Physical Science

Technological breakthroughs in communications, energy, bio-medicine and physics continues at a dizzying pace. And for those that worry (including some in the federal government) that the U.S. may lose its technological leadership in the future, the youngest generation is proving…
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On March 14th, 2013, researchers operating the Large Hadron Collider tentatively confirmed the existence of the Higgs Boson Particle. The search for the supposed “God Particle” began in 1964, when three papers written by separate teams of scientists theorized about…
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On March 14, 2013 scientists working on the ATLAS and CMS particle physics experiments at CERN (Conseil Europeen pour la Recherche Nucleaire, or the European Council for Nuclear Research) announced at the Moriond Conference in La Thuile, Italy, that they…
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On May 31, 2012, the Dragon capsule designed by SpaceX was the first private launch vehicle to reach the International Space Station. The Dragon was built by Elon Musk’s Space Exploration Technologies Corporation. Some of the plans for space exploration…
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It’s a bad day when 150 years of what everyone accepted as known must be tossed into the dust bin. That day may have arrived for cosmologists and their construct of the nature of the universe. At least Edmund Schluessel…
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Bromine (atomic symbol Br) is a liquid, nonmetal halogen. Halogens are all “salt-formers.” Bromine is atomic number 35, period 4 and group 17 on the periodic table. As a liquid, Bromine is reddish-brown, heavy and very dangerous. When in vapor form…
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Fluorine (atomic symbol F) is a pale yellow, corrosive, and flammable halogen gas. It is atomic number 9, located in period 2 and group 17 of the periodic table. The halogens are salt-forming non-metals, and fluorine is the lightest of…
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Flight is defined as the motion of an object in or through a medium, usually through the earth’s atmosphere or space. Flight is as a result of the four basic forces; lift, weight, thrust and drag. When one flies straight…
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Flight is the result of an elegant balance of thrust, parasitic drag, weight and lift.  Any changes in this balance will result in climb or descent.  A discussion of these key ingredients is appropriate in understanding this ability to fly…
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The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has recently been racking up one space victory after another…like a master pool player having the run of the table. As if on cue, NASA has done it again, making a another stellar…
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