Applied Physics

The Science Reason Your Beer Loses Its Cool So Quickly

By Marsha Lewis, Inside Science (Inside Science TV) – Ever wonder why that cold can of beer you opened heats up so fast? Well, there's a scientific answer behind it…literally. Atmospheric scientists at the University of Washington have new insights o ...

Article - Inside Science - Apr 3 2015 - 5:47pm

Breaking Beautiful- The Useful Mechanism In Patterns Of Cracks

High resolution photograph of cracks in thin layer of glass atop a silicon wafer. The colors come from optical interference between the thin wafer and the glass above. Image credit: Joël Marthelot (ESPCI). Rights information: Used with permission By:  Gab ...

Article - Inside Science - Aug 31 2014 - 9:00am

Falling Down: Without Enough Gravity, It's Hard For Astronauts To Tell Which Way Is Up

Keeping upright in a low-gravity environment is not easy and nothing shows that more than by how often NASA has documented astronauts falling on the lunar surface. A new paper suggests these moon mishaps might be common because its gravity isn't suff ...

Article - News Staff - Sep 4 2014 - 12:10am

Using Advanced Membranes To Catch Greenhouse Gases

Greenhouse gases, originating from natural sources, industrial processes and the burning of fossil fuels, are the culprits behind current global warming fears. The most abundant among them is carbon dioxide, which made up 84% of the United State's gr ...

Article - News Staff - Sep 4 2014 - 11:02am

No Moses Needed: Researchers Part Water With Electric Prism

At first glance, water seems to be a simple molecule because a single oxygen atom is bound to two hydrogen atoms- but it is more complex when taking into account hydrogen's nuclear spin, a property reminiscent of a rotation of its nucleus about its o ...

Article - News Staff - Sep 8 2014 - 10:43am

Window Into A Working Lithium-Ion Battery

Using a neutron beam, researchers at The Ohio State University have able to track the flow of lithium atoms into and out of an electrode in real time as a battery charged and discharged, providing a kind of window into the inner workings of a lithium-ion ...

Article - News Staff - Sep 8 2014 - 10:29am

Go With The Co-Flow To Stabilize Chaotic 'Whipping' In Microfluidic Jets

When researchers created a whipped jet in polydimethylsiloxane oil, a viscous dielectric material, they were surprised to see the chaotic motion switch over to a steady-state helical structure. So they got a high-speed, microscope-based video camera opera ...

Article - News Staff - Sep 10 2014 - 10:01am

Meet Graphene's Sexy New Cousin Germanene

The 2-D material germanene, a 'cousin of graphene', is made up of just a single layer of germanium atoms and is expected to exhibit impressive electrical and optical properties. Germanene was first proposed in 2009 but remained elusive. Since th ...

Article - News Staff - Sep 10 2014 - 7:30am

Captured: The Sound Of An Atom

Researchers have used sound to communicate with an artificial atom, demonstrating phenomena in quantum physics using sound rather than light. The interaction between atoms and light has been studied extensively but making acoustic waves couple to an artif ...

Article - News Staff - Sep 11 2014 - 5:30pm

Sound Vibrations To Reduce Pesticides And Boost Harvests?

Can sound vibrations replace pesticides? Researchers are adapting different eco-friendly methods to try and boost harvests and open up a new chapter in sustainable farming. Scientists in Northern Italy are experimenting with what they call eco-friendly sou ...

Article - News Staff - Sep 18 2014 - 8:00am