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Futuristic “Photon Sails” Fail in Simulation, Shredded by Laser
The Truth About Star Names
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Molecular Machinery Snags 2016 Nobel in ChemistryA machine the size of a single molecule? This year's Nobel prize in chemistry went to the people who made it possible! 
Dressed to Impress: Attraction Between ElectronsBy "dressing" the potential of electrons, researchers have taken what may be a big step toward room-temperature superconductivity! 
Hitomi, An Ambitious Endeavor Cut ShortJapan's Hitomi X-ray Observatory was lost in an accident just a month after launch. What did we learn in that month? |
Dispersion Reveals Coffee at the End of the RainbowDispersion through a glass splits light into its component colors. |
Here Comes the SunScientists are developing greener and cheaper ways to pave our way to a solar energy future. 
To the Last Drop: Getting the Most Out of Liquid ContainersNew, food-safe superhydrophobics could make shaking the ketchup bottle a thing of the past. 
Tiny Robots Swim Toward Better HealthcareTiny swimming robots could revolutionize healthcare, traveling through the bloodstream to perform a variety of life-saving tasks. |
Paper Clip HeatLearn about the structure of metals as you use a paper clip to turn mechanical work into heat! |
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Star-chaeology: The Next (Stellar) Generation Of Ice Cores & Isotopes The Truth About Gravitational Waves A New Ninth Planet? |
PhysicsQuestSpectra's Current Crisis This year's edition of PhysicsQuest has shipped—enjoy your kits! With Miss Alignment in jail, Lucy’s town assumes things have gone back to normal, but they would be wrong. Taking advantage of the now-abandoned Con Cave and a trusting town are twins Andy and Cat Terminal. Your students can help Spectra and her crew stop the Terminal Twins from negatively affecting the town. As students help Spectra defeat the Twins they will learn about current, circuits, motors, and colors. This is a kit you positively can’t resist! If you would like to purchase past PhysicsQuest kits, that can be done here. If you'd like to download past manuals or comics and create your own kits, that can be done through links on the About PhysicsQuest page. |
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Create your own spectroscope with our free iPhone/Ipad app: SpectraSnapp. Now you can see the spectral lines behind the fluorescent lights, neon signs, sodium lamps, and other light sources you encounter everyday! Comic Books
Read all of our physics comic books online, and follow the adventures of Spectra, the original laser superhero. |
Science off the Sphere
Astronaut and chemist Dr. Don Pettit did physics
demos that are out of this world while he was aboard the International
Space Station. Now you can enjoy videos of his fantastic micro-gravity experiments safely on the surface! |
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