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Category: Physics
Physics of badminton’s new killer spin serve
Serious badminton players are constantly exploring different techniques to give them an edge over opponents. One of the latest innovations […]
Ice discs slingshot across a metal surface all on their own
VA Tech experiment was inspired by Death Valley’s mysterious “sailing stones” at Racetrack Playa. Graduate student Jack Tapocik sets up […]
Misunderstood “photophoresis” effect could loft metal sheets to exosphere
Photophoresis can generate a tiny bit of lift without any moving parts. Most people would recognize the device in the […]
Scientists hid secret codes in light to combat video fakes
Hiding in the light Previously, the Cornell team had figured out how to make small changes to specific pixels to […]
Research roundup: 7 cool science stories we almost missed
Other July stories: Solving a 150-year-old fossil mystery and the physics of tacking a sailboat. 150-year-old fossil of Palaeocampa anthrax […]
Peacock feathers can emit laser beams
Peacock feathers are greatly admired for their bright iridescent colors, but it turns out they can also emit laser light […]
Merger of two massive black holes is one for the record books
Physicists with the LIGO/Virgo/KAGRA collaboration have detected the gravitational wave signal (dubbed GW231123) of the most massive merger between two […]
Microsoft lays out its path to useful quantum computing
Its platform needs error correction that works with different hardware. Some of the optical hardware needed to make Atom Computing’s […]
IBM is now detailing what its first quantum compute system will look like
Company is moving past focus on qubits, shifting to functional compute units. A rendering of what IBM expects will be […]