Shini talks to us about optical instruments and how they make magnification possible. How do lenses work? How do they form images? Well, in order to understand how optics work, we have to understand ...

Fundamental questions that particle physicists have pondered for decades might be answered when a $9.2 million neutron physics beam line is built at the Department of Energy’s Spallation Neutron ...

This Physics World Focus looks at technologies that make physics research and advanced manufacturing possible. Alongside a report on futuristic vacuum-based transport systems, there are articles about ...

Jon Chang is a science reporter based in New York City. He also has an unhealthy obsession with math, even if he’s not very good at it. This website uses cookies to improve your experience while you ...

Last week I promised readers a genuine mystery – and here it is. Do you know what this piece of apparatus was used for? It currently resides in the McPherson Collection of physics instruments at ...

In Drexel University’s physics department, faculty and students work side-by-side to explore the span of universal phenomena – from biophysics to astrophysics and cosmology, all the way down to the ...