by quasarn01 | Aug 7, 2026 | Latest in Physics
In Goethe’s ballad “Erlkönig,” immortalized in Schubert’s fevered 1815 setting, a dying boy riding through the night sees a spectral king beckoning from the darkness. His father calms him: “Mein Sohn, es ist ein Nebelstreif”—my son,...
by quasarn01 | Aug 7, 2026 | Latest in Physics
Measuring faint magnetic fields is useful in a number of areas, including mapping brain activity, monitoring hearts and probing fundamental physics. Typically, picking up such weak signals requires expensive or bulky equipment, such as liquid-helium cooling tanks or...
by quasarn01 | Aug 7, 2026 | Latest in Physics
Scientists in China predict that stacking two microscopic layers of boron could set a new record for superconductivity. Superconductors are materials that conduct electricity with zero resistance. Traditional types need temperatures close to absolute zero to work,...
by quasarn01 | Aug 7, 2026 | Astronomy
The origin of spin in spiral and elliptical galaxies has posed a long-standing puzzle for astronomers. One idea, known as tidal torque theory, proposes that galaxies’ spins are an imprinted record of the early universe, imparted by gravity long before galaxies...
by quasarn01 | Aug 7, 2026 | Police Lives Matter
A federal judge ruled that a jury could find former Grand Rapids Officer Christopher Schurr’s use of deadly force unreasonable, allowing the civil rights claims to proceed Go to Source
