A physics demonstration shows how bouncing balls can appear to keep moving endlessly, explaining the energy transfer and motion behind the effect. Arrest after pensioner killed on Christmas Day ...

In this film, Nauman bounces his testicles with one hand. Shot in extreme close-up, the work is perhaps an ironic reference to an earlier film Bouncing Two Balls Between the Floor and Ceiling with ...

He works in mysterious ways.

Looking in the right place at the right time is particularly important in ball sports such as tennis, cricket or baseball, in which a player needs to determine the future trajectory of the ball and ...

Where next? Quantum metrology, fusion and medical physics are three hot topics to be featured on Physics World Live this year. (Courtesy: iStock/shutter_m) I used to set myself the challenge every ...

Queen’s gambit: New research find that the standard game of chess can give an advantage to white – regardless of where the back pieces are placed (courtesy: istock/gedzun) Chess is a seemingly simple ...

Abstract: Traditional vibration sensor of ship machinery using cable for power supply cannot meet the requirements of a large number of distributed sensors of the intelligent ship. A bouncing-ball ...