Tag: Physics
The Surprising Math and Physics behind the 2026 Trionda World Cup...
The Surprising Math and Physics behind the 2026 World Cup Soccer BallHere’s how the new tetrahedron-based design for the “Trionda” soccer ball may...
Physicists Blast Gold to Astonishing Temperatures, Overturning 40 Years of Physics
Superheated Gold Defies ‘Entropy Catastrophe’ Limit, Overturning 40-Year-Old PhysicsPhysicists superheated gold to 14 times its melting point, disproving a long-standing prediction about the...
Cutting-Edge Physics and Chemistry Now Unfold One Attosecond at a Time
Just about anybody who played hide-and-seek as a kid remembers counting, with eyes (presumably) covered, in units of one-one-thousand. “One-one-thousand. Two-one-thousand. Three-one-thousand.” It’s...
Quantum Computers Simulate Particle ‘String Breaking’ in a Physics Breakthrough
Quantum Computers Simulate Particle 'String Breaking' in a Physics BreakthroughPhysicists are a step closer to using quantum computers for simulations that are beyond...
Knitting’s Complex Shapes Explained in New Physics Model
Knitting’s Complex Shapes Explained in New Physics ModelA new mathematical model helps to advance the centuries-old art of knittingBy K.R. Callaway edited by...
New Plan for Particle Physics Megaproject Leaves out Funding Details
New Plan for Particle Physics Megaproject Leaves out Funding DetailsA long-awaiting report from CERN explores the feasibility of building a supersized successor to...
Trump’s ‘Iron Dome’ Space Weapons Plan Ignores Physics and Fiscal Reality
“There is always a well-known solution to every human problem—neat, plausible, and wrong,” according to H. L. Mencken. Today we might ponder his...
JWST Photos Reveal Bizarre Physics of Supernova Explosions
As soon as a star is born, it starts fighting a battle with gravity. A burning star constantly releases enough energy to counteract...
Math and Physics Can’t Prove All Truths
November 29, 20245 min readMath and Physics Can't Prove All TruthsPhysicists have described a system that requires an incomputable number to fully understand,...
