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Physics
Physics: the branch of science concerned with the nature and properties of matter and energy. The subject matter of physics, distinguished from that of chemistry and biology, includes mechanics, heat, light and other radiation, sound, electricity, magnetism, and the structure of atoms.
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APR 26, 2017Videos
Did you know that no two people's farts smell the same? Where do farts come from? What are they made of? How much weight ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanAPR 25, 2017Earth & The Environment
Eighty million tons of plastic polyethylene are produced every year and much of those once-used plastic bags and packagi ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanAPR 24, 2017Earth & The Environment
Marine biologists James Hollibaugh and Sylvia Schaefer from the University of Georgia have determined a correlation betw ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanAPR 24, 2017Space & Astronomy
Ceres is the largest object in the asteroid belt, and because it’s so large, it’s not particularly difficult ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAPR 23, 2017Videos
We know that some animals are loyal to their partner for their entire lifetime, something that most humans even struggle ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanAPR 23, 2017Space & Astronomy
Astronomers have been studying the mysterious breakup of asteroid P/2013 R3 for over three years, and while the reasonin ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAPR 21, 2017Space & Astronomy
Imagine looking through space and seeing a super-bright supernova that you weren’t expecting to see. Then, after t ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAPR 18, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
Researchers have animated an important transporter that moves natural molecules and drug compounds into the cell.Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 16, 2017Space & Astronomy
The Kepler Space Telescope helps astronomers locate distant exoplanets, but they still appear fuzzy in the viewfinder be ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAPR 15, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
The expansion of bacterial colonies depends on the availability of sustenance, and when nutrients are good quality, micr ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 14, 2017Chemistry & Physics
Initial Demonstrations Yield Compounds with Promise for Treating COPD, Cystic Fibrosis and Other Lung Disorders Co-autho ...Written By: The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI)APR 14, 2017Plants & Animals
When you and I have no idea where we’re going, we just hop in the car, fire up the GPS system, and tell it where w ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAPR 14, 2017Space & Astronomy
The question of whether or not we’ll ever find other traces of life in our Solar System has so far remained unansw ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAPR 13, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
Scientists have found success in tests of a new mechanism that uses sperm as a drug delivery system.Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 13, 2017Neuroscience
Traumatic Brain Injury, or TBI, is the subject of a lot of research in the neuroscience field. It’s common in the ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimAPR 13, 2017Technology
A newly designed “flow” battery could make it possible to stack computer chips like pancakes to save space a ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)APR 13, 2017Space & Astronomy
Our Solar System is vast, and while there are a handful of planets, but there are also numerous Moons and other space ro ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAPR 12, 2017Videos
Standard physics classes in most high schools talk about matter being made of atoms. And atoms are made of protons, neut ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimAPR 12, 2017Space & Astronomy
Most are probably familiar with the Northern Lights on Earth, which are known to the scientific community as the Aurora ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAPR 11, 2017Space & Astronomy
Don’t panic, but a pretty big and potentially hazardous asteroid dubbed 2014 JO25 is preparing to whizz past the E ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAPR 10, 2017Space & Astronomy
The long-standing idea is that dark energy makes up at least 68% of the universe. It’s believed to help drive its ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAPR 09, 2017Plants & Animals
Just because an animal or insect has wings, it doesn’t mean that they can fly. But mosquitoes are just one of the ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAPR 08, 2017Plants & Animals
It turns out that mandrills, a type of Old World monkey, behave similarly to humans in that they try to avoid sick frien ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAPR 08, 2017Space & Astronomy
Half of a millennium ago, two young stars (dubbed protostars) located in the in the Orion constellation were gravitation ...Written By: Anthony Bouchard
APR 26, 2017
Videos
Did you know that no two people's farts smell the same? Where do farts come from? What are they made of? How much weight
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
APR 25, 2017
Earth & The Environment
Eighty million tons of plastic polyethylene are produced every year and much of those once-used plastic bags and packagi
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
APR 24, 2017
Earth & The Environment
Marine biologists James Hollibaugh and Sylvia Schaefer from the University of Georgia have determined a correlation betw
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
APR 24, 2017
Space & Astronomy
Ceres is the largest object in the asteroid belt, and because it’s so large, it’s not particularly difficult
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
APR 23, 2017
Videos
We know that some animals are loyal to their partner for their entire lifetime, something that most humans even struggle
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
APR 23, 2017
Space & Astronomy
Astronomers have been studying the mysterious breakup of asteroid P/2013 R3 for over three years, and while the reasonin
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
APR 21, 2017
Space & Astronomy
Imagine looking through space and seeing a super-bright supernova that you weren’t expecting to see. Then, after t
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
APR 18, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
Researchers have animated an important transporter that moves natural molecules and drug compounds into the cell.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 16, 2017
Space & Astronomy
The Kepler Space Telescope helps astronomers locate distant exoplanets, but they still appear fuzzy in the viewfinder be
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
APR 15, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
The expansion of bacterial colonies depends on the availability of sustenance, and when nutrients are good quality, micr
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 14, 2017
Chemistry & Physics
Initial Demonstrations Yield Compounds with Promise for Treating COPD, Cystic Fibrosis and Other Lung Disorders Co-autho
...
Written By:
The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI)
APR 14, 2017
Plants & Animals
When you and I have no idea where we’re going, we just hop in the car, fire up the GPS system, and tell it where w
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
APR 14, 2017
Space & Astronomy
The question of whether or not we’ll ever find other traces of life in our Solar System has so far remained unansw
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
APR 13, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
Scientists have found success in tests of a new mechanism that uses sperm as a drug delivery system.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 13, 2017
Neuroscience
Traumatic Brain Injury, or TBI, is the subject of a lot of research in the neuroscience field. It’s common in the
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
APR 13, 2017
Technology
A newly designed “flow” battery could make it possible to stack computer chips like pancakes to save space a
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
APR 13, 2017
Space & Astronomy
Our Solar System is vast, and while there are a handful of planets, but there are also numerous Moons and other space ro
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
APR 12, 2017
Videos
Standard physics classes in most high schools talk about matter being made of atoms. And atoms are made of protons, neut
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
APR 12, 2017
Space & Astronomy
Most are probably familiar with the Northern Lights on Earth, which are known to the scientific community as the Aurora
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
APR 11, 2017
Space & Astronomy
Don’t panic, but a pretty big and potentially hazardous asteroid dubbed 2014 JO25 is preparing to whizz past the E
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
APR 10, 2017
Space & Astronomy
The long-standing idea is that dark energy makes up at least 68% of the universe. It’s believed to help drive its
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
APR 09, 2017
Plants & Animals
Just because an animal or insect has wings, it doesn’t mean that they can fly. But mosquitoes are just one of the
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
APR 08, 2017
Plants & Animals
It turns out that mandrills, a type of Old World monkey, behave similarly to humans in that they try to avoid sick frien
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
APR 08, 2017
Space & Astronomy
Half of a millennium ago, two young stars (dubbed protostars) located in the in the Orion constellation were gravitation
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard