DEAR TIM: Can you tell me a few things about the wood beam I uncovered while doing a plumbing repair? How is it possible for this beam to carry the load of everything above it? I'm worried it might ...

New research published in the acclaimed journal Nature Physics reports that researchers from Utrecht University in the Netherlands and TU Wien in Vienna, Austria, have shown it is possible to optimize ...

Accurate and fast calculation of heat flow (heat transport) due to fluctuations and turbulence in plasmas is an important issue in elucidatingthe physical mechanisms and in predicting and controlling ...