Cracking a 15 year physics mystery, researchers measured the precise size of a proton. In A Nutshell A team in Germany used an unprecedentedly precise laser measurement of hydrogen to pin down the ...

Scientists have developed instruments capable of measuring forces so small they are almost impossible to imagine. In specialized laboratories, devices like electrostatic force balances and microscopic ...

Superconductivity is a quantum state of matter characterized by an electrical resistance of zero and the expulsion of magnetic fields at low temperatures below a critical point. Superconductors, ...

Physics is the search for and application of rules that can help us understand and predict the world around us. Central to physics are ideas such as energy, mass, particles and waves. Physics attempts ...

Champaign Central physics teacher Darren Plattner will retire at the end of the year after 33 years at the school.

A meteorite that fell in Germany in 1724 contains a form of silica that conducts heat in a stable manner and baffles physicists.

A powerful nor’easter named Hernando hit the Northeast, stunning meteorologists with 966 mb pressure and sparking debate over ...

INDIANAPOLIS -- The NFL Scouting Combine is in the books, and what a week it was. With the final group of prospects now having completed measurements and on-field workouts, another year in ...

Quincy's mayor will ask city council to approve a $2.6 million bond for new firefighter gear after PFAS was found in gear advertised as PFAS-free.

Martin Hensher ([email protected]) is an associate professor of health systems financing and organization in Deakin University’s Institute for Health Transformation, in Burwood, Victoria, Australia.