If you have ever noticed your train slowing before entering a tunnel or crossing a bridge, there is a reason - five of them, ...
A new study reveals that gold mining in the Amazon alters the soil and dries out the land, preventing forest regeneration.
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How Roomba Got Its Vacuum

In general, regular vacuums perform better on carpet than on hard floors. But Roomba inverted that relationship. Our vacuum ...
STOCKHOLM: United States-based scientists John Clarke, Michel Devoret and John Martinis won the 2025 Nobel Prize in Physics for "experiments that revealed quantum physics in action", the award-giving ...
In January I wrote a piece titled “5 Physics Equations Everyone Should Know.” Lots of you weighed in with your own nominations, and there were plenty of good suggestions. So I’ve decided to do a ...
What is the meaning of life? Even the best of us couldn't hope to answer that question in a Universe Today article. But there are those who would try to "constrain" it, at least in terms of physics. A ...
Alakh Pandey and Prateek Maheshwari, co-founders of Physics Wallah, entered the Hurun India Rich List 2025 with a 223% wealth surge to ₹14,520 crore. Edtech entrepreneurs Alakh Pandey and Prateek ...
Researchers from The University of New Mexico and Los Alamos National Laboratory have developed a novel computational framework that addresses a longstanding challenge in statistical physics. The ...
It was a terrifying day in 2021 when Long Island dad John Cosides couldn’t stop his little boy from choking on chicken nuggets in their Massapequa home. “You can see it immediately in his face, the ...
UCSB physicists John Martinis and Michel Devoret have been awarded the 2025 Nobel Prize in Physics. They were recognized for work that, according to the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, “revealed ...
The T3 AIRE 360 uses Coanda-effect tech to deliver voluminous, bouncy blow-dries at home using only air. Thoughtfully designed over three years, there’s not one element of this hair tool that hasn’t ...