Physics
-
Breaking an Optical Rule – Engineers Manipulate Light at the Nanoscale
The materials could allow better control of light at the nanoscale, opening new possibilities for display technologies. If you’re going…
Read More » -
Beaming Clean Energy From Space – Caltech’s “Extraordinary and Unprecedented Project”
Collecting solar power in space and transmitting the energy wirelessly to Earth through microwaves enables terrestrial power availability unaffected by…
Read More » -
Simple 3D-Printed Device May Pave the Way for Far More Powerful Cell Phones and WIFI
This simple machine that uses the surface tension of water to grab and manipulate microscopic objects. Credit: Manoharan Lab/Harvard SEAS…
Read More » -
100 Times Longer Than Previous Benchmarks – A Quantum Breakthrough
University of New South Wales engineers have significantly increased the amount of time that their quantum computing processors can store information.…
Read More » -
Violent Supershear Earthquakes Are Much More Common Than Previously Thought
A picture of a building following an earthquake. According to a study led by geophysicists at the University of California,…
Read More » -
ESA SOLARIS: Wireless Power Beamed Down From Space
Solar power gathered far away in space, seen here being transmitted wirelessly down to Earth to wherever it is needed.…
Read More » -
Science & Technology
Physics of Disaster: How Do Mudslides Move?
During the 2018 Montecito mudslides, powerful flows of debris pushed boulders out of creek-carved canyons toward homes, causing destruction and…
Read More » -
Tech News
Revolutionary Technology Provides New Perspective on Cyclones
An aerial view of a tropical cyclone. For the first time, high-energy muon particles generated in the atmosphere have made…
Read More » -
Science & Technology
DART probe hits bull’s eye on an asteroid and strikes a blow for planetary defense
Ten months after NASA’s DART spacecraft was aimed at a mini-asteroid, the probe hit the bull’s eye today in a…
Read More » -
Tech News
Seemingly Impossible: Nanostructure Compresses Light 10,000 Times Thinner Than a Human Hair
Illustration of the new bowtie structure, which can be seen in the middle of the picture. The bowtie structure compresses…
Read More »