How well we pay attention while learning is influenced not only by external distractions like background noise but also by internal factors such as how interesting we find the material, according to a ...

The interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS has shifted from a routine curiosity to a physics puzzle, as NASA and other teams report that ...

All of the sports at the Winter Olympics in Milano Cortino involve some physics in action. For figure skating, ski jumping ...

A new study reveals how intertwined forms of frustration in quantum materials can give rise to unconventional magnetic states.

Phung Phuong Uyen, a Physics student at the Faculty of Basic Sciences, Phenikaa University, has impressed many by not only ...

T o make good decisions on any question the public needs to be well-informed, something not so easily accomplished in America’s schools. That is a key point made by Michael Kent, a recently retired ...

Dr. Stefan Schoppmann, a particle physicist at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (JGU), has received the ICFA Early Career ...

John Martinis has already revolutionised quantum computing twice. Now, he is working on another radical rethink of the technology that could deliver machines with unrivalled capabilities ...

This puzzle is known as the problem of time, and it remains one of the most persistent obstacles to a unified theory of ...

From black holes to cancer, Megha Padi tackles some of the most vexing problems in the universe with enthusiasm and robust mathematical tools to back her up. Padi, an assistant professor of molecular ...

The hydrogen molecule H 2 is the simplest stable molecule, with two protons and two electrons bound together. Scientists have studied it for more than a century because it’s small enough that theory ...

Students with an interest in sports looking to add a science course to their schedule may consider an updated four credit-hour version of a course offered through the physics department: Physics 1111: ...