Physics

Educators and Parents, Sign Up for The Cheat Sheet
Weekly updates to help you use Science News Explores in the learning environment
Thank you for signing up!
There was a problem signing you up.
- Chemistry
Prizes award big ideas about small things
Carbon and IVF win big in this year’s Nobel prizes.
- Tech
When love-hate is materially good
Researchers copy nature's water-loving, water-repelling ways to make smarter stuff
- Physics
New waves for safe flying
Scientists are perfecting a new generation of airport scanning machines.
By Emily Sohn -
- Planets
Mercury’s magnetic twisters
The planet's strange atmosphere may have a lot to do with the sun.
-
- Health & Medicine
Making light of sleep
Teens are prone to sleep problems, but a little sunshine could help.
By Susan Gaidos - Physics
The hottest soup in New York
A quark-gluon plasma reaches the highest temperature ever measured in a lab.
- Tech
The science of disappearing
Invisibility cloaks and other new materials that play with light are in the works.
-
- Physics
Scientists explain mystery of triangular snowflakes
A snowflake's fall helps determine its shape.
-