Physics To Go ArchivesPhysics to Go Past IssuesPhysics to Go is an online magazine dedicated to introducing physics topics in a fun and accessible way. We have published 1-2 issues every month since our first issue on May 16, 2006. We invite you to browse our past issues to find a topic that interests you!
Issue 121: Extrasolar planets
Issue 120: Wingtip whirl Issue 119: Self-organizing ferrofluid Issue 118: Special relativity Issue 117: Contrails & global warming Issue 116: Global Positioning System Issue 115: Fractals Issue 114: Free fall Issue 113: Chaos Issue 112: Radioactivity/fuel rods Issue 111: Flames Issue 110: Quasars Issue 109: Imaging Air Issue 108: Lasers visible & infrared Issue 107: Extinction evidence Issue 106: Renewable energy Issue 105: Fiber laser Issue 104: Networks Issue 103: Splash-supersonic air jet Issue 102: Ocean waves Issue 101: Soap film structures Issue 100: Wind & land Issue 99: Supersonic Issue 98: Life & death of stars Issue 97: Plasma globe & ball Issue 96: Iceland volcano Issue 95: Views of the moon Issue 94: Fusion Issue 93: Winter 2010 snow cover Issue 92: Radio astronomy Issue 91: Life in a rotating frame Issue 90: Haiti earthquake Issue 89: Floating frog/ferrofluid Issue 88: Laser 50th anniversary Issue 87: Galaxies near and far Issue 86: Cyber/robot insects Issue 85: Waves & music Issue 84: Nuclear reactor Issue 83: X-rays in art & science Issue 82: Bending light Issue 81: Granular materials Issue 80: Lightning
Issue 80: Lightning
Issue 79: Tiling/quasi-crystals Issue 78: Volcanoes--solar system Issue 77: Spinning systems Issue 76: Atmospheric scattering Issue 75: Crab nebula Issue 74: Clouds/global warming Issue 73: Space tethers/nanotubes Issue 72: Crash test/ion drive Issue 71: Italy earthquake Issue 70: Soap films & bubbles Issue 69: Observing the sun Issue 68: Martial arts/action-reaction Issue 67: Dust in the sky & galaxy Issue 66: Colors of stress Issue 65: Mirrored room Issue 64: Crystals Issue 63: Earth from space Issue 62: Particle physics/LHC Issue 61: Fluorescence Issue 60: Orbits/Saturn's rings Issue 59: Polarization/colors Issue 58: Reflectors/Lunar ranging Issue 57: Heat radiation Issue 56: Rotation/dark matter Issue 55: New volcano, new island Issue 54: String & electron waves Issue 53: World's smallest guitar Issue 52: Gravitational waves Issue 51: Life on Mars/Mars Lander Issue 50: Sichuan earthquake Issue 49: Push-pull/engineered art Issue 48: Lunar dust Issue 47: Molecular jiggling Issue 46: Infrared light Issue 45: Dr. Megavolt Issue 44: Satellite debris Issue 43: Tornado inside & out Issue 42: Icicles/snowflakes Issue 41: Visible light spectra Issue 40: Our galaxy's black hole Issue 39: Earth & moon/dust glow
Issue 39: Earth & moon/dust glow
Issue 38: Earth--a rotating frame Issue 37: Balloon/aneurysm Issue 36: California wildfires Issue 35: Blue sky from space/planets Issue 34: Death ray/solar power Issue 33: Spinning fluid Issue 32: Rocket/Hero's engine Issue 31: Oil tanker/cell Issue 30: Water ski/spiral tracks Issue 29: Short/long focal length Issue 28: Sand dunes Issue 27: Filament burn/supernova Issue 26: Diffraction Issue 25: Resonance Issue 24: Earthquakes Issue 23: Biplane/sparks Issue 22: Big shadow/color shift Issue 21: Cutaway lens/antimatter Issue 20: Aurora/superconductor Issue 19: String wave/ex-nucleus Issue 18: Diffraction/white dwarf Issue 17: Trapped BB/see the knife Issue 16: Wheelie/solar spectrum Issue 15: See the heat/neutrinos Issue 14: Water drop lens/first x-ray Issue 13: Earth phase/see atoms Issue 12: Microwaved CD/aerogel Issue 11: Burning peanut/Mars Issue 10: Vomit Comet/chaos Issue 9: Pinhole image/contrails Issue 8: Flame wave/Pluto Issue 7: Welding/eddy trail Issue 6: Sun time/anti-particle Issue 5: Cable bridge/nanotech Issue 4: Plumes/electron track Issue 3: Kung fu/shockwave Issue 2: Magnet art/space flame Issue 1: Grains/Saturn's rings Recent Physics in Your World FeaturesSee the entire Physics in your World archiveRecent From Physics Research FeaturesSee the entire From Physics Research archiveRecent Physics at Home FeaturesNebraska Astronomy Applet Project: Extrasolar Planets Lab - Feb 1, 2012 Visit Nebraska Astronomy Applet Project: Extrasolar Planets Lab to try to simulations of how extrasolar planets are detected indirectly--that is, without making an image of the planet. Bottled tornado - Jan 1, 2012 Make your own vortex at home--see Bottled tornado for how to do it. And be sure you have an adult with you. A Magnet That Drips: Making Ferrofluids - Dec 1, 2011 Ferrofluids like the ones pictured above are not difficult to make--you can prepare your own by following the instructions at A Magnet That Drips: Making Ferrofluids. Since the ferrofluid will be messy, make sure your work area is easy to clean. Also, be sure you have an adult working with you. Recent Worth A Look FeaturesSpace Topics: Extrasolar Planets--Searching Methods - Feb 1, 2012 There are five ways to detect an extrasolar planet: How Airplanes Fly: A Physical Description of Lift - Jan 1, 2012 Visit the Florida International University site How Airplanes Fly: A Physical Description of Lift to understand how the wing of an airplane produces lift. You'll see that the frequently-given explanation based on the Bernoulli principle is not correct. Morpho Towers, Two Standing Spirals - Dec 1, 2011 This YouTube video, "Morpho Towers, Two Standing Spirals," by Sachiko Kodama, shows a ferrofluid work of art. You can see the video at Morpho Towers, Two Standing Spirals, and learn more about it by visiting this webpage. |
