What is the most beautiful experiment in physics? Robert P Crease invites your suggestions Small wonder: this STM image of an oval-shaped array of iron atoms on a copper surface is a real experimental ...

This experiment demonstrates how water at different temperatures has different densities, creating beautiful layering effects. You'll see how warm and cold water interact and learn about density ...

MILWAUKEE -- STEM is all the rage in education these days -- and there's no better way to get your kids into it than to have them do it! Professor Maria and Dr. Molly Cule with Mad Science joins Real ...

The acoustic properties of an ultracold fermion gas have been measured either side of the superfluid transition temperature in an experiment that has been described as “near perfect” and “beautiful”.

A new book covering the history of scientific inquiry invites us to marvel at the elegance of experimentation. Some philosophers have argued that “beauty” in science stands as a proxy for truth. Many ...

Last week over in Twitter-land, Philip Ball asked an interesting question: I’ve written a fair bit about historical science, and read more than I’ve written, so this question stuck with me, and seems ...