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What is quantum physics? Put simply, it’s the physics that explains how everything works: the best description we have of the nature of the particles that make up matter and the forces with which they ...

Hui Khee Looe (right) is Deputy Head of the Department of Medical Physics, University Clinic for Medical Radiation Physics and Radiation Protection, Pius Hospital, Oldenburg, Germany, and holds a PhD ...

Many people may remember the classic Hall effect from their physics lessons: when a current flows through a conductor and it is exposed to a magnetic field, a voltage is created—the so-called ...

Earning a bachelor’s degree in physics takes curiosity, natural talent and diligence as students explore everything from the smallest subatomic particles to the largest galaxies. Physics students ...