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The Lab Report: Every week, The Lab Report takes a deep dive into the (research) lives of students and professors outside the classroom. Somewhere along the Mississippi River, a blissful current whips ...
Early-career industry physicist Aidan White tells Joe McEntee about his work as a project engineer at TÜV SÜD National Engineering Laboratory, the UK’s designated institute for flow and density ...
“There’s no doubt that the basis of everything I do is grounded in the fundamentals of physics,” says traffic-flow researcher Brian Wolshon in this video interview with Physics World. Wolshon – who is ...
Electrons in graphene can act like a perfect fluid, defying established physical laws. This finding advances both fundamental science and potential quantum technologies. For decades, quantum ...
At the start of the 20th century, aerodynamic phenomena were becoming an increasingly pressing challenge in engineering. Thanks to the new steel industry, towers and bridges had reached heights and ...
Researchers at MIT have observed “electron whirlpools” for the first time. The bizarre behavior arises when electricity flows as a fluid, which could make for more efficient electronics. Like water, ...