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Science X / Best of Last Week – Century old physics riddle solved, world's oldest colors and eating fat is cause of weight gain
It was a good week for physics as a combined team from MIT and Harvard University asked whether gravitational waves could reveal how fast our universe is expanding. They have proposed a more accurate and independent way to ...
Science X / Best of Last Week – Einstein found right again, how Uranus got its shape and evidence of cannabis easing pain lacking
It was a good week for physics as an international team of researchers found that Einstein got it right again—weak and strong gravity objects fall the same way. Using data from the Green Bank Telescope, they tested the ...
Science X / Best of Last Week–A battery for cold climates, complex molecules found on Enceladus and new way to measure intelligence
It was a good week for technology as a team at Pennsylvania State University announced that they had developed a self-heating, fast-charging battery that makes electric vehicles climate-immune, possibly opening the door to ...
Science X / Best of Last Week–Proving Einstein right again, a drug that stops cancer from spreading and video game playing danger
It was another good week for astronomy and astrophysics as an international team of researchers reported that they had found the last of the universe's missing ordinary matter—in the space between galaxies. And it exists, ...
Science X / Best of Last Week – Possible new form of matter, black holes as wormholes and why hunger makes people angry
It was another good week for physics as a trio of researchers from the University of Toronto suggested that a new form of matter may lie just beyond the periodic table. Bob Holdom, Jing Ren and Chen Zhang suggested that elements ...
Science X / Best of Last Week – Confirming Einstein's elevator, exciting news from Mars and medicines being improperly prescribed
It was another good week for physics as a team at the U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology conducted an atomic clock comparison that confirmed key assumptions of 'Einstein's elevator'—one of the principles ...
Science X / Best of last week: Flux capacitor invented, a better 3-D printer and the true benefits of vitamins
It was a good week for physics as a team with members from Australia and Switzerland invented a flux capacitor able to break time-reversal symmetry. They proposed a device based on quantum tunneling of magnetic flux around ...
Science X / Best of Last Week—A new magnetic element, the cause of childhood leukemia, and leg exercise improving brain health
It was another good week for physics as a team led by a group at the University of Minnesota discovered a new magnetic element. They demonstrated that the chemical element ruthenium is the fourth single element to have unique ...
Science X / Best of Last Week – Measuring pressure inside a proton, flying wireless robot insects and yogurt may treat inflammation
It was a good week for physics as a team at the U.S. Department of Energy's Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility conducted the first measurement of a subatomic particle's mechanical property, revealing the distribution ...
Science X / Best of Last Week—Time travelers invited to Hawking memorial, hiding codes in text, benefits of low-energy diet
It was a good week for physics as a team of researchers from Germany and the U.S. suggested light could make semiconductor computers a million times faster, or even go quantum by making use of infrared laser pulses. And a ...
Science X / Best of Last Week – Stephen Hawking's last theory, sauna bathing reducing stroke risk and health benefits of walnuts
It was a big week for physics as Stephen Hawking's final theory about the Big Bang was published. The paper was written in collaboration with Thomas Hertog and suggests the universe is not only finite but is much simpler ...
Science X / Best of Last Week – A galaxy megamerger, world's oldest spider and dark chocolate improving vision
It was a good week for space science as an international team of astronomers announced that they had witnessed a galaxy mega-merger—the impending collision of 14 young, starbursting galaxies. Also, officials with the European ...