Rockford Register Star: Thanks to the application of some elementary physics, Mark Overmyer of Oregon, Illinois, enabled his daughter Laura (shown here) to triumph in the speed event of last week’s 73rd All-American Soap Box Derby in Akron, Ohio. For the past three years, Overmyer has been perfecting two soapbox innovations: a polyurethane and rubber compound for the wheels and prism glasses, which eliminate the need for the driver to poke her head up in a drag-inducing way to see where she’s going.
An ultracold atomic gas can sync into a single quantum state. Researchers uncovered a speed limit for the process that has implications for quantum computing and the evolution of the early universe.
January 09, 2026 02:51 PM
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