The icy ballet of stone upon ice makes curling one of the most intriguing sports of the Winter Olympics. But scientists still ...

Acceleration and thermal energy are physics concepts that can be applied to stock car racing. Jon Feingersh/The Image Bank via Getty Images America has a physics problem. Research shows that access to ...

Physicists and educators have developed a curriculum for college-level students that shows promise in helping students in introductory physics classes further practice and develop their calculus ...

Some principles of physics – including the first two laws of thermodynamics – seem to invite rebellion. Robert P Crease wonders why Notorious examples of the latter include the first two laws of ...

The real-world applications of physics – an area of science that focuses on the interplay between matter and energy – are so numerous that it is difficult to imagine a technology that doesn't involve ...

I came to physics very late by UK standards: I had already started my freshman year of college. For scheduling reasons, I therefore had to take introductory mechanics with engineers rather than ...

Aashish Clerk, Professor of Molecular Engineering, Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering, University of Chicago will give a talk on “One-way quantum interactions for fun and profit.” Abstract: The ...