Weblog on Physics

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wave_power#Wave_energy_and_wave_energy_flux "The Pelamis machine consists of a series of semi-submerged ...

"Wave energy is produced when electricity generators are placed on the surface of the ocean. The energy provided is most often used in ...

‘Underwater noise is a global environmental issue that has to be addressed if we are to take advantage of the huge potential of ocean energy...

Giant Waterworld Confirmed Around Naked Eye Star - Technology Review "55 Cancri A is a Sun-like star some 40 light years away. It has ...

La transizione da liquido isotropo a smettico Amelia Carolina Sparavigna Dipartimento di Fisica Politecnico di Torino Breve discussione de...

An interesting transition is the texture transition inside the nematic phase . We observe in some liquid crystalline compounds a transitio...

"Architecture is a science arising out of many other sciences, and adorned with much and varied learning; by the help of which a judgme...

A Lecture on Solid Angle, by Ben Kravitz http://www.stanford.edu/~bkravitz/research/solidangle.pdf "In order to talk about solid angl...

From the post Teaching: Theory or practice? by Marcus Wilson Aug 07 "What’s clear is that many teachers take the view that theory i...

Let me report a part of the discussion on the speed of neutrinos by Wikipedia "In September 2011 the OPERA collaboration released cal...