Scientists have created the fastest spinning man-made object in the world: an incredibly small "dumbbell" that can complete more than 60 billion rotations per second, which is around 100,000 times ...

The fastest-spinning manmade object has been created in a lab at Purdue University. This microscopic rotor is made up of two silica nanoparticles stuck together to form a "dumbbell," and by hitting it ...

Scientists have set a new record for the world's fastest spinning object by creating a tiny device which spins at a staggering 300 billion revolutions per minute. To put that into perspective, the ...

The first part of your question — how stellar objects reach millisecond spin periods — involves two concepts. First, the object needs to be small, since no material can move faster than the speed of ...

Physicists studied crystals made of rotating objects that fragment easily, show unusual defects, and follow a new theory predicting their unique behavior. (Nanowerk News) Physicists from Aachen, ...

To detect the quantum friction of empty space, scientists are going for a spin. A twirling nanoparticle, suspended in a laser beam inside of a vacuum, can measure tiny twisting forces, making it the ...

A team headed up at Western University in Canada has found three brown dwarfs that are spinning faster than ever seen before – completing a full rotation once per hour. The brown dwarfs were ...

These newly discovered spinning crystals twist, break, and heal themselves, revealing a strange new side of solid matter.