The universe doesn't just blow—sometimes it sucks. The Romantic poet John Keats once defined a state of mind wherein a person "is capable of being in uncertainties, mysteries, doubts, without any ...

Describe the kinetic theory and use it to describe the behavior of gases. Kinetic Theory, Atmospheric Pressure and Gas Pressure: Describe the kinetic theory and use it to describe the behavior of ...

The inside of giant planets can reach pressures more than one million times the Earth's atmosphere. As a result of that intense pressure, materials can adopt unexpected structures and properties.

A solid-state transformation in oxygen that physicists had long thought might occur has finally been observed. Oxygen is a highly magnetic molecular solid at low temperatures, but physicists had for ...

Researchers at the University of Edinburgh have discovered new high-pressure structures in the elements tellurium and selenium. This information could allow scientists to understand more about the ...

Some of the other blog sites have talked about physics vs. chemistry. It seems this started with The experimental Error blog. Tom at Swans on Tea added a very ...