ALTHOUGH it is usual for every teaching laboratory to have its own scheme of practical work, description of a course adopted elsewhere will often suggest useful changes either in general procedure or ...

THIS book, the authors tell us in the preface, is the outcome of their own experience, and is intended, in the first instance, to be used by the students at the University of Toronto, and the hope is ...

A virtual laboratory under development at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro aims to let students experiment with physics concepts without physically being in a lab. Computer simulations ...

Research by scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL) has played a supporting role in the recent major advance in the production of fusion power at ...

Mastering physics labs through better experiment design From guided inquiry to open-ended challenges, physics labs are evolving to help students think like scientists. By focusing on clear goals, ...

The U.S. Department of Energy’s Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory is developing a new project which aims to use AI to expedite fusion energy research. Shantenu Jha, the head of PPPL’s Computational ...

Purdue University students take part in activities at the newly-created physics labs in Indianapolis. Purdue University photo/Alisha Willett INDIANAPOLIS —Purdue University is expanding hands-on ...

The most beautiful experiment in physics, according to a poll of Physics World readers, is the interference of single electrons in a Young’s double slit. Robert P Crease reports Simply beautiful – the ...

World-leading atomic, molecular, and optical (AMO) physicist David DeMille is looking for new particles and forces that could answer fundamental questions about the universe and solve some of the ...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Sandia National Laboratories’ Experimental Impact Mechanics Lab is getting national recognition. According to Sandia, the lab is able to test the strength and evaluate the ...

A tiny discrepancy in particle physics has loomed for decades as an exciting possible crack in one of science’s most ...

At the Columbia Plasma Physics Lab, researchers are tackling one of the most pressing challenges in creating clean energy: making nuclear fusion a viable power source. Unlike nuclear fission—the type ...