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Inspired by gas and liquid flow in earth science, researchers brewed an equation to calculate the speed of water percolation ...

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Anyone who has owned a regular pressure washer definitely understands the hassle in its day-to-day use. The actual labor for ...

A tremendous explosion rocked the Tunguska region in Siberia in the early morning hours of June 30, 1908. The Tunguska ...

A weird force that skirts traditional physics norms has helped erase a smudge on the foundations of particle physics. It’s a phenomenon called the “neutrino force,” by which neutrinos could ...

For the Iranians, the Air Force colonel whose fighter jet had been shot down was possible leverage. For the U.S. military, finding him was a moral imperative. By Greg Jaffe Helene Cooper Eric Schmitt ...

A 300-year-old law of physics just got outsmarted, by magnets. Scientists proved friction doesn't always play by the rules. Newton would be shaken. For over three centuries, Amontons’ first law has ...

How it works Schematic of two magnetic layers composed of permanent magnets. The magnets in the upper layer are free to rotate, while those in the lower layer are fixed. When the layers move relative ...