Repulsive Physics
Magnets, ball bearings, soap bubbles, and even molecules all tend to arrange themselves in similar patterns. But why? Identifying and explaining these patterns could help us engineer clusters of particles with specific functional properties for applications from targeted drug delivery to quantum computing. Click to learn more!
Flubber and flow
Glaciers have shaped the face of our planet for millennia, developing over hundreds and thousands of years as layers of snow compress into solid ice. Or IS it . . . ? Click to learn how glaciers actually flow like a liquid, and how the surprisingly similar physics of Flubber can build our intuition for how real glaciers behave.
All the light we cannot see
Electromagnetic waves are the fundamental source of information about the universe, but only a tiny fraction of them are visible to the unaided eye. Fortunately, physicists have developed new ways to "see" outside the visible spectrum. Click to enter a universe BEYOND living color!