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 ...

For more than a century, thermodynamics has described how heat flows and engines run, while quantum mechanics has ruled the strange behavior of atoms and photons. Physicists have long suspected that ...

"He's the archetypal British physics boffin. Don't ever let him near a customer - he couldn't sell a bone to a dog." That's how the marketing manager of a successful high-tech company recently ...

In a University of Virginia physics course designed for non-science majors, professor Chris Neu has developed an innovative way to assess his students. In Neu’s iteration of a popular, long-running ...

Could noise in a quantum system be used to do work? Philip Ball looks at new research that’s attempting to make a feature of a fault, which may also link quantum mechanics to thermodynamics on a ...

Explore the laws of matter and energy while mastering physics concepts that explain the universe, power innovation, and matter and energy. Participate in paid cooperative education and hands-on ...

I wanted to let you know how physics has helped me throughout my career. I’ve written below what is basically an historical account of what I’ve done since graduating and the items that I needed to ...

WHEN we were 16 years old, my friend Karen and I were interviewed for an educational video. With our hair thick with styling mousse, pale blue eyeliner and misplaced teen swagger, we explained why we ...

The laws of motion, part I. Skating ; Falling balls ; Ramps -- The laws of motion, part II. Seesaws ; Wheels ; Bumper cars -- Mechanical objects. Spring scales ...