Applied Physics

Rockets are powerful stuff, and satellites and astronauts experience tremendous G-forces pushing down on them during launch.  For picosatellite work, it is necessary that your design be able to…

Researchers have discovered a new nanometer-scale atomic structure in solid metallic materials known as metallic glasses, filling a gap in understanding of this atomic structure. Glasses include all…

The Office of Naval Research (ONR) wants to develop a solid-state laser weapon prototype that will demonstrate multi-mission capabilities aboard a Navy ship, officials announced May 8. In case you…

Sand is so fundamental it seems simple - like a magnetic field, just because an industry is built around something doesn't mean we understand it - but granular material like sand is actually tricky…

Approaching the 100th anniversary of the maiden voyage and subsequent nearly immediate sinking of the ship marketed as 'unsinkable' - the RMS Titanic, also known as the world's largest metaphor…

Saturday morning breakfast cereal just ran an excellent commentary on interdisciplinary (ex-pat?) physicists. This cartoon just kept popping into my mind as I read a recent paper on gradient…

Time is relative, of course, but we still hate to be late for appointments.  So there has always been research on making our keeping of time a little more accurate. A new clock tied to the…

The elusive antihydrogen atom has been manipulated using microwaves, providing the first glimpse of an "anti-atomic fingerprint."  Antimatter is a staple of science fiction, but it also stands…

Last month, we were treated to the biggest solar storm since 2005, generating some of the most dazzling northern lights in recent memory. The source of that storm, and others like it, was the sun's…

In time for Valentine's Day, researchers have determined which champagne glass size will give drinkers the optimal experience.  A new study highlights the effects that champagne glass shape and…