Nov 20, 2009
Optics & Physics of Metamaterials & Invisibility: Optical Physicists Research Ways To Cloak Objects To Be Invisible
By: Paul A. Heckert
Oct 29, 2009
Molecular Light Absorbance and Fluorescence: Absorption and Emission Spectra Show Orbital Energies
By: Art Ayers
Oct 22, 2009
Invisibility - To Bend or Break from the Ether: Can Scientists Bend Light to Achieve a State of Being Invisible?
By: Don Kaiser
Sep 20, 2009
How Scanning Electron Microscopy Works: Differences Between Transmission and Scanning Electron Microscopes
By: Sarah Mikula
Jun 29, 2009
Is Cold Fusion Possible? Experiments in Low-energy Nuclear Reactions Continue
By: Rupert Taylor
Mar 14, 2009
Can Hubble Space Telescope See Flag on the Moon? What Is the Smallest Detail HST Can Photograph on Lunar Surface?
By: Paul A. Heckert
Dec 16, 2008
Obama Taps Steven Chu, Physics Nobel Laureate: The Science Behind Designated Energy Secretary Chu's 1997 Prize
By: Paul A. Heckert
Sep 2, 2008
Operating A Nuclear Power Station: How the Energy in Uranium Atoms is Converted into Electricity
By: Anthony Toole
Apr 24, 2008
Dispersion & Refraction in Optics: Prisms and Raindrops Break White Light into Rainbows of Color
By: Paul A. Heckert
Apr 19, 2008
Optics & Total Internal Reflection: Optical Physics, Fiber Optic Cables, Diamond Brilliance, & Rainbows
By: Paul A. Heckert
Apr 15, 2008
Reflection of Light in Optics: Specular and Diffuse; Equality of Incident and Reflected Angles
By: Paul A. Heckert
Apr 13, 2008
Refraction of Light: Refractive Index, Snell's Law in Optics, & Refracting Light in Media
By: Paul A. Heckert
Mar 8, 2008
Properties of Fermions and Bosons: The Gray Area within Particle Classification
By: Isaac M. McPhee
Mar 8, 2008
Bose-Einstein Statistics: The Indian Contribution to Quantum Mechanics
By: Isaac M. McPhee
Feb 29, 2008
Beta Decay and the Weak Force: The Development of an Entirely New Physical Force
By: Isaac M. McPhee
Feb 29, 2008
Radioactivity and Alpha Particles: The Radioactive Decay Governed by the Strong Nuclear Force
By: Isaac M. McPhee
Feb 28, 2008
The Beginnings of Nuclear Physics: Bequerel, The Curies, Rutherford and Radioactivity
By: Isaac M. McPhee
Feb 27, 2008
The Discovery of the Neutron: James Chadwick's Remarkable Experiment
By: Isaac M. McPhee
Feb 25, 2008
Rutherford and the Atomic Nucleus: The Discovery of the Shape and Composition of the Atom
By: Isaac M. McPhee
Feb 24, 2008
The Discovery of the Electron: J.J. Thompson and the First Subatomic Particle
By: Isaac M. McPhee
Feb 24, 2008
Early Theories of Atomic Structure: Thomson's Plum Pudding & Rutherford's Nuclear Models of the Atom
By: Paul A. Heckert
Feb 24, 2008
Bohr's Model of the Atom: Niels Bohr Uses Quantum Mechanics to Explain Atomic Structure
By: Paul A. Heckert
Feb 23, 2008
The Scale of Atoms: Gaining a Perspective of Atomic Sizes
By: Isaac M. McPhee
Feb 22, 2008
Brownian Motion and Atomic Theory: How a Botanist Helped to Prove that Atoms Exist
By: Isaac M. McPhee
Feb 21, 2008
John Dalton and Atomic Theory: A 19th Century Chemist Reinvigorates the Atom
By: Isaac M. McPhee
Feb 20, 2008
Ancient Theories of Atoms: The Study of the Smallest Things in the Ancient World
By: Isaac M. McPhee
Feb 17, 2008
Defining Quantum Mechanics: The Physics of the Smallest Things in the Universe
By: Isaac M. McPhee
Feb 1, 2008
The Basics of Nanotechnology: The Science of Manipulating Subatomic Objects
By: Isaac M. McPhee
Nov 20, 2007
What Are Electromagnetic Waves? Light & EM Spectrum from Oscillations in Electric & Magnetic Fields
By: Paul A. Heckert
Nov 20, 2007
The Electromagnetic Spectrum: Infrared, Ultraviolet, & Visible Light, Radio Waves, & X-Rays
By: Paul A. Heckert
Oct 7, 2007
Why Are Sunsets and Sunrises Red? Rayleigh Scattering From Atmospheric Particles
By: Paul A. Heckert
Oct 7, 2007
Why Is the Sky Blue? Rayleigh Scattering From Atmospheric Particles
By: Paul A. Heckert
Jun 6, 2007
What is Nanotechnology? Engineering Things that are Very Small
By: Katharine M. J. Osborne
May 15, 2007
Reflection vs. Refraction: When Light Interacts with Matter as a Wave
By: Katharine M. J. Osborne
May 8, 2007
What is Osmosis? Entropy and the Self Organization of Solutions
By: Katharine M. J. Osborne
Apr 23, 2007
Alternative Energy: Possible Solutions to the Carbon Crisis
By: Katharine M. J. Osborne
Apr 15, 2007
What does LASER stand for? What LASER Means and How it Works
By: Katharine M. J. Osborne
Apr 9, 2007
Why Do Power Lines Buzz? Corona Discharge
By: Katharine M. J. Osborne
Mar 18, 2007
Cooking with Light: How Do Microwaves Heat Food?
By: Katharine M. J. Osborne
Jan 5, 2007
The Symmetry of Snowflakes: Ice Crystal Growth
By: Katharine M. J. Osborne
Nov 24, 2006
Physics: Thanksgiving Edition: The Physical Properties of Cranberry Sauce
By: Katharine M. J. Osborne
Nov 17, 2006
Electron Shells: The properties of electron shells, or orbitals, help determine the c
By: Katharine M. J. Osborne
Nov 10, 2006
Facts About the Atom: Defining the basic building block of macroscopic matter
By: Katharine M. J. Osborne
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