Manu Prakash was visiting a health clinic in Uganda when he noticed a centrifuge–an expensive piece of lab equipment–propping the door open. “They were using it as a doorstop, because of course it had ...
The first ever camera footage from inside a centrifuge has revealed a new mystery in the physics of fluids. A centrifuge is a standard piece of laboratory equipment that spins fluid samples at high ...
In a spin: the optical centrifuge. (Courtesy: A Milner, A Korobenko and V Milner / <i>Phys. Rev. Lett.</i>) A dense molecular gas has been rapidly magnetized using light. Done by ...
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I survived 6.5g: The thrill of the centrifuge ⚡
At the Royal Air Force training centrifuge in Farnborough, pilots learn to avoid G-LOC (g-induced loss of consciousness). This video discusses g-force, jerk, and how to maintain circulation to the ...
Physicists in Germany have developed a technique for producing the first ever near-continuous beams of molecules slowed and cooled to a temperature of just one degree above absolute zero. The method, ...
A couple of commenters expressed concern over the use of centrifugal force after my rant on the use of the word force. So, what is the deal with these two terms? Are they ok to use? Are they real ...
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