The robot courses across the battlefield, swiveling on sleek steel legs, turning its bullet-shaped head toward its prey. Its eyes flash red, then blue: signal received. Before the ensuing sound boom and the inevitable end of hundreds of lives, it pauses a moment to reflect. Death is never easy, even with a heart of circuits. […]
Ferrofluid is an assemblage of magnetic particles engineered at the nanoscale, 100 times smaller than the wavelength of visible light. Although too small to be imaged with microscopes, nano-products harness surprising properties from nanoscale physics for use in the macroscale world.
So, you’ll soon be hosting a holiday party and are looking for a way to entertain your guests? Why not dazzle them with a few science tricks? The following video will give you plenty of ideas about what you can do to make a potentially boring night into a fun-filled one. Thanks Rob!
By covering a simple piece of paper with ink made of carbon nanotubes and silver nanowires, Stanford researchers were able to create a simple, low-cost battery, which can be used almost anywhere, allowing for many clever applications. Check it out in the video below. “This technology has potential to be commercialized within a short time,” […]
Two female winners of this year’s Nobel prize for Physiology or Medicine have called for more flexibility in working practices to allow women to play a greater role in science. Elizabeth Blackburn (pictured left) and Carol Greider (pictured right) told the Associated Press that men and women start their science careers in roughly equal numbers, […]
Bill Nye on astrology from his show the Eye of Nye. Enjoy!
The principle behind infinity mirrors is simple. Hold a small hand mirror in front of another mirror. Each mirror will reflect each other infinitely.
“Thrust is the force that is the opposite of drag. Thrust is the push that moves something forward. For an aircraft to keep moving forward, it must have more thrust than drag. A small airplane might get its thrust from a propeller. A larger airplane might get its thrust from jet engines. A glider does […]
Using just a few household items and some basic science, here’s a simple way to create a cool perpetual spinner.
The nine-year-old Mozart was not, as suspected, a midget adult. This and many other fascinating revelations are uncovered in a collection of historic scientific documents unveiled by the Royal Society this week. The society, formed in London in 1660, began publishing a journal titled Philosophical Transactions five years later – a journal which remains in […]