(PhysOrg.com) -- More than 500 years ago, Leonardo da Vinci observed a particular relationship between the size of a tree’s trunk and the size of its branches. Specifically, the combined cross-sectional areas of a tree’s ...
A "rule of trees" developed by Leonardo da Vinci to describe how to draw trees has been largely adopted by science when modeling trees and how they function.
Plants & Animals
Sep 19, 2023
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(Phys.org)—It was a pretty big week for physics as a team of researchers working at CERN's LHC reported that a three-decade long quest backs physics' Standard Model. They detected a revealing change in a sub-atomic particle ...
(Phys.org) —The American Nobel Prize Laureate for Physics Richard Feynman once described turbulence as "the most important unsolved problem of classical physics", because a description of the phenomenon from first principles ...
General Physics
Apr 3, 2013
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(PhysOrg.com) -- New research on frictional slipping has revealed that some of the basic assumptions of introductory physics do not hold at small scales. The findings may be useful in the study of earthquakes.
How did Leonardo Da Vinci manage to paint such perfect faces? For the first time a quantitative chemical analysis has been done on seven paintings from the Louvre Museum (including the Mona Lisa) without extracting any samples.
Analytical Chemistry
Jul 15, 2010
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Italian scientists hope to dig up the remains of Leonardo da Vinci in order to determine if his most famous painting, the Mona Lisa, is a disguised self-portrait.
(PhysOrg.com) -- A Duke University professor and his graduate student have discovered a universal principle that unites the curious interplay of light and shadow on the surface of your morning coffee with the way gravity ...
General Physics
Apr 14, 2009
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In 1490, Leonardo da Vinci wrote, "If you cause your ship to stop and place the head of a long tube in the water and place the outer extremity to your ear, you will hear ships at a great distance from you."
Plants & Animals
Apr 9, 2024
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The "Mona Lisa" has given up another secret.
Analytical Chemistry
Oct 11, 2023
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