Sound is a movement of rarefaction and pressure waves that can travel for prolonged distances. It’s produced by the particles’ vibration in a given medium; a medium can be defined as the material through…

The word ‘Spectrum’ typically refers to the electromagnetic spectrum which consists of all the electromagnetic radiation frequencies. Previously, the term was limited to light only, but afterwards, it was revised to incorporate other waves,…

James Chadwick was an English physicist, well known for his discovering neutrons in the year 1932. He acquired a Nobel Prize in the physics discipline in the year 1935 for this substantial discovery. Throughout…

A plasma ball, which can also be referred to as plasma globe/dome/sphere/orb/tube, is an ornamental glass ball filled with inert gasses in a half vacuum that has a high-powered electrode at its center. This…

Lenticular lens is a strategy that has evolved immeasurably with time, and it’s even being used today. Generally, it’s a collection of magnifying lenses, which are arranged in a way that one can see…

When temperatures are lowered steadily, below water’s freezing point, (0 ºC), nitrogen, which is the major element of air, becomes liquid. Lowering the temperature further, at about -269 ºC, helium, which is the most…

We have learnt during our Physics tuition class that a diode is simply a p-n junction semi-conductor, which permits only one direction of flow of current. A p-type semiconductor can be defined as a…

Plasma displays were very popular once before LED displays took over the market. Plasma displays are thin just like the LED ones and they can be tailor made into required sizes as big as the size…

In war, it is always important to stay a step ahead of enemy. Scientific advancement is one of the means that helps in achieving it. Science and war are in a way interdependent for the same…