Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about physics, science, academia, and pop culture. One of the more farcical elements of a typical NFL game is when the ...

A chain of beads can defy gravity, acting like water spouting from a fountain, and now physicists reveal the secret behind this odd phenomenon. The findings could have surprising implications for ...

NEW YORK – Usually, physics research starts with a known problem. There are surprises, of course, but they don’t often come from Internet videos, as happened with the case of the mysterious chain ...

Stored energy: Rendition of a system that combines polymeric nitrogen (blue chain) and carbon nanotube (clear spheres). (Courtesy: Heba Megahd) From TNT to nitro-glycerine, nitrogen-rich compounds are ...

Peak quasiparticle: have Majoranas been seen in a solid? The strongest evidence yet that Majorana quasiparticles (MQPs) can be found lurking in some solids has been unveiled by physicists in the US.

The rationality of scientific concept formation in theory transitions, challenged by the thesis of semantic incommensurability, can be restored by the "Chains of Meaning" approach to concept formation ...