A virtual laboratory under development at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro aims to let students experiment with physics concepts without physically being in a lab. Computer simulations ...

A study has found that students are more engaged in laboratory courses that are designed to emphasize and teach experimentation skills (Courtesy:iStock/AlexPotemkin ...

At the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque, contractor Bradbury Stamm is building a 137,000-sq-ft home for the physics and astronomy departments that will enable the use of some of the Southwest’s ...

THIS is a revised and enlarged version of the author's Laboratory Manual published in 1913. In addition to some fifteen new experiments, introductory paragraphs have been prefixed to each experiment ...

A string of recent experiments has moved desktop-scale particle accelerators from theoretical curiosity to working prototypes ...

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. — If you're looking for an electrifying lesson in science, Jefferson Lab is hosting a free educational series throughout the school year! Physics Fest is a two-hour presentation that ...

Physicists often find thrifty, ingenious ways to reuse equipment and resources. What do you do with 800 square feet of scintillator from an old physics experiment? Cut it up and give it to high ...

Australia's bid to detect elusive dark matter has taken a major step forward, with new research confirming that cosmic ...

In quantum physics, a vacuum is not completely empty. It is constantly traversed by minuscule fluctuations, like very faint ...

The doctoral thesis of Sophia Hollick, Ph.D. '25, a recent graduate of Yale's Wright Lab in professor Reina Maruyama's group, ...

The Earth's atmosphere has been used as a 'laboratory' to carry out a physics experiment which could help to improve the performance of GPS. The Earth's atmosphere has been used as a 'laboratory' to ...