Drexel News Blog Half a mile beneath the desert of Carlsbad, New Mexico, a once-dense tube of super-chilled liquid xenon has been drained, its contents warmed and waiting in temporary storage bottles. Although xenon rarely does much anyway (it’s one of the famed “noble gases” … Continue reading The Silence of the Xenon

Drexel News Blog Last week, a team of physics and engineering researchers at Drexel had a new study published about the physical mechanisms underlying sickle cell disease. The study aimed to answer a question about why sickle cells don’t get stuck in the narrowest blood … Continue reading Of Poison, Lasers, and a Little Bit of Pressure (A Science Story Outtake)