The following is an excerpt from Seven Brief Lessons On Physics, by Carlo Rovelli. These lessons were written for those who know little or nothing about modern science. Together they provide a rapid ...

Angular momentum is a fundamental quantity in physics that describes the rotational motion of objects. In quantum physics, it encompasses both the intrinsic spin of particles and their orbital motion ...

In an article published in Communications Physics, researchers from the Université libre de Bruxelles and the Institute for ...

Gordon Moore spent his career pushing the boundaries in the semiconductor industry, first at Fairchild Semiconductor and then as cofounder and leader of Intel. Now Moore's foundation is planning to ...

In the 1950s, physicist Chien-Shiung Wu was doing research at Columbia University when two other physicists approached her with a bold idea, but no way to prove it—until Wu found one. io9’s comment of ...

A widely held understanding of electromagnetic radiation has been challenged in newly published research led at the University of Strathclyde. The study found that the normal direct correspondence ...