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

James Clerk Maxwell's equations are a big deal in physics, explaining the fundamentals of electricity and magnetism. Here's the gist of how they work.

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Seventy years ago, in Osmond Laboratory on Penn State's University Park campus, Erwin W. Müller, Evan Pugh Research Professor ...

Where is Physics Headed (and How Soon Do We Get There)? Two leading scientists discuss the future of their field. Ariel Davis Share full article ...

Both the study of fundamental particles and the interpretation of quantum physics make use of aesthetic arguments when arguing about theories, but the two subfields are different in important ways.

The prediction of the mass-bestowing Higgs field and the famous particle that goes with it has won the 2013 Nobel Prize in physics. The Nobel committee selected Peter Higgs of the University of ...