Applied Physics
- Physicists Create A Supernova In A Jar
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If you are unaware, a supernova is an exploding star. In certain types of supernovae, the detonation starts with a flame ball buried deep inside a white dwarf and the flame ball is much lighter than its surroundings, so it rises rapidly making a plume top ...
Article - News Staff - Dec 4 2010 - 12:25pm
- Sonic Screwdriver- From Doctor Who To Reality?
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Doctor Who is always getting into some pickle or another. Luckily he has advanced technology (and a time traveling police box/telephone booth) to help solve problems. If defeating Daleks and keeping a temperamental TARDIS functional is in your future, we ...
Article - News Staff - Dec 8 2010 - 12:46pm
- Navy Railgun Gets Tested- Get Ready For Science Fiction Warfare In 2025
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If you have read any science fiction, you know what a railgun is; instead of using a projectile hurled by an explosion, the idea is to use an electomagnetic current to accelerate a non-explosive bullet at several times the speed of sound. The conductive bu ...
Article - News Staff - Dec 11 2010 - 8:32pm
- Cramming For HAM
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In 2 weeks I test for my HAM Technician-class amateur radio license. I confess no particular interest in HAM radio. However, my satellite has a transmitter and needs a call sign. It isn't smart enough to take the test itself, so I have to do it for it ...
Article - Project Calliope - Jan 4 2011 - 5:52pm
- Wood Angle Falls Faster Than Rubber Ball
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The following is a neat little experiment, the result of which may be counter-intuitive to some of those who embrace the “all bodies fall the same way inside earth’s gravity” doctrine. ...
Article - Sascha Vongehr - Jan 20 2018 - 8:40am
- Falling Faster Than Freefall- No, Rotating Faster Than A Free Fall
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I am taking part in discussions with Sascha Vongehr about the MIT video- here on this site- Falling Faster Than Freefall: A Lesson In Didactics And Critical Thinking. I have played with the problem in a toy simulator (see PHUN (download), scroll a bit dow ...
Article - Ladislav Kocbach - Jan 21 2011 - 5:50am
- A More Accurate Kilogram Thanks To A More Accurate Avogadro Constant
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A milestone in the international Avogadro project coordinated by the Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (PTB) has been reached- with the aid of a single crystal of highly enriched 28 Si, the Avogadro constant has now been measured more precisely than ev ...
Article - News Staff - Jul 21 2011 - 8:43pm
- Voynich Manuscript- Book No One Can Read Gets Dated To The 15th Century
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It won't make it readable, but University of Arizona researchers have cracked at least one of the puzzles surrounding the Voynich manuscript, a book filled with drawings and writings nobody can make any sense of. Using radiocarbon dating, a team led b ...
Article - News Staff - Feb 10 2011 - 4:31pm
- Large Increase in Chartered Engineer Registrations
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In 2010 there was an impressive increase in the number of Chartered Engineer registrations with the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, my own Institution, leading the way. The number of Chartered Engineers registered last year was 26% more than in 2009 ...
Blog Post - Richard King - Feb 14 2011 - 6:44pm
- Air Surfing And The Magic Of Science
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A short while ago, SciFest 2010, the International Science Festival, was held in St. Louis. Making the trip was a group from Jersey Shore, PA and they were invited because a teacher, Slater Harrison, is really good at 'air surfing'. If you have ...
Article - Hank Campbell - Feb 15 2011 - 6:12pm
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