Physics

  1. Chemistry

    Milk protein a potential flame retardant

    Protein found in milk offers a nontoxic way to extinguish fabric fires.

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  2. Physics

    Shifting grains may explain earthquake lightning

    Mysterious lightning before or during earthquakes could get its spark from underground shifting.

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  3. Materials Science

    Phosphorene introduced as graphene alternative

    Sheets of ultrathin phosphorus could lead to faster semiconductor electronics.

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  4. Physics

    Material’s magnetism tuned by temperature

    Layered substance may lead to more reliable hard drives in the future.

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  5. Materials Science

    Silk bone screws may mend better than metal ones

    The silk-made screw and plates are less stiff than metal ones and dissolve in the body, making them a safer, less invasive alternative for setting broken bones.

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  6. Physics

    Superfast laser pulses could pave way for beam weapons

    Short light bursts turn columns of air into energy conduits.

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  7. Physics

    Flying snakes get lift from surrounding air vortices

    When a paradise flying snake leaps into and glides through the air, it’s getting lift from small, swirling vortices in the air around it.

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  8. Physics

    Key to free will may be stripping reality naked

    If reality emerges from an unseen foundation, human free will could influence the future.

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  9. Physics

    Laser tweezers manipulate objects just 50 nanometers wide

    Technique could allow scientists to move proteins, viruses and nanomaterials.

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  10. Physics

    Metamaterials give sound a twist

    The design allows researchers rotate a wave at precise angles so that it originates from the opposite direction, which could have implications for improving ultrasound imaging.

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  11. Quantum Physics

    Finding a quantum way to make free will possible

    Maybe quantum influences from the Big Bang make humans unpredictable, permitting the possibility of free will.

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  12. Physics

    Quantum droplet discovered

    Electrons and holes gather to form a tiny, liquidlike particle.

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