<p>Rotational temperatures of hydrogen molecules desorbed from plasma-facing surface was measured in three different tok

Kyoto

Fusion model hot off the wall

Predicting molecular rotational temperature for enhanced plasma recombination

<p>Schematic of the experiment: in an ion trap (grey), a laser wave (red) is sent onto HD+ molecular ions (yellow/red do

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How atomic nuclei vibrate

Physicists have measured the wave-like vibration of atomic nuclei with an unprecedented level of precision.

Sandia

Stunning discovery: Metals can heal themselves

Microscopic cracks vanish in experiments, revealing possibility of self-healing machines

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Evidence of Diverse Organic Material on Mars

Scientists, including UF astrobiologist Amy Williams, gain vital insights into Mars’ history and potential for supporting life

<p>An artist's composite image of a photo of the above-ground portion of the IceCube Neutrino Observatory along with the

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First 'ghost particle' image of Milky Way galaxy captured by scientists

Elusive neutrinos reveal a portrait of our galaxy unlike any before.

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How Fast is Mach 1?

by Anton Skorucak and ScienceIQ.com

A Mach number is a common ratio unit of speed when one is talking about aircrafts. By definition, the Mach number is a ratio of the speed of a body (aircraft) to the speed of sound in the undisturbed medium through which the body is traveling.

It is said that the aircraft is flying at Mach 1 if its speed is equal to the speed of sound in air (which is 332 m/s or 1195 km/hr or 717 miles/hour.) An aircraft flying at Mach 2 is flying at twice the speed of sound in air, etc. Mach numbers are named after Ernst Mach (1838-1916), an Austrian philosopher and physicist. The term Mach number came into use in 1929.

Physics & Astronomy Facts

This original 1930 cloud-chamber photograph by Carl Anderson shows the track of a positively charged particle (thin track curving to the left) of electronic mass slowed down by passing upward through a lead plate (horizontal thick line).

Antimatter Discovery

In almost every science fiction movie ever made, you are bound to hear about antimatter –– matter-antimatter propulsion drives, whole galaxies made of antimatter, and so on. Antimatter has been used ...

Nursery of Giants Captured in New Spitzer Image

Typically, the bigger something is the easier it is to find. Elephants, for example, are not hard to spot. But when it comes to the massive stars making up the stellar nursery called DR21, size does n ...

Wernher Von Braun

Wernher Von Braun was one of the world's first and foremost rocket engineers and a leading authority on space travel. His will to expand man's knowledge through the exploration of space led to the dev ...

'Knowledge can be communicated, but not wisdom. One can find it, live it, be fortified by it, do wonders through it, but one cannnot communicate and teach it.'

Hermann Hesse
(1877-1962)

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