New studies of the “platypus of materials” help explain how their atoms arrange themselves into orderly, but nonrepeating, ...
Kinetic energy has to do with the motion of an object—the faster it’s moving, the more kinetic energy it has. If you take a ...
Physics is a natural science that, compared to others, is less popular among the general population, both adults & children. However, awareness of the presence of physics in every corner of our ...
Quantum defects are tiny imperfections in solid crystal lattices that can trap individual electrons and their "spin" (i.e., ...
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Cold atoms could also potentially measure much lower vacuum pressures than ion gauges can. The current lowest pressure they’ve reliably measured is around 10 -9 Pa, and NIST scientists are working on ...
More than 80% of the world's goods, measured by volume, are transported by ship. This transport accounts for 3% of global ...
So, back in the 1950s, a young physicist named Hugh Everett III was working on his PhD. He was wrestling with this really ...
So, you’ve probably heard about quantum computers, right? They sound super futuristic, like something out of a ...
Black holes are so strange that physicists have long wondered if they are quite what they seem. Now we are set to find out if ...
NASA's SPHEREx is exploring the galaxies to answer the question of where we all come from while sending back jaw-dropping ...
In the 1980s, John Clarke, Michel Devoret and John Martinis demonstrated quantum effects in an electric circuit, an advance that underlies today’s quantum computers.
CBSE has released the sample papers of major subjects for Class 12 for the 2026 Board Exams. Download the Physics Sample ...