Acoustics
Stunning NASA pictures reveal how supersonic jets create shockwaves [Sky News, 03/07/19]
Janet Jackson had the power to crash laptop computers [Raymond Chen - Microsoft Blog "The Old New Thing", 16/08/22].
Electricity
Room-temperature Superconductivity: this highlight introduces a recent outbreak in superconductivity. A link to the original research article is provided. Here you can find a dissemination article in "Scientific American" (courtesy of A. Ceccarelli, 5CSA 20/21).
Electric Fields Elicit Ballooning in Spiders: some spiders can detect electric fields at levels found under natural atmospheric conditions, and exploit them in a means of transportation called "ballooning", whereby the silk they produce is used as a means of propulsion, much like what happens in paragliding. E.L. Morley and D. Robert, Current Biology, 28, 2324 (2018).
Kinetic Theory of Gases
How does a light-mill work? [https://math.ucr.edu/home/baez/physics/General/LightMill/light-mill.html, P. Gibbs, July 1996] This article is part of a collection of online FAQs about physics that was created in 1992, at the dawn of the internet era. It sheds light on some misconceptions about the Crooks radiometer. Quite interestingly, it also reveals that W.H. Maxwell, although a giant of physics, was not entirely immune to unfairness towards his colleagues.
Magnetic induction
The world's first wireless electric road charging an e-bus and an e-truck [Smart Road Gotland]
Metrology
Scientists are about to change what a kilogram is. That’s massive. [S. Kaplan, "Speaking of Science", The Washington Post, 07/05/17]
Optics
Stunning NASA pictures reveal how supersonic jets create shockwaves [Sky News, 03/07/19]
This London skyscraper can melt cars and set buildings on fire [M. Lallanilla, NBC News, 09/03/13]
ll Pirellone-bis "riscalda" anche i vicini [D. Carlucci, La Repubblica - Milano, 09/09/09]
Ecco perché i colori più intensi del mondo naturale sono blu e verde [?, La Repubblica - Milano, 16/09/20] Articolo che riprende i risultati di una pubblicazione scientifica sui Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences che si occupa dei colori strutturali, ossia quei colori che non risultano dal meccanismo di assorbimento e riflessione caratteristico dei normali pigmenti.
The Italian Town that Built its Own Sun - Vice, June 18 2021
Science Dissemination
Se i professori si citano da soli: cosa c’è dietro al «miracolo» della ricerca. [G.A. Stella, Corriere della Sera, 09/11/19].
How does a light-mill work? [http://physicsfaq.co.uk, P. Gibbs, July 1996] This article is part of a collection of online FAQs about physics that was created in 1992, at the dawn of the internet era. It sheds light on some misconceptions about the Crooks radiometer. Quite interestingly, it also reveals that W.H. Maxwell, although a giant of physics, was not entirely immune to unfairness towards his colleagues.
Space Colonization and Exploration
Water found on most habitable known world beyond solar system [I. Sample, The Guardian, 09/11/19]. Link to original research article by Tiaras et al. "Water vapour in the atmosphere of the habitable-zone eight-Earth-mass planet K2-18 b", Nature Astronomy Letters,
Culturomics
Culturomics and the new Google tool for tracking cultural trends [Alok Jha and James Kingsland, The Guardian, 17/12/10]. Il link nell'articolo è obsoleto. Il nuovo link è questo: Google Books n-gram viewer.