As a physics major, it feels like I spend the majority of my waking life solving problems. I’ve calculated the amount of water you get from mixing different ratios of steam and ice, the path of ...

(via Sabine Hossenfelder) Progress in the foundations of physics is moving slowly. And yet it moves. Today I look at the five biggest problems in physics, what their status is, and how long it will ...

Solving life's great mysteries often requires detective work, using observed outcomes to determine their cause. For instance, nuclear physicists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Thomas Jefferson ...

Using an advanced Monte Carlo method, Caltech researchers found a way to tame the infinite complexity of Feynman diagrams and solve the long-standing polaron problem, unlocking deeper understanding of ...

Increasingly, physics graduates take jobs outside academia. Active teaching approaches lead to deeper conceptual understanding and a more varied skill set and are therefore more likely to prepare ...

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You can probably think of a time when you’ve used math to solve an everyday problem, such as calculating a tip at a restaurant or determining the square footage of a room. But what role does math play ...

What happens when the data centres powering AI begin running too hot? One startup believes the answer lies in teaching AI ...

This problem has stumped scientists for thousands of years and today, we are going to try and solve it together… Donald Trump gives Republicans ultimatum over PBS, NPR funding James Gunn names the ...

Picture of the experimental hall showing the target interaction chamber on the left, the collection vacuum tube and the detector on the right side. Credit: Gianluca Gregori. Researchers at the ...