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Stefan Hutzler and Denis Weaire are in the School of Physics, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland. Their postgraduate student Ali Irannezhad currently performs his experiments in his home in Tehran, Iran.

When an object spins, its center of mass and angular momentum enter a tug-of-war that can lead to impossible motion. From ...

Physics has a bit of a problem. Stuff that you don’t really think about, like single items moving on frictionless surfaces or two bodies traveling in the void of space, are really easy to explain.

Discover the art of crafting a traditional cow bullock cart using bamboo in this engaging DIY woodworking project. This video ...

Physicists often find thrifty, ingenious ways to reuse equipment and resources. What do you do with 800 square feet of scintillator from an old physics experiment? Cut it up and give it to high ...

Abstract: Materials are made of atoms, atoms are made of nuclei and electrons, and the speed of light is the universal speed limit. How did humanity learn that this is true? Largely from brilliantly ...

When the legends of physics such as Galileo, Newton and Faraday were driving forward our knowledge of the Universe, they did so with simple tabletop equipment, working in small basement laboratories.

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. The Universe is out there, waiting for you to discover it. There's a problem with the field of high-energy physics, and it's the ...

Scientific history is littered with sophisticated theories that couldn't account for observations. Famously, the sensible and proven ideas of classical physics crashed up against the mysterious ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. The Universe is out there, waiting for you to discover it. Every once in a while, a revolutionary idea comes along that has the ...