Hidden from view by old willow trees, the cast-off tools of high-energy physics are strewn across 11 acres: rejected cables, tables with missing limbs, and computers that couldn t keep pace. Swallows ...

A series of 10 free lectures at the University of Chicago will describe the fascinating and exotic properties of everyday matter, and the universal framework that physicists use to think about large ...

Physics World‘s Book of the Year for 2014 is Stuff Matters: the Strange Stories of the Marvellous Materials that Shape our Man-made World by Mark Miodownik A love letter to materials: the 2014 Book of ...

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It's near the start of a new semester of physics. Many faculty are working on their plans for introductory physics courses. How many tests should there be? What about homework? Do I want to cover ...