Quantum physics is usually associated with particle colliders and vacuum chambers, not with the proteins quietly shuttling ...

The Universe should not exist. At least, not according to simple physics. After the Big Bang, equal parts matter and ...

EVERY student returning to school this fall should have the opportunity to prepare for the rapidly growing job opportunities in science, technology, engineering and math — also known as STEM. But many ...

In Drexel University’s physics department, faculty and students work side-by-side to explore the span of universal phenomena – from biophysics to astrophysics and cosmology, all the way down to the ...

When a system undergoes a transformation, yet an underlying physical property remains unchanged, this property is referred to ...

You may never have heard of muons before, but these particles are crucial to our understanding of the universe. In a milestone study published Wednesday in the journal Nature, researchers announce ...

The wood, screws and rope contraption lobbing ping pong balls aloft at Barrington High School hardly looked like a science experiment on physics. But when students measure, graph and chart for ...

Taken from the January 2022 issue of Physics World where it first appeared under the headline "Bringing physics into hospital clinics". Suman Shrestha, who is doing a PhD in medical physics in the US, ...

Physics is the study of the underlying laws and mechanisms explaining how the universe works. Most of what we do in daily life is based on a principle or law of physics—dealing with forces, motion, ...

When Elon Musk was an undergraduate at the University of Pennsylvania, he pursued a dual degree in business and physics. "It was an unusual combination," he told Physics World in 2007, "and I enjoyed ...

Leaves have an intricate web of veins that transport nutrients and water and provide structural support. But what determines the pattern of venation? Physicists Marcelo Magnasco and Eleni Katifori ...