Physical Sciences

Sorites Paradox: Many-Body Systems And How Few Particles Become A 'Heap'

control the system used for the current experiments in all of its properties, including the exact number ...

Article - News Staff - Oct 27 2013 - 8:18am

39 Minutes: Quantum Superposition World Record Smashed

nuclear spins of the 10 billion or so phosphorus ions used in this experiment were all placed in the same ...

Article - News Staff - Nov 17 2013 - 8:00am

Happy Thanksgiving Comet ISON: Nice Knowing You?

it all at NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center ...

Article - News Staff - Nov 28 2013 - 4:00am

Short-Lived Massive Stars Help Show Milky Way's Two 'Missing' Arms

"However, the gas is compressed enough in all four arms to lead to massive star formation." Dr. James ...

Article - News Staff - Dec 17 2013 - 11:24am

How To Make Vodka More Awesome- Use It To Send Text Messages Wirelessly

system could have been detected earlier on, and without all the mess workers had to deal with, sending ...

Article - News Staff - Dec 18 2013 - 6:36pm

Abell 2744: Pandora's Magnifying Glass

candidates-- all viewed through Abell 2744, with the galaxy cluster acting as a lens. They also found that five ...

Article - News Staff - Jan 9 2014 - 6:30am

Are Tetraquarks Real?

vice-versa) or real envelopes within which the four quarks temporarily all reside. In the former case the ...

Article - Tommaso Dorigo - Jan 18 2014 - 4:22am

Deep Space Sleep: Rosetta Wakes For The First Time In 31 Months

within. “All other comet missions have been flybys, capturing fleeting moments in the life of these icy ...

Article - News Staff - Jan 20 2014 - 2:44pm

LittleBits Sample Rotator

you see all five LEDs light up--this will represent full speed for the sample rotator. You might have ...

Article - Steve Schuler - Jan 24 2014 - 10:03am

Here's Your Chance To Get 450 Space Inventions For Free

have a viable idea, they will arrange a discussion. If all that goes well, and they really want people ...

Blog Post - Hank Campbell - Feb 21 2014 - 11:18am