For over a century, the Maxwell’s Demon paradox has haunted physics. This thought experiment suggests that a tiny, ...
More information: Jacob Calvert et al, A local–global principle for nonequilibrium steady states, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (2024). DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2411731121 Provided by ...
Emmy Noether showed that fundamental physical laws are just a consequence of simple symmetries. A century later, her insights ...
The Department of Physics provides a solid understanding of physical principles, problem solving, mathematical and computational skills, as well as broad experimental training. Students studying ...
As an example with societal issues, the study of the ultrafast kinetics following matter excitation by high-energy particles is a major subject in radiation physics and in nuclear technology ...
Physics Are you an underclassmen at North Penn High School? Are you interested in pursuing a degree or career in physics? Don’t know how to move forward? North Penn’s course and club offerings are ...
The focus is on understanding complex phenomena from gas phase molecular dynamics, to nanoscale, mesoscale, and biological phenomena, through model systems and fundamental physical principles. These ...