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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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SEP 15, 2016Microbiology
Scientists have linked the microbiome, the community of bacterial organisms that reside in our gut, with myriad health c ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 14, 2016Space & Astronomy
It’s no mystery that astronomers are on the hunt for a mysterious Planet Nine somewhere out in the far reaches of ...Written By: Anthony BouchardSEP 13, 2016Space & Astronomy
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying a special $200m satellite for Facebook blew up on the launch pad at the beginning of t ...Written By: Anthony BouchardSEP 11, 2016Space & Astronomy
A team of researchers from UC Santa Cruz, led by Michael Nayak, have been studying the strange chain of craters that app ...Written By: Anthony BouchardSEP 09, 2016Cancer
For people who love spicy foods, a different type of spice – in the form of ginger – could counter the cance ...SEP 09, 2016Chemistry & Physics
This week, the Daldykan River in northern Russia ran red. Social media posts called it the “River of Blood” ...Written By: Jennifer EllisSEP 08, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
Stuff in our world is made up of matter, composed of atoms, which means that everything is basically a chemical. But som ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 07, 2016Cancer
When treating cancer, doctors have turned to immunotherapy to help target actual tumors instead of attacking all rapidly ...Written By: Jennifer EllisSEP 07, 2016Videos
In this video, Physics Girl Dianna Cowern sees a phenomenon in an experiment and just has to find out why it happens. A ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimSEP 06, 2016Videos
Last week, SpaceX performed a pre-launch static fire test before a scheduled communications satellite launch the followi ...Written By: Anthony BouchardSEP 06, 2016Space & Astronomy
When astronomers look for new galaxies, they’re looking for huge clusters of stars, or bright spots, where it&rsqu ...Written By: Anthony BouchardSEP 06, 2016Neuroscience
Image Credit: iStockphoto No matter how you did in high school science, you’re a master of the laws of physics, ab ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)SEP 05, 2016Space & Astronomy
Earlier this year, Stephen Hawking teamed up with billionaire Yuri Milner to propose a new kind of revolutionary space t ...Written By: Anthony BouchardSEP 04, 2016Space & Astronomy
The European Space Agency’s Copernicus Sentinel-1A satellite has been damaged by a piece of unforeseen space junk, ...Written By: Anthony BouchardSEP 03, 2016Space & Astronomy
Scientists have had their eyes on an exoplanet dubbed Gj 1132b that was discovered last year and seems to resemble Venus ...Written By: Anthony BouchardSEP 01, 2016Space & Astronomy
The Cape Canaveral, Florida rocket launch location, owned by SpaceX, was reportedly the home to large explosion Thursday ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAUG 31, 2016Chemistry & Physics
Erbium. Image Credit: Wikimedia Commons The content of rare earth elements in US coal ashes shows that coal mined from t ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)AUG 31, 2016Microbiology
New research published in Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters demonstrates the ability of small molecules to bl ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 30, 2016Videos
Our bodies, our world, the air we breathe and the ground we walk on are all made up of matter. Sub atomic particles, suc ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimAUG 30, 2016Plants & Animals
Mother nature is beautiful, but sometimes her wrath can be absolutely deadly. A lightning strike is reportedly to ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAUG 30, 2016Space & Astronomy
There is no disputing that the universe is huge. It’s infinitely expanding, and has been since the beginning of ti ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAUG 29, 2016Space & Astronomy
When it comes to meteorites hitting the Earth, it’s a safe bet that they could have come from nearly anywhere. Out ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAUG 28, 2016Microbiology
The bacterium Mycobacterium tuberculosis is among the world’s deadliest infectious pathogens. Those bacteria are a ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 28, 2016Space & Astronomy
Scientists are in awe after having discovered a very strange trans-Neptunian object (TNO) that is orbiting the Sun in a ...Written By: Anthony Bouchard
SEP 15, 2016
Microbiology
Scientists have linked the microbiome, the community of bacterial organisms that reside in our gut, with myriad health c
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 14, 2016
Space & Astronomy
It’s no mystery that astronomers are on the hunt for a mysterious Planet Nine somewhere out in the far reaches of
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
SEP 13, 2016
Space & Astronomy
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying a special $200m satellite for Facebook blew up on the launch pad at the beginning of t
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
SEP 11, 2016
Space & Astronomy
A team of researchers from UC Santa Cruz, led by Michael Nayak, have been studying the strange chain of craters that app
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
SEP 09, 2016
Cancer
For people who love spicy foods, a different type of spice – in the form of ginger – could counter the cance
...
SEP 09, 2016
Chemistry & Physics
This week, the Daldykan River in northern Russia ran red. Social media posts called it the “River of Blood”
...
Written By:
Jennifer Ellis
SEP 08, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
Stuff in our world is made up of matter, composed of atoms, which means that everything is basically a chemical. But som
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 07, 2016
Cancer
When treating cancer, doctors have turned to immunotherapy to help target actual tumors instead of attacking all rapidly
...
Written By:
Jennifer Ellis
SEP 07, 2016
Videos
In this video, Physics Girl Dianna Cowern sees a phenomenon in an experiment and just has to find out why it happens. A
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
SEP 06, 2016
Videos
Last week, SpaceX performed a pre-launch static fire test before a scheduled communications satellite launch the followi
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
SEP 06, 2016
Space & Astronomy
When astronomers look for new galaxies, they’re looking for huge clusters of stars, or bright spots, where it&rsqu
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
SEP 06, 2016
Neuroscience
Image Credit: iStockphoto No matter how you did in high school science, you’re a master of the laws of physics, ab
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
SEP 05, 2016
Space & Astronomy
Earlier this year, Stephen Hawking teamed up with billionaire Yuri Milner to propose a new kind of revolutionary space t
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
SEP 04, 2016
Space & Astronomy
The European Space Agency’s Copernicus Sentinel-1A satellite has been damaged by a piece of unforeseen space junk,
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
SEP 03, 2016
Space & Astronomy
Scientists have had their eyes on an exoplanet dubbed Gj 1132b that was discovered last year and seems to resemble Venus
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
SEP 01, 2016
Space & Astronomy
The Cape Canaveral, Florida rocket launch location, owned by SpaceX, was reportedly the home to large explosion Thursday
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
AUG 31, 2016
Chemistry & Physics
Erbium. Image Credit: Wikimedia Commons The content of rare earth elements in US coal ashes shows that coal mined from t
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
AUG 31, 2016
Microbiology
New research published in Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters demonstrates the ability of small molecules to bl
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 30, 2016
Videos
Our bodies, our world, the air we breathe and the ground we walk on are all made up of matter. Sub atomic particles, suc
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
AUG 30, 2016
Plants & Animals
Mother nature is beautiful, but sometimes her wrath can be absolutely deadly. A lightning strike is reportedly to
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
AUG 30, 2016
Space & Astronomy
There is no disputing that the universe is huge. It’s infinitely expanding, and has been since the beginning of ti
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
AUG 29, 2016
Space & Astronomy
When it comes to meteorites hitting the Earth, it’s a safe bet that they could have come from nearly anywhere. Out
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
AUG 28, 2016
Microbiology
The bacterium Mycobacterium tuberculosis is among the world’s deadliest infectious pathogens. Those bacteria are a
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 28, 2016
Space & Astronomy
Scientists are in awe after having discovered a very strange trans-Neptunian object (TNO) that is orbiting the Sun in a
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard