Recently, the people of the city of Kolkata witnessed the earthquake for a short time; individuals ran out of high-rise offices to the streets in panic.

High-fidelity simulations demonstrate how the number of blades affects the wakes of rim-driven thrusters.

Gadgetry and clever engineering quietly transform how military forces operate. These gadgets deliver subtlety, enable surveillance and control, and give a handful of people an outsized advantage. They ...

Neeraj Chopra lives a life defined by the precise physics of the throw. It’s all about torque, the snap of the shoulder, and ...

After a new upgrade, a neutrino observatory in Antarctica may identify dormant supermassive black holes within our galaxy.

A horse’s whinny is an iconic sound, arguably on par with a cow’s moo and a sheep’s baa and a donkey’s hee-haw. Most people can immediately recognize a horse’s signature sound, so it might come as a ...

To the clinical eye, Parkinson’s Disease is defined by the degradation of dopamine-producing neurons in the substantia nigra. But to the patient, the definition is far more visceral: it is the ...

A new Stanford-designed optical amplifier uses energy recycling in a resonator to deliver strong, low-noise amplification with far less power.

Theoretical physics is the development of mathematical formalisms and computational protocols for describing all aspects of objects found in the world around us and their interaction. This can involve ...

A classic movie was once promoted with the punchline: 'In space, no one can hear you scream'. Physicists have now demonstrated, to the contrary, that in certain situations sound can be transmitted ...

The program will consist of a pedagogical series of lectures given over a four-week period, three or four lectures per day, Monday through Friday. The audience will be composed of advanced theoretical ...