Posted incoffee brewing fluid dynamics Food science
Fewer beans = great coffee if you get the pour height right
Based on their findings, the authors recommend pouring hot water over your coffee grounds slowly…
First tokamak component installed in a commercial fusion plant
Seeing stars? The plasma inside a tokamak is dynamic, meaning that it requires a lot…
Hints grow stronger that dark energy changes over time
In its earliest days, the Universe was a hot, dense soup of subatomic particles, including…
Posted inbiomimicry engineering Physics
SpiderBot experiments hint at “echolocation” to locate prey
It's well understood that spiders have poor eyesight and thus sense the vibrations in their…
Posted inespresso fluid dynamics percolation
Physicists unlock another clue to brewing the perfect espresso
The team initially tried to use a simple home coffee machine for their experiments but…
Posted inbiochemistry Biology chemistry
Small charges in water spray can trigger the formation of key biochemicals
Once his team nailed how droplets become electrically charged and how the micro-lightning phenomenon works,…
Posted inalgorithm Computer science D-Wave
D-Wave quantum annealers solve problems classical algorithms struggle with
In any case, most of these claims have involved quantum computers that weren't solving any…
Posted inacoustics Helmholtz resonator Physics
Study: Hand clapping is akin to a Helmholtz resonator
Hand clapping is ubiquitous behavior for humans across time and cultures, serving many different purposes:…
These hot oil droplets can bounce off any surface
Burning droplets bounce back. Credit: Zulu et al., 2025 Burning droplets bounce back. Credit: Zulu…
Research roundup: 7 cool science stories from February
It's a regrettable reality that there is never time to cover all the interesting scientific…