The Science Behind the Aurora Borealis
The aurora borealis (the Northern Lights) is much more than pretty lights–it’s a perfect blend of solar wind and magnetic fields.
Category: Physics
How do potholes form?
Do you want to know how potholes form in the road? Episode One kicks us off with potholes! Watch the video and do the experiment!
Science Policy Challenges, Part Two: A Strained Electrical Grid
The federal government has a critical role to play in ensuring a smooth transition to a secure and modernized electrical grid.
New Desalination Tech Turns Saltwater into Drinking Water
New desalination tech, a graphene sieve, has the potential to be smaller, faster, and more easily adjustable than existing methods.
Improve Your Running with Physics
Are you a runner? You can use some basic laws of physics to improve your running. Understand the forces between the ground and your feet.
How Nature Creates the Color Blue
Sometimes nature uses physics instead of pigment to create the color blue. Radwanul Hasan Siddique explains how this is accomplished.
Nanostructured Honeycomb Creates Electricity from Light
By Jonathan Trinastic @jptrinastic Zoom in to the nanometer scale—less than the width of a human hair—and you might think…
How Do Shark Teeth Bite?
Shark teeth come in many shapes and sizes. Some are triangular, some have notches or curves, some are like spikes. How do they work?
Phosphorescent Concrete Lights the Way Home
By Jonathan Trinastic @jptrinastic Imagine a future when, as dusk turns to night during a long drive, the darkening highway…
Conductive Concrete May End Flight Delays
By Emily Rhode @riseandsci Every year, thousands of flights are delayed and thousands of car accidents happen due to snowstorms…