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 ...

When a student first learns how a simple equation can explain the motion of planets or the behaviour of light, it sparks more than academic interest--it awakens a lifelong curiosity about how the ...

The skintight suits skiers wear are not for aesthetics; they help control the physics of air. Loose fabric increases drag and ...

Stephanie Caporaletti, assistant branch supervisor in the Asymmetric Operations Sector at APL, has been appointed as chair of ...

The Dhaka University (DU) has promoted four distinguished academicians to the rank of Emeritus Professor in recognition of ...

Xcimer Energy announced today that its researchers and collaborators have removed a major scientific bottleneck to commercializing laser fusion energy by experimentally validating a long-overlooked ...

John Martinis has already revolutionised quantum computing twice. Now, he is working on another radical rethink of the technology that could deliver machines with unrivalled capabilities ...

Ski jumping has been pushed into the spotlight after a whistleblower uncovered a cheating scandal that involves, of all ...

An associate professor in the Department of Physics, Lomsadze uses powerful laser-based tools to capture ultrafast events in quantum materials, work that could shape the future of technology.

Readers are spoiled for choice when it comes to popular science reading this month, with new titles by major names including ...

Bats get bad press. Short-sighted and cave-dwelling, they generally make the news only when carrying disease, transfiguring ...

In October 1945, George Orwell responded to a letter from Mr J. Stewart Cook in the leftwing weekly newspaper Tribune calling for more science education. The call can hardly have ...