Smart on the Surface, Dumb Underneath
U.S. Grid Struggles to Cope with Changing Times, Electricity Generation With the constant unveiling of new “smart” devices such as adaptive thermostats, refrigerators decked out with cameras that can be...
Cancer here? Cancer there? Cancer everywhere!
In 1917, the “Radium Girls” were plastered over the covers of newspapers all across the United States. They were factory workers painting watch dials with glow-in-the-dark paint; to get fine paintbrush...
Topological Phase Transitions
Where Two Dimensions Don’t Fall Flat The intuitive classification of matter as solid, liquid, or gas, and the transition between these states, is a simple comfort of classical physics. At temperatures far...
Reusable Rockets
The rise of the reusable rocket is ushering in a new era of spaceflight. In the past, rockets were typically single-use and discarded after carrying their payload into space. Rockets consisted of multiple...