Magnets can pull or push objects without even touching them. This video explains how that invisible force works using simple ...

When the new U.S. dietary guidelines came out last week, food economist William Masters emailed a few colleagues with a fun ...

Wormholes are often imagined as tunnels through space or time—shortcuts across the universe. But this image rests on a ...

Our best models of the cosmos don't add up — but that could change if the universe is actually made of a viscous 'fluid,' a ...

Foams are everywhere: soap suds, shaving cream, whipped toppings and food emulsions like mayonnaise. For decades, scientists ...

Flux physics refers to continuous change in physical quantities, including energy transfer and dynamic equilibria. Flux is ...

Abstract: This paper proposes an identification method for industrial robots by installing a bedplate force/torque sensor under the robot. Bedplate sensor calibration and dynamic identification are ...

Current political and economic issues succinctly explained. U.S. President Donald Trump’s recent call with Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro—during which Trump reportedly pressed Maduro to step ...

"This was many times more energetic than any similar event and more than any known explosion powered by the collapse of a ...

Water Heritage: Chand Baori represents sophisticated water management in pre-modern India. It's evidence that ancient Indian ...

A dramatic experiment shows what happens when a snowball made from solid nitrogen is thrown, revealing extreme cold effects and the unusual physics of materials at cryogenic temperatures.

These universal truths form the shared foundation upon which a great deal of rigorous and robust merit-based inquiry is ...