A hands-on physics experiment demonstrates how a basic self-braking pulley works, explaining the forces and friction that allow it to stop itself without extra mechanisms.

A dog drinking water may look like pure, uncoordinated chaos, but what looks like a disaster is actually a masterclass in physics.

Andrew Beattie was part of the original editorial team at Investopedia and has spent twenty years writing on a diverse range of financial topics including business, investing, personal finance, and ...

Nikola Tesla’s famous quote on energy, frequency and vibration reflects his belief that unseen forces shape the universe. The ...

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Simulations show how disordered dusty plasma systems can organize into a segregated state with an external force.

A new technique allows complex interactions in materials to be simulated using Monte Carlo simulations thousands of times ...

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Former defense leaders Christine Fox, Mark Esper and Kenneth Braithwaite will serve as co-chairs of Atlantic Council's new ...

The text is now best known for introducing “Pascal’s Law” or “Principle,” that any change of pressure in an enclosed incompressible fluid (like water) is transmitted equally to all points within the ...

Physicists discovered that the famous 'Star Trek' spaceship got a lot right about designing a ship to jump from galaxy to ...

Most of us expect materials to behave in a familiar way. When you pull on fabric, it stretches longer and becomes thinner.