In 1980, Stephen Hawking gave his first lecture as Lucasian Professor at the University of Cambridge. The lecture was called "Is the end in sight for theoretical physics?" Forty-five years later, ...
The American Institute of Physics has awarded its 2002 Andrew Gemant Award for communicating physics to Michael Riordan, adjunct professor of physics at the University of California, Santa Cruz.
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Caltech president and pioneering physicist Thomas Rosenbaum, an expert in the promising field of quantum physics, will join Purdue University President Mung Chiang in April for ...
Students typically do not delve deeply into the science of mechanics until early college introductory physics and engineering courses. Teaching mechanics in these classes is no small task. To build ...
Eugenia Etkina and Gorazd Planinšič describe how research into how people learn – plus the desire to help all students develop scientific “habits of mind” – is reshaping the way they teach physics An ...
The Duane Physics building at the University of Colorado Boulder has long been a hub for groundbreaking science education, but until recently, its infrastructure posed significant challenges for ...
Dr. Carlos Calle, an Electrostatics and Surface Physics Laboratory lead scientist at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center, is enjoying the growing success of his book, “Superstrings and Other Things, A Guide ...
Volker D. Burkert, a scientist at the Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility in Newport News, aka the Jefferson Lab, has been chosen to receive the 2025 Tom W. Bonner Prize in Nuclear Physics, ...
If you've ever watched part of a professional football game, you've probably seen a tight spiral pass. Those perfect throws where the football... After 20 years, this scientist uncovered the physics ...