Whether it's Greek ouzo, French pastis or Turkish raki, when these spirits are diluted with water, the mixture becomes cloudy. The reason for this is that the aniseed oils contained in the spirit ...

The text is now best known for introducing “Pascal’s Law” or “Principle,” that any change of pressure in an enclosed incompressible fluid (like water) is transmitted equally to all points within the ...

Indian mathematician Srinivasa Ramanujan’s formula for Pi can help with calculating black holes, studying percolation, or ...

A research team at Duke University has developed a new AI framework that can uncover simple, understandable rules that govern ...

Ramanujan’s elegant formulas for calculating pi, developed more than a century ago, have unexpectedly resurfaced at the heart ...

In this video, we’re solving the physics problem of finding the equilibrium of a penguin on a plank! 🐧⚖️ We’ll walk through how to calculate the forces acting on the plank and the penguin, and ...

Physicists have found a clever way to detect the elusive Unruh effect without extreme accelerations. By using atoms that emit light cooperatively between mirrors, acceleration subtly shifts when a ...

From the tragedy of the space shuttle Columbia disaster in 2003 to the now-routine return of commercial spacecraft, heat shields—formally called thermal protection systems—are critical for protecting ...

A team of engineers at Sandia National Laboratories have developed ways to rapidly evaluate new thermal protection materials ...

The story seems almost too perfect, and has probably been exaggerated for effect, but it’s delightful even without those bits ...