Reaction wheels are useful things, typically used by satellites to keep themselves oriented the right way up in space. Turning the reaction wheel creates an equal and opposite torque in the spacecraft ...

Researchers at the University of Tuebingen, working with an international team, have developed an artificial intelligence that designs entirely new, sometimes unusual, experiments in quantum physics ...

To measure the passing of time, every clock works by counting oscillations of some reference frequency—whether it's the swinging pendulum of a clocktower, or the vibrations of an electrified quartz ...

Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics (IUCAA) organised open campus day to celebrate National Science Day observed on February 28 ...

More than 1,000 high school students and teachers from across B.C. will participate in the 48th annual UBC Physics Olympics this weekend.

The Andromeda Paradox exposes a troubling idea hidden inside Einstein’s relativity. It suggests that two observers, moving differently, may disagree on what events are happening right now — even ...

Colorado State University will host its annual Little Shop of Physics Open House on March 1. The event features over 300 hands-on science experiments for all ages at the Lory Student Center. More than ...

For over a decade, confusion over the size of the proton has held scientists back. Disagreeing measurements of the subatomic particle’s radius meant that scientists couldn’t test one of their key ...

Scientists at the Institute of Physics at the Chinese Academy of Sciences have directly ...