Science May 17 The physics behind making humongous splashes in the pool By Pankaj Rohilla, Daehyun Choi, The Conversation
Science Oct 06 WATCH: AI pioneers John Hopfield and Geoffrey Hinton win 2024 Nobel Prize in physics Hinton, who is known as the Godfather of artificial intelligence, is a citizen of Canada and Britain who works at the University of Toronto and Hopfield is an American working at Princeton. By Daniel Niemann, Seth Borenstein, Mike Corder, Associated Press
Science Oct 04 What extraordinarily brief light flashes can tell us about electrons and the nature of matter Three scientists won the 2023 Nobel Prize in physics for their work developing methods to shoot laser pulses that only last an attosecond, or a mind-bogglingly tiny fraction of a second. By Aaron W. Harrison, The Conversation
Science Oct 02 WATCH: 3 scientists share Nobel in physics for research on electron movement The award went to French-Swedish physicist Anne L’Huillier, French scientist Pierre Agostini and Hungarian-born Ferenc Krausz for their work with the tiny part of each atom that races around the center and that is fundamental to virtually everything: chemistry, physics,… By David Keyton, Seth Borenstein, John Leicester, Associated Press
Science Jul 16 Analysis: Women in physics often go unrepresented in popular media. Here’s why that’s a detriment to the field The trailer for ‘Oppenheimer’ fails to include female physicists, which is indicative of a broader media trend that, if reversed, could lead to greater gender diversity in science. By Carl Kurlander, Chandralekha Singh, The Conversation
Jul 06 There’s a reason Champagne bubbles rise in neat straight lines By Bella Isaacs-Thomas Bubble dynamics are important in plenty of industrial applications. But learning about them is also a good excuse to appreciate the tiny lab in your drinking glass. Continue reading
Apr 19 The strange story of Einstein’s brain By Dr. Howard Markel This great mind maintained a realistic outlook on his own mortality. But here’s where the story of his death gets weird. Continue reading
Oct 03 WATCH: 3 physicists share Nobel Prize for quantum science discoveries It all goes back to a feature of the universe that even baffled Albert Einstein and connects matter and light in a tangled, chaotic way. Continue reading
Feb 10 How Olympic ski jumpers toe the line between falling and flying By Amy Pope, The Conversation Ski jumpers do everything they can to counteract the effects of gravity and fly as far as they can down hills. Continue reading
Feb 07 The high-speed physics of bobsled, luge and skeleton By John Eric Goff, The Conversation It may look like athletes in bobsled, luge and skeleton simply grab a sled and hang on until the bottom, but high-speed physics and tiny motions mean the difference between gold and a crash. Continue reading