For the first time, an international team of scientists has experimentally simulated spontaneous symmetry breaking (SSB) at zero temperature using a superconducting quantum processor. This achievement ...

Artist's concept of an ion-exchange membrane. To study these membranes, researchers often simplify their structure by replacing it with a more measurable schematic. This idealized model uses small ...

drop it like it's hot The key to a successful egg drop experiment? Drop it on its side. Eggs are less likely to crack when dropped horizontally vs. vertically, contradicting conventional wisdom.

I never did egg drop experiments in school--or if I did, I've completely memory-holed it. But when I began reading this, I assumed the conventional wisdom would be that dropping it on its side was ...

This refers to the conventional wisdom that, if you drop an egg with the blunt end down, it should be less likely to break, because the shell has more stiffness in the vertical direction.

Scientists from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology studied the best way to drop a chicken egg to prevent it from cracking – vertically, or on the side. Now, we may finally have an answer.

The classic egg drop science experiment has gotten a big update, thanks to a new study. Scientists from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology studied the best way to drop a chicken egg to prevent ...

After nearly 200 experiments, the team determined that dropping an egg horizontally is more likely to keep it intact than a vertical drop—completely contrary to folk wisdom.

CHICO, Calif. - On Tuesday, fifth-grade students at Parkview Elementary School showcased their STEM skills in the annual Egg Drop event. The challenge tested their engineering abilities with the help ...