Physical Sciences

The Role Of Everyday Ideas In Physical Theories (Locality Vs. Non-Locality)

through all space.    The local vs. non-local behavior of physical things becomes particularly important ...

Article - Jon Lederman - Feb 12 2009 - 11:36pm

Hit By A Meteorite?

cover-- and safety concerns. Then, in 1823 it all changed. A horse was hit. Life had been damaged from ...

Article - Alex "Sandy" Antunes - Oct 20 2009 - 7:50pm

Higgs Boson, Where Is The Queue?

There is a huge queue of 180 people already, extending from the doors of the Main Auditorium all the way ...

Article - Tommaso Dorigo - Jul 3 2012 - 11:56pm

The forces of hockey- the slapshot

defenseman, Zdeno Chara, with a 105.4 mph shot, a skills competition all-time record.  (However, hockey great ...

Blog Post - Becky Jungbauer - Apr 5 2009 - 8:40pm

The case of the trilobite molecule

that the trilobite molecule is not at all trilobite-like, it is much more pine-cone like. This is all ...

Blog Post - Ladislav Kocbach - Dec 21 2010 - 11:12am

Up-to-date With The Big Bang, Mass, And Protons

lines is the idea that the Higgs boson is responsible for the mass of all the ordinary matter in the ...

Article - Robert H Olley - Aug 29 2022 - 10:06pm

Maine Solar System model: new roadside attraction

out and stretch your legs to see it. The models are mounted on 10-foot high posts and you can read all ...

Blog Post - Becky Jungbauer - Dec 11 2008 - 12:37pm

Classical Gravity in Planck Units: Looking at a old equation from a new angle

dimensions disappear!   This is not supposed to happen unless all three base units are set equal to one all ...

Blog Post - Hontas Farmer - Feb 23 2009 - 11:44am

Gravity Field and Steady-State Ocean Circulation Explorer- GOCE flies

groovy new technology using, of all cool material, xenon. GOCE will from time to time get a xenon boost ...

Blog Post - Bente Lilja Bye - Apr 12 2009 - 10:04am

Wildfires near NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory

flammable brush and drop fire retardant from the air. We are grateful to all the firefighters bravely ...

Blog Post - Dan Coe - Sep 4 2009 - 12:16pm