Physical Sciences

Researchers Watch Glass Flipping From One Structure To Another Under Pressure

all directions, the boron atoms respond by moving in one direction in relation to the rest of the ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 30 2014 - 4:00pm

Russian Capsule Lands with Dead Sex Geckos

to perform initial analysis of the scientific payloads at the landing site. Unfortunately, all the ...

Blog Post - Tomasz Nowakowski - Sep 1 2014 - 7:56pm

Planck Data Says BICEP2 Gravitational Waves Were Contaminants

the effect of a contaminant may indeed be at work. The news is not all bad, however: "We have ...

Article - News Staff - Sep 22 2014 - 2:32pm

Recycle 'Fracking' Wastewater For Fracking, Don't Drink It

not be discharged at all into surface waters or that future water treatment include specific ...

Article - News Staff - Sep 24 2014 - 9:31am

RM 8027: World's Smallest Reference Material

hermetically sealed ampoules containing one milliliter of silicon nanoparticles—all certified to be close to ...

Article - News Staff - Sep 28 2014 - 10:00am

Physics Nobel Prize Awarded For Blue LEDs

to the benefit of us all. Source: Nobelprize.org ...

Article - News Staff - Oct 7 2014 - 10:38am

House-sized Asteroid to Give Earth a Very Close Shave Monday

astronomers are finding new ones all the time. "With 90% of near-Earth asteroids larger than 0.6 miles (1 ...

Blog Post - Tomasz Nowakowski - Oct 26 2014 - 6:14pm

Let's Lift The Earth!

Earth's velocity around the sun is four times higher than a satellite orbiting Earth in LEO.    Put it all ...

Article - David Brin - Nov 8 2014 - 5:12pm

Fluoropore: 21st Century Non-stick Finish Means Your Car Never Gets Dirty

polymers- “fluoropore”- will work on nearly all surfaces if it successful. The research project was ...

Article - News Staff - Nov 30 2014 - 11:12am

The US section of the International Space Station Has Been Evacuated.

unless there is some way to suck all the air out, and replace it.  But to replace that atmosphere would ...

Blog Post - Hontas Farmer - Jan 15 2015 - 8:50am