What is Physics? Physics is a discipline that appeals to problem solvers who are curious about the world. Physicists work to gain knowledge of the mysteries of the universe—visible matter makes up ...

Physics has a reputation as arguably the most mathematical of the sciences, but exactly what math you need to do physics varies enormously depending on what field you study, and whether you do ...

This persnickety number determines the strength of magnetic fields. It figures in everything from motors and generators to ...

Artificial intelligence software is designing novel experimental protocols that improve upon the work of human physicists, although the humans are still “doing a lot of baby-sitting.” ...

Around a century since the accidental birth of the field of quantum physics and we are still in the dark: quantum phenomena remain unpredictable and unconquerable. While it is an uphill battle ...

This is the first film in our new series Faces of Physics, a collection of films that reveal the working lives of people in physics and its related careers. By telling the personal stories of the ...

Detective work in theoretical physics Date: December 29, 2020 Source: University of Münster Summary: Physicists have published a review article on the so-called dynamical density functional ...

The Nobel Prize in physics has been awarded to three scientists for their work on understanding the climate and on disorder in complex systems.

Real Physics Has Some Mind-Bending Answers Science says the universe could be a hologram, a computer program, a black hole or a bubble—and there are ways to check Victoria Jaggard September 15, 2014 ...

Each October, physics is in the news with the awarding of the Nobel Prize. The work acknowledged through this most prestigious award often seems far removed from our everyday lives, with prizes ...

Women are still wildly under-represented in physics – but it doesn't have to be like that. Our special report looks at the steps we can take to improve things ...

The Nobel Prize in physics has been awarded to scientists Syukuro Manabe, Klaus Hasselmann and Giorgio Parisi, whose groundbreaking work over the past 60 years predicted climate change and decoded ...