The Magnus effect is a interesting and useful phenomena. [James Whomsley] from [Project Air] decided to put it to work on a small radio-controlled boat, successfully harnessing the effect. (Video, ...

Table tennis professionals are true masters at redirecting fast-moving projectiles. Putting a targeted spin on a serve can ...

A trapped ion revealed that tightly focused light behaves in unexpected ways, exposing a subtle hidden quantum effect.

Science can just be so cool. If you want further evidence of this, you should watch an incredible new video of a basketball being dropped from the top of a 126-foot dam in Australia that shows the ...

Flying RC aircraft seems like a wonderful hobby, especially when there are so many weird and wonderful contraptions. Real or remote-control, cars are simpler. They might run on gas or electricity, but ...

Whether you are familiar with the term "Magnus effect" or not, you have certainly seen it in action. It is when a spinning ball—for instance in football, cricket or baseball—bends away from its ...

This wing, though, is not a traditional foil shape typically found on aircraft. It uses the Magnus effect to generate lift. Briefly, the Magnus effect is when lift is generated from a spinning object ...