Physics

  1. Materials Science

    Material inspired by dragonfly wings bursts bacteria

    Silicon studded with nanostructures could act as antimicrobial coating on medical devices.

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  2. Physics

    Ripple effect

    If you want ripples in your icicles, just add salt. This recipe comes from physicists reporting in the October New Journal of Physics.

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  3. Physics

    Cruise through a collider

    Now anyone can tour the Large Hadron Collider and other CERN experiments in 360-degree photo panoramas online.

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  4. Materials Science

    Invisibility cloaks could slim down with active approach

    The new light-canceling technique could hide objects of any shape and size.

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  5. Astronomy

    High-energy neutrinos ensnared from beyond the solar system

    Speedy particles detected in Antarctica may point to gargantuan black holes or cataclysmic explosions.

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  6. Chemistry

    How butterflies stay dry

    Slightly bumpy surfaces reduce water drops’ contact time.

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  7. Physics

    Single photon detected but not destroyed

    Researchers build first instrument that can witness the passage of a light particle without absorbing it.

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  8. Quantum Physics

    Quantum information storage that lasts and lasts

    Physicists have stored a snippet of quantum information at room temperature for more than 1,000 times the previous record.

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  9. Physics

    Single atoms hold on to information

    Minutes-long data storage by individual atoms beats previous record of tiny fraction of a second.

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  10. Materials Science

    Ice aided construction of Forbidden City

    Workers slid heavy stone using liquid and frozen water to move it forward.

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  11. Physics

    New Atomic Accelerator

    This excerpt from the December 14, 1963, issue of Science News Letter talks about how the atom smashers at Argonne National Lab have evolved.

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  12. Materials Science

    Qingsongite

    This newly christened mineral has an atomic structure that’s similar to diamond and nearly as hard.

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