Scientists Have Made a Möbius Strip Out of Light for the First Time
Researchers from the Max Planck Institute have for the first time created a Möbius Strip using only light. Read more >
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Researchers from the Max Planck Institute have for the first time created a Möbius Strip using only light. Read more >
Oh, were you actually expecting Google to unload a bunch of secrets? Nah. But hey look, it's some fake human arms.
Upon returning from working with the sick in west Africa, a doctor considers the endgame of the Ebola epidemic.
The device captures the piezoelectric effect; the process in which electrical energy is generated by mechanical stress.
Researchers discover distinguishing uniqueness in the plain-look reams of code that power our computer programs.
Charles Townes, the physicist whose work would help lay the foundations for the development of the laser, passes away at 99.
You might remember your chemistry teacher's explanation, but there's always been a missing piece of the puzzle. Now scientists have finally figured out
The main reason this is the case has to do with the signal interacting with a particular layer of the atmosphere known as the ionosphere, and how this interaction changes from the nighttime to the daytime.
Can the major monotheistic religions of the world reconcile what space means for our immortal souls?
A strong stench – described at the time as "like dead bodies" – colloquially known as "The Battersea Smell" is the starting point in this fascinating tale of scientists heading a revolution in evidence-based research.
This intriguing image shows what a blood clot looks like if you zoom right in. The best bit? The image is entitled The Clot Thickens. It is the winner of an annual competition held by British Heart Foundation. Read more >
What do art and high-energy physics have in common? Quite a bit, if you think about it: Space, time, and the structure of the visible and invisible world, for starters.
It sounds like research that doesn't have much more of a practical application than making people say "cool," but it has serious practical implications.
Team of physicists seemingly breaks Newton's laws of motion. Though Einstein has something to say about it, too.
The US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has published an amazing photo set showing us the smallest marine creatures living in our planet's seas and oceans. They look like Hubble photos of nebulas and stars. See more >
It's all to do with how large quantities of snow reacts to light.
