A team of physicists at UC Santa Barbara has seen the light, and it comes in many different colors.
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Sex, speed dating, monogamy--for Valentine's Day, we look at the science behind the mating game [More]
Read More »Your Brain in Love and Lust
This Valentine's Day, Scientific American traces the flow of chemicals in the brain during different phases of romance and describes surprising insights from the science of attraction.
Read More »Why ‘event cloaks’ could be the key to the ultimate bank heist
In this month's special issue of Physics World, which examines the science and applications of invisibility, Martin McCall and Paul Kinsler of Imperial College London describe a new type of invisibility cloak that does not just hide objects but events.
Read More »Earth and environment science projects favored by entrants in Google Science Fair
The fuel of the future isn't gasoline, ethanol or even hydrogen--it's education. Specifically, the science and engineering education that will enable a fresh group of smart young people to tackle the world's ongoing energy crisis. Solve the energy crisis and you go a long way's toward solving a host of environmental problems: pollution, environmental health risks, climate change, to name just a few
Read More »The Japan Earthquake and Tsunami
On March 11, a powerful, 8.9-magnitude quake hit northeast Japan, triggering a tsunami with 10-meter-high waves that reached the U.S. West Coast.
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