Physics
New Way to Make Plasma Propulsion Lighter and More Efficient
A new study from a team of British and French physicists presents a concept for plasma thrusters that are both…
Another Strange Discovery From LHC That Nobody Understands
"Enhanced strangeness production" surprises experimenters at LHC's ALICE experiment.
Team Creates Negative Effective Mass In The Lab
A research team from WSU has created, for the first time under laboratory conditions, a fluid that behaves as if…
CERN Declares War On The Standard Model
Researchers at the LHC beauty experiment (part of CERN) announced new test results that hint at the existence of new…
Watch Stars Orbit The Milky Way’s Supermassive Black Hole
Watch several dozen stars in the center of our galaxy circle a massive, black "nothing."
Large Hadron Collider Discovers 5 New Gluelike Particles
Researchers from the Large Hadron Collider beauty experiment (LHCb) have announced the discovery of five new particles, which could shed…
The Universe Has A Lithium Problem
The Big Bang Theory predicts three times as much lithium as observed. Where are the scientists hiding our lithium?
Harvard Physicist Creates Metallic Hydrogen Using Diamond Vise
According to a study by two Harvard researchers, they have succeeded in creating metallic hydrogen for the first time in…
What is the Alcubierre “Warp” Drive?
In 1994, Mexican physicist Miguel Alcubierre proposed a way to travel faster than light without violating the laws of relativity,…
Who was Max Planck?
Max Planck was one of the most renowned physicists of his time, and is considered one of the greatest minds…