I never imagined I'd find paradise tucked away in the North Georgia mountains until I discovered Hiawassee. This charming ...

In physics, we have a bunch of constants that are used in models to explain how the world works. These are fixed numbers that we plug into equations along with our variables. For example, the ...

KINGSTON, Jamaica — The police have now apprehended seven of the nine men who escaped from the Constant Spring lock-up yesterday, with the recapture of 25-year-old Donque Douglas. The Upper Oxford ...

It's fun to think about the fundamental physical constants. These are special values used in our models of the physical universe. They include things like the speed of light, the gravitational ...

Planck's constant reveals the quantum world's fundamental energy levels. It shows how light and matter exist in discrete units (quanta). This constant defines limits to our knowledge of particle ...

The Northern Hemisphere is welcoming Spring 2025 on March 20, also known as the vernal equinox. The jump into spring has come with celebrations and traditions of rebirth around the world for centuries ...

The first day of spring is Thursday. The spring equinox will occur at 5:01 a.m. EDT on Thursday. An equinox occurs when the Earth's equator aligns with the sun, resulting in a "nearly" equal amount of ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Journal Information PNAS is the world's most-cited multidisciplinary scientific serial. It publishes high-impact research reports, commentaries, ...

Solvej Balle’s “On the Calculation of Volume” rethinks the familiar story of the endlessly repeating day. By Hilary Leichter Hilary Leichter is the author of the novels “Temporary” and “Terrace Story.

Water solubility and Henry's law constant in cycloalkanes found in crude oil have been calculated and set in an easy-to-use table. In addition, we have developed a new correlation for solubility of ...

Mathematicians attended Roger Apéry’s lecture at a French National Center for Scientific Research conference in June 1978 with a great deal of skepticism. The presentation was entitled “On the ...

Have you ever wondered how engineers design springs for everything from mattresses to car suspensions? The answer lies in a fundamental principle of physics known as Hooke’s Law. This elegant yet ...