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Aspirin in form of small crystallites provides new insight into delicate motions of electrons and atomic nuclei. Set into molecular vibration by strong ultrashort far-infrared (terahertz) pulses, the ...

Physicist John Cerne can discuss the applications of physics in everyday life. He can answer media questions about the physics behind a wide variety of everyday phenomena, such as static electricity, ...

CHICAGO — You might think scientists would have figured out by now the answers to such basic questions as why water droplets splash, why sand castles collapse and what makes shaving cream so creamy.