When you shine a flashlight into a glass of water, the beam bends. That simple observation, familiar since ancient times, ...
A fun compilation of creative physics experiments and projects that explore fascinating concepts in an engaging and hands-on way.
The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. There are precision measurements, and then there’s the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory. In each of LIGO’s twin ...
In December, the publishing group Physics World recognized a work by physics researchers from the Yale Wright Laboratory as one of its 2024 top ten physics breakthroughs. The acclimated experiment, ...