Refrigeration: the process of decreasing the temperature of some thing (my definition). Air conditioning (AC) can be a form of refrigeration. There are several ways to reduce the temperature of things ...

In the MythBusters Bullet Baloney episode, a variety of bullet myths were tested. Each myth has some interesting physics but there is some hidden physics in this episode also. Let's take a look at ...

Window air conditioners are lifesavers, cooling your room on hot days. How do they achieve this? Appliance Science looks at the cool physics of window air conditioners. Essentially born with a camera ...

The Magnus Effect is something most people have never heard of until now that a YouTube clip explaining what it does showed how incredibly cool physics can be. These kids went to a 415-foot-high dam ...

Experiments that probe the exotic behaviour of matter at ultralow temperatures depend on the latest cryogenics technology. This special collection explores the tools and techniques used at cryogenic ...

University of Iowa physics teams performed all kinds of cool demonstrations for kids Friday evening at Van Allen Hall. The goal is to introduce science to kids in an entertaining way. Kids can see a ...

NVIDIA today announced a number of software tools and updates to go along with the company’s newest GPU, the long-awaited GeForce GTX 1080 and the budget GTX 1070. Among them was a VR sandbox that ...

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