Many of you reading this will have, at least once in your lives, thought of some clever invention that doesn’t yet exist but which you were sure would change the lives of countless people. It seemed ...

Purdue University students take part in activities at the newly-created physics labs in Indianapolis. Purdue University photo/Alisha Willett INDIANAPOLIS —Purdue University is expanding hands-on ...

From the Manhattan Project to Silicon Valley, physics has been the quiet force powering America’s scientific and military breakthroughs. It’s shaped everything from space travel to everyday gadgets.

The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) sparked worldwide excitement in March as particle physicists reported tantalizing evidence for new physics — potentially a new force of nature. Now, our new result, yet ...

Providing step-by-step support for graduate students, postdocs and faculty to translate lab-scale innovation into real-world impact. The goal of CU Boulder’s College of Engineering and Applied Science ...

As a member of Japan’s Council for Science, Technology and Innovation, which advises the prime minister Shinzo Abe and formulates policies on science, Yuko Harayama talks to Physics World about how ...

IT’S ALL PHYSICS. How things work, that is. Well, maybe a little chemistry too in some cases. I might be a little biased in my opinion given that I’m an applied physicist by training. Radio? Satellite ...

Jacob Wycoff is a meteorologist at WBZ-TV and will contribute to weekend morning newscasts. Jacob is a member of the National Weather Association and the American Meteorological Society. WBZ's Jacob ...

From creating lightweight yet durable prosthetics to designing new types of solar panels and batteries, materials engineers combine their expertise in physics, chemistry, biology, and engineering to ...