Assistant Professor Eric Edlund’s intermediate physics laboratory course is all about giving students opportunities to get hands-on experience in precise experimental measurement. That’s been tough to ...

The future of the wind industry is looking brighter thanks to a decades-old laser technology. Jon Cartwright explains how laser anemometry could cut the cost of wind energy and boost its share of the ...

Sailing upwind seems impossible, yet it shaped exploration, trade, and naval power for centuries. This breaks down the physics of lift, hull resistance, keels, and tacking to show how sailors learned ...

NASA is preparing to launch PUNCH (Polarimeter to Unify the Corona and Heliosphere), a groundbreaking mission that will use ...