Physics
Shouting into the wind may seem futile — but it’s really not
Sending a sound upwind, against the flow of air, actually makes the sound louder — only it doesn’t sound that way to the person making the noise.
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Develop and use models to illustrate that energy at the macroscopic scale can be accounted for as either motions of particles or energy stored in fields.
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Materials ScienceWill bacterial ‘wires’ one day power your phone?
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PhysicsA contrast between shadows and light can now generate electricity
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PlanetsGlass beads help scientists puzzle out how baby planets grow
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PhysicsFamous physics cat now alive, dead and in two boxes at once
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