In this Oct. 20, 2025, photo, tiny ball bearings surround a larger central bearing during the Fluid Particles experiment, ...

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Physicists have used the world's largest X-ray laser to take pictures of complex molecules. With ultra-bright X-ray flashes, the scientists were able to take snapshots of gas-phase iodopyridine ...

As I walked the exhibit area and sampled some of the papers and presentations at the 2012 American Physical Society conference this week in Boston, the supposed love/hate relationship that physicists ...

Conduction is the direct flow of heat from your warm body into your colder surroundings. In winter, all that heat escaping ...

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 ...

Sport can produce some stunning photos, capturing the drama and the triumph that come with the pursuit of sporting success. In today's world, sport lovers are increasingly looking to science and ...

You may think that a movie about a superhero who can shrink down to the size of an ant doesn’t have much basis in reality, but according to Spyridon Michalakis, a quantum physicist at the California ...