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Can a circle form in a rainbow? Informational rainbow physics facts
The legend goes that there is a pot of gold hidden at the end of every rainbow. But is there really an “end” to...
Atoms are being smashed by a powerful linear accelerator.
Just a few hundred feet from where we are sitting is a large metal chamber devoid of air and draped with the wires needed...
An expert outlines how the mainstream model of particle physics might be broken.
As a physicist working at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at Cern, one of the most frequent questions I am asked is “When are...
Thanks to improved reactor walls, nuclear fusion has reached a new milestone, paving the way for future reactors.
Scientists at a laboratory in England have shattered the record for the amount of energy produced during a controlled, sustained fusion reaction. The production...
Skiers and snowboarders compete on 100% fake snow in the Olympics – how is it made and how does it influence performance?
The winter Olympics conjure up images of snowy mountain ranges, frozen ice rinks and athletes in cold-weather gear. And for good reason. Winter Olympic...
