Learn how to analyze tipping a block and calculating friction in this physics tutorial. Step-by-step explanations cover forces, torque, and frictional calculations, helping students understand the ...

Follow this physics lab tutorial to learn how to plot electric field and electric potential. Step-by-step instructions make it easy to understand the concepts, visualize results, and apply theory to ...

As has been the custom for some four decades, the “Science on Saturday at the Princeton Plasma Physics Lab” (PPPL) series that opens at 9:30 a.m. on January 10 is likely to draw overflow crowds.

In physics, breakthroughs are rare. Experiments are slow, expensive and often end up refining, rather than rewriting, our understanding of the universe. But what if the only constraint on scientific ...

In the 1960s, a group of physicists and historians began a massive project meant to catalogue and record the history of quantum physics. It was called Sources for History of Quantum Physics (SHQP). As ...

The Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) in Laurel, Maryland, is fusing its analytic and cutting-edge artificial intelligence capabilities into a forward-leaning incubator known as GenWar ...

If you want to work with radioactive material, a cheap Geiger counter isn’t really what you want. According to [Project 326], you need a gamma ray spectrometer. The video below reviews the Radiacode ...

A former employee of the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory has accused the research facility of forgoing over 14 years of important safety inspections for “many” of the lab’s pressure systems and ...

U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Secretary Chris Wright visited the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL) on Aug. 20 at a pivotal time for the race toward reliable fusion energy, which decisions ...

BATAVIA, Ill. — Bronte de Zwart spent her summer measuring and running numbers. However, her internship could have a bigger reach than some of her peers. The rising senior at Monmouth College worked ...

The Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) mourns the passing of former Senior Fellow Phil E. DePoy, who died July 12 at the age of 89. DePoy was a renowned naval analyst who spent more than ...

Physicists working at the CERN particle physics lab said they detected a slight but significant difference in how particles of matter and antimatter decay. By Kenneth Chang Understanding why matter ...