World's most sensitive table-top experiment sets new limits on very high-frequency gravitational waves

The world's most sensitive table-top interferometric system—a miniature version of miles-long gravitational-wave detectors ...

Tiny engine runs hotter than the sun to probe the frontiers of thermodynamics

Scientists have created the world's hottest engine running at temperatures hotter than those reached in the sun's core. The ...
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How can a liquid find the right path?

This experiment shows how liquids naturally follow paths of least resistance, revealing the fascinating physics of flow, surface tension, and gravity in action.
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Study Confirms Theory Easter Island’s Iconic Moai Statues ‘Walked’ Into Place

Real-world experiments and computer simulations support the controversial idea that the Moai statues on Rapa Nui were walked into place.

Nobel Prize in physics awarded for ultracold electronics research that launched a quantum technology

The discovery that superconducting circuits can behave like quantum particles was a revolutionary development in the field of ...
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The Moai Of Rapa Nui Really "Walked" – Physics And Tests Confirm

New work has now used computer models and then a test with a 4.35-ton replica Moai to show that the walking approach is ...