Abstract: Deposition of the manganese dioxide (MnO2) Thin Film (TF) was carried out by Electron beam (E-beam) evaporation technique. Structural, optical, and electrical characteristics reveal that ...

Thought experiments — asking students to imagine outcomes — can be just as powerful for learning science as hands-on activities, according to new research from Associate Professor Elizabeth Bonawitz ...

Children are natural scientists—they ask big questions, notice tiny details, and learn best through hands-on exploration. That’s why nature experiments are a classroom staple for me. From growing ...

‌The ganzfeld effect happens when you undergo sensory deprivation for some time and your brain tries to make sense of what is happening. Everyday life is full of sights and sounds. So, without sensory ...

In August 1971, at the tail end of summer break, the Stanford psychology professor Philip Zimbardo recruited two dozen male college students for what was advertised as “a psychological study of prison ...

In 1971, Stanford University psychologist Philip Zimbardo conducted a notorious experiment in which he randomly divided college students into two groups, guards and prisoners, and set them loose in a ...

Physics experiments have changed the world irrevocably, altering our reality and enabling us to take gigantic leaps in technology. From ancient times to now, here's a look at some of the greatest ...

Could we be trapped inside a simulated reality, rather than the physical universe we usually assume? It’s a tantalizing theory, long theorized by philosophers and popularized by the 1999 blockbuster ...

The neutrino “fog” is beginning to materialize. Lightweight subatomic particles called neutrinos have begun elbowing their way into the data of experiments not designed to spot them. Two experiments, ...

The closest thing to utopia the world has ever seen might have existed in a Maryland barn for a couple of years during the late 1960s: a complex built for rodents as part of a science experiment. The ...

Some observers argue the end of SCoPEx should mark the end of such proposals. Others say any future experiments should proceed in markedly different ways. In late March of 2017, at a small summit in ...

Artificial intelligence is rapidly changing jobs and industries, causing no small amount of consternation as it does. But on the bright side, it has the potential to greatly aid economists by ...