A simple drop of olive oil in a system of photons bouncing between two mirrors has revealed universal aspects of phase transitions in physics. Researchers at AMOLF used an oil-filled optical cavity in which light undergoes ...
General Physics
Apr 17, 2020
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A first-edition copy of Isaac Newton's groundbreaking book laying out his three laws of motion, which became the foundation for modern physics, has been found at a library on the French island of Corsica.
Other
Mar 4, 2020
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Speculation about where laws come from ranges from crediting judges and legal scholars to God.
Social Sciences
Feb 24, 2020
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A team of researchers from France and Italy has found that African penguin calls conform to linguistic laws used by humans. In their paper published in the journal Biology Letters, the group describes their study of penguin ...
Since the end of the 19th century, physicists have known that the transfer of energy from one body to another is associated with entropy. It quickly became clear that this quantity is of fundamental importance, and so began ...
General Physics
Dec 19, 2019
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Forensic chemist Jan Halámek once again has found an innovative use for human sweat—this time to keep drunk drivers off the road.
Analytical Chemistry
Dec 12, 2019
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What if engineers could design a better jet with mathematical equations that drastically reduce the need for experimental testing? Or what if weather prediction models could predict details in the movement of heat from the ...
Mathematics
Dec 11, 2019
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The second law of thermodynamics states that the total entropy of an isolated system always tends to increase over time until it reaches a maximum. In other words, disorganization increases without outside intervention. Electrical ...
General Physics
Nov 27, 2019
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Two years ago, Cambridge Police Detective Sgt. Louis Cherubino got a call from a needle exchange program in Central Square.
Analytical Chemistry
Nov 12, 2019
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There's a structural avalanche waiting inside that box of Rice Krispies on the supermarket shelf. Cornell researchers are now closer to understanding how those structures behave—and in some cases, behave unusually.
General Physics
Nov 6, 2019
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