Applied Physics
- Quantum Mechanics: Why We Respirate Rather Than Asphyxiate
-
By Peter Gwynne, Inside Science Why don't we suffocate whenever we try to take a breath? An international team of scientists has used quantum mechanics – the science that usually deals with events at the level of the ultra-small – to solve this human ...
Article - Peter Gwynne - Jun 7 2015 - 2:13am
- Tesla At Last? Researchers Send Electricity Through Thin Air
-
Researchers have created highly focused pathways that can channel electricity through the atmosphere. It's not a new idea, Nikola Tesla worked on powering wireless lamps using electrostatic induction, but the new technique can potentially direct elect ...
Article - News Staff - Aug 20 2014 - 6:30am
- No Radiation: Using Ions To Test The Shelf-Life Of Nuclear Reactors
-
The structural components of advanced reactors such as the sodium fast reactor and the traveling wave nuclear reactor must be able to withstand the extreme levels of radioactivity from the fission reaction itself, at temperatures well above 400 Celsius. S ...
Article - News Staff - Aug 20 2014 - 9:24am
- Quantum Inside Cold Helium Nanodroplets Mapped
-
Scientists have mapped quantum tornadoes that swirl within tiny droplets of liquid helium, which confirms that helium nanodroplets are in fact the smallest possible superfluidic objects and opens new avenues to study quantum rotation. Superfluid helium ha ...
Article - News Staff - Aug 24 2014 - 10:10am
- Superconductivity Rethink: It Can Coexist With Magnetism
-
New measurements of atomic-scale magnetic behavior in iron-based superconductors are challenging conventional wisdom about superconductivity and magnetism. ...
Article - News Staff - Aug 23 2014 - 12:30pm
- Electric Sparking May Have Altered Properties Of Lunar Dust
-
The moon is a tranquil place but an article in the Journal of Geophysical Research-Planets suggests that periodic storms of solar energetic particles may have significantly altered the properties of the soil in the moon's coldest craters through the ...
Article - News Staff - Aug 21 2014 - 6:32pm
- Sorting Cells With Sound
-
Researchers have devised a new way to separate cells by exposing them to sound waves as they flow through a tiny channel. Separating cells with sound offers a gentler alternative to existing cell-sorting technologies, which require tagging the cells with ...
Article - News Staff - Aug 26 2014 - 4:01pm
- Old Tires Lead To Better Anodes In Lithium-Ion Batteries
-
In the 1970s, Florida environmentalists who had invented the notion that landfills were going to overrun America came up with the idea of making coral reefs out of tires. A few short decades later, the clean-up costs when those all came loose were 100X th ...
Article - News Staff - Aug 28 2014 - 4:01pm
- Researchers Watch Glass Flipping From One Structure To Another Under Pressure
-
Glass is ideal for applications that require resistance to thermal shock or to chemically harsh environments and manufacturers commonly use additives such as boron oxide to tweak its properties by changing the atomic structure of glass. ...
Article - News Staff - Aug 30 2014 - 4:00pm
- Aerogel Monoliths Made Of Copper Nanowires And PVA Nano-Glue
-
Bending, stretching, twisting, folding, modern materials that are light, flexible and highly conductive are the future of products like artificial skin or electronic paper. But these "aerogel monoliths" have required precious gold and silver na ...
Article - News Staff - Aug 30 2014 - 2:00pm
Know Science And Want To Write?
Donate or Buy SWAG
Please donate so science experts can write
for the public.
At Science 2.0, scientists are the journalists,
with no political bias or editorial control. We
can't do it alone so please make a difference.
We are a nonprofit science journalism
group operating under Section 501(c)(3)
of the Internal Revenue Code that's
educated over 300 million people.
You can help with a tax-deductible
donation today and 100 percent of your
gift will go toward our programs,
no salaries or offices.
