Strange things happen to materials when you peel them down, layer by layer, from thick chunks all the way to sheets just an ...

Jackson College invites students, staff and the community to a special presentation by noted scientist, heliophysicist ...

Light does not “think” in any human sense. Still, under the right conditions, it can behave in a way that looks uncannily like a memory system.

Preserving quantum information is key to developing useful quantum computing systems. But interacting quantum systems are chaotic and follow laws of thermodynamics, eventually leading to information ...

Another theory held that the forces between two particles falls off exponentially in direct relationship to the distance between two particles and that the factor by which it drops is not dependent on ...

In everyday life, designing spaces that both let air flow and absorb sound can be a tricky balancing act. Usually, materials that allow air to pass through—like vents—also let sound escape, making it ...

Roughly 270 years ago, Dr. Johann Gottlob Leidenfrost from Germany observed a peculiar behavior of water droplets on heated metal surfaces. In his manuscript, "A Tract About Some Qualities of Common ...

YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio (WKBN)- Youngstown State University is home to one of the first established Physics Olympics in the country. Almost 50 years ago, Kevin Crowley, a physics teacher at Canfield High ...

The display comprises seven sculptures that are illuminated from two different directions. The result is two very different ...

CARSON CITY, Nev. – Canada, the United Kingdom, Sweden, Switzerland, the United States and Italy all took home medals for curling this Winter Olympics. But even though curling has been around for ...