Most readers of this blog first got interested in physics for a variety of reasons — be it an inspiring teacher, a good popular-science book, or just a deeply held desire to get to the bottom of ...

Researchers have studied the control of magnetization using a current applied to heterostructures comprising an antiferromagnet. They found that the current gives rise to a flow of electron spin in ...

A physicist and his colleagues have found a new application for the tools and mathematics typically used in physics to help solve problems in biology. A Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory ...

Last year, the Nobel Prize in Physics was awarded to John Hopfield and Geoffrey Hinton for their application of physics ...

Medical Physics is the application of physics research to the medical arts for the design of equipment and techniques used to safely study the human body and diagnose and treat diseases. Medical ...

The honor recognizes “outstanding advances in physics through original research and publication, or significant innovative contributions in the application of physics to science and technology." ...

The first law of thermodynamics is one of the bedrock laws of physics. Even if you’re not gung-ho for physics research, you might have heard the simplified version: energy can neither be created nor ...

THE ceramic industries formed the subject of the fourth of the series of lectures on “Physics in Industry “which are being given under the auspices of the Institute of Physics, and the lecture was ...

Discover the fascinating chemistry behind metal-ammonia solutions and the solvated electrons that create an intense blue ...