Victor Loux Bookmarks Tag: physics

21 bookmarks tagged “physics

Next-level frosted glass with backdrop-filter • Josh W. Comeau

joshwcomeau.com/css/backdrop-filter/
Glassy headers have become a core part of the “slick startup” UI toolkit, but they’re all missing that final 10% that really makes it shine. In this tutorial, you’ll learn how to create the most realistic lush frosted glass anywhere on the internet.

The World According to Physics by Jim Al-Khalili

app.thestorygraph.com/books/a2eb32ae-e64b-47e8-ad19-864897254b73
Quantum physicist, New York Times bestselling author, and BBC host Jim Al-Khalili offers a fascin...

The unusual manner in which cicadas pee — and why the information is useful

npr.org/2024/03/19/1239528212/the-unusual-manner-in-which-cicadas-pee-and-why-the-information-is-useful
Little insects pee in droplets. But it turns out that cicadas pee in jets — and why and how they do it could help scientists better understand microfluidics and advance all kinds of technologies.

What time is it on the Moon?

nature.com/articles/d41586-023-00185-z
Satellite navigation systems for lunar settlements will require local atomic clocks. Scientists are working out what time they will keep.

507 Mechanical Movements

507movements.com/
Five Hundred and Seven Mechanical Movements, now Animated for the Internet.

So You Want to Learn Physics... — Susan J. Fowler

susanjfowler.com/blog/2016/8/13/so-you-want-to-learn-physics
Over the past few years, ever since writing "If Susan Can Learn Physics, So Can You", I've been contacted by people from all backgrounds who are inspired and want to learn physics, but don't know where to start, what to learn, what to read, and how to structure their studies...this post is a condensed version of what I've sent to people who have contacted me over the years, outlining what everyone needs to learn in order to really understand physics. 

coaltrace: simulating genealogies using charged particles

bedford.io/projects/coaltrace/
This is a simulation of the basic demographic / genealogical process. Individuals are born and individuals die. This causes lineages to branch and to disappear, and causes the population to share a common ancestor at some time in the past. The coalescent provides a mathematical description of these patterns of ancestry.