Physics
Assessing what the LIGO detection means for other gravitational wave searches.
Preliminary research suggests a phenomenon called the Leidenfrost effect is at play
Plutonium processing plant was saved by conservative engineering.
Scientists learn to measure the threat from radioactive aerosols after an accident.
Congress almost defeated the LIGO program before it was ever built.
Scientists detect billion-year-old gravitational message.
New research explores how giraffes defy gravity when they drink.
With a wind tunnel, scientists probe the physics of airflow and snow.
New model shows how circulating cancer cells flow and accumulate, and could help with better diagnostics.
An understanding of scientific principles could help duffers and other recreational golfers to improve their shot-making.
A new mathematical model could answer puzzling questions about frozen water.