Wow! With everyone using or familiar with microwave ovens, I didn't realize this was such a difficult question! ... There are essentially 2 major reasons for...
1. If you have a metallic object, the oscillating microwave field will cause the conduction electrons to move very fast on the metal's surface. This can cause...
OK, since cooking isn't that popular, let's try something from the world of sports! When Steffi Graf was still playing in the professional tennis circuit, one...
... will ... become ... surface, ... Such ... time... ... Surface physics is HUGE part of condensed matter/material science. There are several journals devoted...
The APS Forum on Education Summer Newsletter is now available online. Check it out at http://www.aps.org/units/fed/newsletters/summer2005/index.html Pay...
A repost from today Argonne's daily update which I thought might interest some people here... C-SPAN radio will present a program on the Manhattan Project...
This sounds very interesting. I went to the C-Span website and tried to do a search but could not find the details for this broadcast . Do you have an url you...
... find the ... us Zz ? ... Nope. That's all the info that I have. I'm assuming it will be part of their 10 am (Eastern) broadcast of the American Political...
Humm.... Tennis isn't that popular either. ... high ... that ... effective ... (i) ... tossed ... and ... The reason why tossing the ball too high isn't a good...
This week's vexer explores a very popular myth that keeps coming back. I'm sure you have heard of this. You are in an elevator when the cable snaps. You and...
OK, this site is fun enough and silly enough to warrant a small advertisement in here. "For a lighthearted exploration of the connection between physics and ...
[Vexer answer and new vexer will be delayed for a week] OK, I can't help but quote the news report from Science today: "Gee whiz! Scientists have developed the...
Don't you just hate it when work gets in the way of your online activities? :) ... right ... This myth is not correct, at least from my point of view. Here's...
OK, this is another one that I am a bit apprehensive in asking, because there could be a number of ways of answering this. Not only that, it will eventually be...
This was reported a while back from several different sites, but in case anyone missed it, here's another link: http://focus.aps.org/story/v16/st7 The sad...
School is starting, so it's about time all of you jumpstart your brain! :) ... coming ... The problem here is that it is difficult to show that helium is...
OK, I think this one is TOUGH! So you will have TWO WEEKS to think about this (it is also because I am going on a vacation for a week starting this coming...
Want to do a physics demo or experiment using stuff that are easily available and won't cost an arm and a leg? Try this: http://arxiv.org/abs/physics/0508210 ...
Just got back from a wonderful vacation at Disney World, and now I need a vacation from my vacation! Anyway, please give me a few days to get up to speed with...
Disney World...WOW I know that one is celebrating its opening in Hongkong, I want to have a visit to there very much... ... [Non-text portions of this message...
Hey all, Does anyone know how to place a url in the bibliography using latex? I have the following in my .bib file: @article{ vanesch, Author = "Van Esch,...
... have a ... Yes. Hong Kong Disneyland opens today, Sept. 12, 2005. It's a joyous occasion! If you ever go there, can I get you to buy a few HK Disneyland...
I really hope I can hope.... but maybe you need some time to wait until I got enough money... ... [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
Here's something to keep everyone busy for a while. A new paper that will appear in Phys. Rev. Lett. reports that the degree of entanglement depends on one's...
Interesting experiments besed on Bloch oscillations, and fermions (sometimes BECs, sometimes also bosons). http://www.lens.unifi.it/articles/art564.pdf ...
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