it's still a lot of suspension of disbelief. If you can only see 40 degrees while driving a car in a game that's nowhere close to your peripheral vision in the re ...

Article - News Staff - Jul 31 2020 - 10:00am

The Science Of Grilling

Cooks want to tell you grilling is an art or a craft.   We know better.  Grilling, like anything worth doing, is a science.   Anything that has been around for a million years is a science and fire has been considered by millenia as the thing that put huma ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Sep 7 2020 - 12:20pm

The Science Of Baseball: Coefficients And Happy Haitians

Important business has taken me out of sunny California and across the country to the slightly warmer March days of Florida; baseball spring training. I maintain an affection for spring training even though I no longer live in a winter climate where a few ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Mar 29 2021 - 9:58am

Real World Turbulence Is So Difficult To Understand Even Quantum Turbulence Is Simpler To Model

Turbulence is part of the cultural lexicon. For casual situations where there are short-term challenges that just require some managing, people often say they are experiencing turbulence. Anyone who has taken a few plane trips has experienced the bumpy rid ...

Article - Hank Campbell - May 12 2021 - 10:22am

Reducing Errors In Two-Qubit Gates Bodes Well For Quantum Computing

Most people in the tech world are well aware of quantum computing. Sci-Tech Daily mentions that quantum computing utilizes the power of quantum mechanics to perform calculations exponentially faster than the processors we currently have today. Quantum com ...

Article - Mike Thomas - Jun 21 2021 - 9:53am

Jamming Transition: This New Fabric Is Also Like Chain Mail That Can Get Hard On Demand

A new lightweight fabric is 3D-printed from nylon plastic polymers comprises hollow octahedrons (eight equal triangular faces) that interlock with each other. While soft, the fabric can be wrapped within a flexible plastic envelope and vacuum-packed, whic ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 12 2021 - 9:11am