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A possible alternative to active debris removal (ADR) by laser is ablative propulsion by a remotely transmitted electron beam (e-beam). The e-beam ablation has been widely used in industries, and it ...

Researchers at Wageningen University & Research (WUR) have defied long-standing material theories by developing a brand-new class of material known as a “compleximer.” This amber-colored substance ...

Materials science is an interdisciplinary field concerned with the understanding and application of the properties of matter. Materials scientists study the connections between the underlying ...

Physics in action Freestyle skier Eileen Gu at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics in Switzerland. (Courtesy: Martin Rulsch/Wikimedia Commons/CC BY-SA 4.0) Here at Physics World we are always on the look ...

Here, there and everywhere Friction has an impact throughout our lives, whether it’s melting a layer of snow under our skis, helping blood flow through arteries, letting us play a violin, or even just ...

A little more than a year ago, on a trip to Nairobi, Kenya, some colleagues and I met a 12-year-old Masai boy named Richard Turere, who told us a fascinating story. His family raises livestock on the ...

The types of glass that we encounter in everyday life, such as window glass or smartphone screens, are disordered solids. This means that they consist of particles locked in place, like those in ...