In the 1960s, the United States launched the Vela satellites to monitor nuclear weapons tests. On 2 July 1967, two of the...

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A team of Italian and Swedish researchers have found a way to develop fusillishaped radio beams, with a view to reducing radio...

Stories from Physics 11-14 14-16

Though the emission of X-rays from lightning had been predicted several decades ago, it is only in recent years that the high...

Stories from Physics 11-14 14-16

In the 1600s, estimates for the speed of sound in air ranged from 180 ms-1 to 450 QuantitySuper ms-1. Newton set out to...

Stories from Physics 11-14 14-16

Stories from Physics 11-14 14-16

In addition to the radio waves produced by human beings’ transmitters, low frequency radio waves from a number of natural...

Stories from Physics 11-14 14-16

Zebra mussels are an invasive species that have caused significant damage in the Great Lakes in the United States. Researchers...

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Perhaps the physicist most closely associated with electromagnetic waves is Heinrich Hertz, who first provided empirical...

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During the early days of radio technology, in 1903, Frederick Collins published a paper in which he set out to determine the...

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In 1958, the United States Government declared a 180 km by 190 km area as the National Radio Quiet Zone.

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Hedy Lamarr was an Austrian-American film actress in Hollywood in the 1930s and 1940s.

Stories from Physics 11-14 14-16

Stories from Physics 11-14 14-16