Physical Sciences

After Cloud Surfing Venus, Express Is Running Out Of Gas

orbit to a more circular one. Less fuel has to be carried, yielding benefits all round. The technique ...

Article - News Staff - Jul 28 2014 - 11:31am

Discovered: Cool-Burning Flames In Space

a sufficient amount of test time for cool flames to occur. All the experiments take place in the Multiuser ...

Article - News Staff - Jul 28 2014 - 3:22pm

Wait, So How Much Does The Milky Way Weigh?

"Historically, estimations of the Milky Way's mass have been all over the map," said Walker, an ...

Article - News Staff - Jul 30 2014 - 12:19am

Traveling Between Quantum States: Mapping The Optimal Route

path is like a single run of the experiment," said Jordan. "They are all starting from the ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 7 2014 - 10:33am

5-Minute Science: Ketchup Packet Cartesian Diver

bottle all the way to the top with tap water and screw the cap back on the soda bottle tight. The ketchup ...

Article - Steve Schuler - Aug 12 2014 - 12:17am

The Black Hole Restaurant At The End Of The Universe

hungry, newborn black hole moved around, changing direction all the time as it was knocked about by other ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 11 2014 - 9:12am

What's In Fracking Fluids? Are They Harmful?

hazardous chemicals are used in all kinds of applications and no one wants people to drink them. ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 13 2014 - 9:26am

Though It's The 11th Cyclone This Season, Karina Is A Giant 9 From Space

west, making the tropical cyclone look like the number nine. That's all well and good but people ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 21 2014 - 10:56am

Superconductivity Rethink: It Can Coexist With Magnetism

magnetic moments. "We find this number remains constant for all the members of this family," ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 23 2014 - 12:30pm

The Graph Of The Week: No Dark Photons Found By ATLAS Lepton Jets Search

was understood but not all of it; the mystery of the excess of events with many large impact parameter ...

Article - Tommaso Dorigo - Sep 3 2014 - 6:43am