Physical Science

First of all, there must be a mistake in the title. Absolute Zero is not -273.15 Kelvin, but it is -273.15 Celcius. Now, you may wonder, how do people get that number? What is actually the meaning of Absolute Zero?…
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Solar flares are intense outburst of energy on the Sun´s corona. Solar flares are usually followed by huge coronal mass ejections of clouds of charged particles that are ejected into space. Solar flares occur regularly on the Sun, but are…
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Born in 1642, at a time of great political turmoil in the UK, Sir Isaac Newton was a British scientist whom many regard as the greatest physicist of all time perhaps because of the tremendous effect that knowledge of his…
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In one of Albert Einstein’s revolutionary scientific papers published in 1905, E=mc2 was introduced. Since then, E=mc2 probably has been the most famous equation in the world. E=mc2 has become overwhelmingly popular in the society. Even people with no background…
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As a physical phenomenon, sound is a waveform propagated by the collisions of particles in the medium through which it travels. It is little wonder then that the speed of sound should depend mainly on the properties of the medium itself….
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The Headlight Paradox I received a list of funny paradoxes that was meant to be a joke.  While the others in the list had no serious answer, this one does.  With the help of Dr. Albert Einstein and his Theory…
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After the development of Nuclear Fission reactors that now lay scattered amongst the nuclear nations across the globe, the next logical step in the process was hoped to rest with Nuclear Fusion. Unlike fission which produces energy by splitting heavy…
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Stephen Hawking once said “If black holes can be manipulated or manufactured in the lab to act as a time machine, then surely someone, somewhere in the universe must have developed the capability by now? Or at least, one day,…
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Ultraviolet Radiation and You! Ultraviolet radiation is everywhere, from the pools we swim in; to the sun that bathes us in it. After Violet light we get into the Ultraviolet, or greater than Violet, light spectrums. From the tan you…
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CERN (European Organization for Nuclear Research) is the world’s largest particle physics laboratory. It is situated in the northwest suburbs of Geneva on the Franco–Swiss border. It was established in 1954. The organization comprises of 20 European member states and…
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