Watching a ski jumper fly through the air might get you wondering, “How do they do that?” The answer is – physics!That’s why ...

The Conversation reports on winter jackets, blending old physics and modern materials to efficiently trap heat, ensuring ...

Olympic ice is engineered to balance grip and glide. Here’s how physics, chemistry, and meticulous ice making shape the ...

Claudio Chamon will join the Purdue University College of Science beginning fall 2025. Photo by Frank Curran. Quantum science is the next frontier in scientific achievement and Purdue University is ...

Right now, molecules in the air are moving around you in chaotic and unpredictable ways. To make sense of such systems, physicists use a law known as the Boltzmann distribution, which, rather than ...

A course offered at the University of Wisconsin has long been connecting seemingly unrelated fields — the sciences and arts — into an interdisciplinary education. Physics 109 — Physics in the Arts — ...

Hopefully the reader can be more surprised by jokes that come out of the sober world of laboratories, charts, formulas, ...

An obscure theory of elementary particles proved to be key to China’s re-emergence as a scientific nation after the Cultural Revolution had stalled its development. Robert P Crease finds out more from ...

Physics plays a basic role in science, engineering, and technology. It deals with the physical world all around us at the most fundamental level, seeking to understand the energy transformations of ...

A round of applause, please: Scientists have finally figured out what’s behind the sound of clapping. The research pinpoints a mechanism called a Helmholtz resonator — the same acoustic concept that ...

Science journalism is reporting on the symptoms of a disease whose origins lie in an economic model that’s at odds with the ...