KATHMANDU, March 20 — The American Physical Society’s (APS) Global Physics Summit wrapped up in Nepal on Thursday, bringing together scientists, researchers and policymakers to discuss advances in physics and their role in addressing global…
Sprawling galaxy cluster found hiding in plain sight
MIT scientists have uncovered a sprawling new galaxy cluster hiding in plain sight. The cluster, which sits a mere 2.4 billion light years from Earth, is made up of hundreds of individual galaxies and surrounds…
IMAGE: DLR’s Rollin’ Justin robot
This Friday, ESA astronaut Alexander Gerst will be directing this humanoid robot Rollin’ Justin – based in the DLR German Aerospace Center establishment in Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany – from aboard the International Space Station, flying at…
Mathematicians solve age-old spaghetti mystery
If you happen to have a box of spaghetti in your pantry, try this experiment: Pull out a single spaghetti stick and hold it at both ends. Now bend it until it breaks. How many…
Particles pull last drops of oil from well…
Oil and water tend to separate, but they mix well enough to form stable oil-in-water emulsions in produced water from oil reservoirs to become a problem. Rice University scientists have developed a nanoparticle-based solution that reliably removes…