How is it possible for the ISS to stay in orbit? Learn more about the science behind orbiting Earth and more in this NASA "STEMonstrations" video. Credit: NASA Johnson Space Center ...

Why do falling cats always seem to land on their feet? Scientists have been arguing about the precise mechanism for a very long time—since at least 1700, in fact—conducting all manner of experiments ...

Phonons are the collective vibrations that move through a solid. They can be thought of as waves traveling across the atomic ...

In a new study ( Nature Physics, "Orbital Seebeck effect induced by chiral phonons" ), researchers developed the most streamlined system yet for generating orbital angular momentum in electrons. Their ...

Controversy surrounding a CBS “Late Show” segment with Texas Senate candidate James Talarico has given the Democratic rising star a new burst of momentum just as early voting kicks off in the Lone ...

Abstract: A new method is proposed for detecting orbital angular momentum (OAM) in the microwave frequency band to address current detection challenges. Based on the principles of geometric coordinate ...

For at least a decade, the quadruple axel jump was figure skating’s white whale. “It’s been this unreachable thing, like the four-minute mile” once was, says Matthew Lind, a technical specialist for U ...

Momentum is an “eternal feature” of the financial markets, a recent study contends. Momentum refers to the tendency for securities that have recently beaten the market to continue outperforming for a ...

'Big mo' is an 'eternal feature' of financial markets worldwide Momentum is an "eternal feature" of the financial markets, a recent study contends. Momentum refers to the tendency for securities that ...

ABSTRACT: In the author’s previous publications, a model for the electron was proposed, consisting of an outer shell, having positive mass and negative charge, and a central core, having negative mass ...