Desktop Air Curtain System Developed That Prevents Spread of COVID-19
Device suitable for use in hospital wards, blood labs, and reception counters. In efforts to prevent the spread of COVID-19, miniaturizing air curtains for hospital…
American Institute of Physics News
Learn Physics in Your Kitchen: Do-It-Yourself Fluid Mechanics
Home study projects of complex fluids in anyone’s kitchen, using readily available equipment and substances. Although the COVID-19 pandemic caused many disruptions across the educational…
Simulating Supernova Remnants and Star Formation With a High-Power Laser in Earthbound Lab
High-power laser and foam ball show how blast waves from supernova remnant might trigger star formation in a molecular cloud. Molecular clouds are collections of…
Stunning Plasma Experiment: Modeling Earth’s Magnetosphere in the Laboratory
Experimental platform combines Large Plasma Device with lasers, magnetic dipoles; reveals insights about Earth’s shield against solar wind. A magnetosphere forms around any magnetized object,…
Harvesting Energy at Night: Solar Cell Keeps Working Long After Sun Sets
Harvesting energy from the temperature difference between photovoltaic cell, surrounding air leads to a viable, renewable source of electricity at night. About 750 million people…
Simple Experiment Using Pickled Eggs to Demonstrate Diffusion
Experiment designed for home or classroom shows how time, temperature affect diffusion. Marinated, or pickled, eggs are enjoyed by cultures around the world. There are…
Scientists Create Ideal Pizza Dough That Rises Perfectly Without Yeast
Dissolving gas into dough at high pressures can create ideal rise without yeast. In typical breads, yeast produces bubbles via a biochemical process, causing dough…
Quantum Behavior of Massive Objects: Gravitational Wave Mirror Experiments Can Evolve Into Quantum Entities
Quantum physical experiments exploring the motion of macroscopic or heavy bodies under gravitational forces require protection from any environmental noise and highly efficient sensing. An…
Cloth COVID Masks Filter Less Than 10% of Particles – Inferior for Protection Against Airborne Viral Spread
Simulations reveal low filtration efficiency in woven fabric. Like many other viruses, COVID-19 is transmitted primarily via particles carried in the air. An infected person…
Simulations Reveal Fundamental Insights on Janus Particles
Interfacial diffusion of nanoparticles strongly affected by their shape and surface coating. Named for a Roman god, Janus particles refer to nanoparticles that possess surfaces…
How Big Does Your Quantum Computer Need To Be To Break Bitcoin Encryption or Simulate Molecules?
Quantum computers are expected to be disruptive and potentially impact many industry sectors. So researchers in the United Kingdom and the Netherlands decided to explore…
Owl Wing Design With Serrated Edges Reduces Aircraft, Wind Turbine Noise Pollution
Serrated edge of owl wings makes them quieter than other birds, can help inform airfoil designs. Trailing-edge noise is the dominant source of sound from…
Computer Simulation Models Potential Asteroid Collisions – Results Provide Data for NASA Mission
Results to provide data for NASA’s upcoming Psyche mission. An asteroid impact can be enough to ruin anyone’s day, but several small factors can make…
How Do Volcanoes Form? Scientists Find Surprisingly Cool “Hotspots” Under Earth’s Crust
The findings suggest current theories of how some volcanoes form may be too simple. The hotspots that created volcanic islands such as those of Hawaii,…
Ancient Arts of Origami and Kirigami Inspire Mechanical Metamaterials
Origami- and kirigami-based metamaterials have applications from robotics to medical devices. The ancient arts of origami, the art of paper-folding, and kirigami, the art of…
Ventilation Matters: Engineering Airflow To Prevent the Spread of COVID-19
Ventilation systems designed to avoid spreading COVID-19 should be based on the air circulation within a room. As we approach two full years of the…
Physicist Quantifies Amount of Information in Entire Visible Universe
Estimate measures information encoded in particles, opens door to practical experiments. Researchers have long suspected a connection between information and the physical universe, with various…
How COVID-19 Social Distancing Creates Pedestrian “Traffic Jams”
Applying a “one-size-fits-all” policy recommendation to a complicated public sphere. Along with the use of face masks, social distancing in public remains one of the…
