EPFL's robotic appendage features fingers that bend both ways and is designed to retrieve objects from spaces too hazardous ...

In physics, breakthroughs are rare. Experiments are slow, expensive and often end up refining, rather than rewriting, our understanding of the universe. But what if the only constraint on scientific ...

Last year, a study led by planetary scientist Richard Cartwright at the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) in Laurel, Maryland, proposed that deposits of carbon dioxide ice and other ...

Physics and Python stuff. Most of the videos here are either adapted from class lectures or solving physics problems. I really like to use numerical calculations without all the fancy programming ...

If you want to work with radioactive material, a cheap Geiger counter isn’t really what you want. According to [Project 326], you need a gamma ray spectrometer. The video below reviews the Radiacode ...

A former employee of the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory has accused the research facility of forgoing over 14 years of important safety inspections for “many” of the lab’s pressure systems and ...

U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Secretary Chris Wright visited the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL) on Aug. 20 at a pivotal time for the race toward reliable fusion energy, which decisions ...

BATAVIA, Ill. — Bronte de Zwart spent her summer measuring and running numbers. However, her internship could have a bigger reach than some of her peers. The rising senior at Monmouth College worked ...

DNA holds the instructions that make us who we are. If we want to read those instructions, say, to understand our predisposition to genetic disorders, we need to carefully "unzip" DNA's iconic ...

Dignitaries formally inaugurate the beginning of FLARE operations. From left: Vyacheslav (Slava) Lukin; Hantao Ji, PPPL physicist and FLARE’s principal investigator; Brandon Thorne, director of ...

The state announced its 11th Strategic Innovation Center June 17. Boost plasma-focused startup creation and acceleration; Promote industry collaboration; and Commercialize groundbreaking technologies ...

VR indie Retrocell announced its working on a liquid physics simulator that lets you go hands-on on with some very slimy creations. Targeting Quest and SteamVR headsets, Slime Lab isn’t just about ...