Like its theme, “digestion,” the 35th Ig Nobel prizes will make you laugh and think hard to digest the meaning of all the ...

When you shine a flashlight into a glass of water, the beam bends. That simple observation, familiar since ancient times, ...

Some things we see in space appear to outpace light. Now we are learning to harness these bizarre optical illusions to ...

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First-year physics students at Cornell now discover answers instead of confirming known ones, thanks to a research-based lab ...

Far in the rolling highlands of north China, a serene basin once held one of mankind’s best survival stories. The Nihewan ...

This breakdown explores terminal velocity, gravity, and impact force to reveal the truth about the falling penny myth.

In the summer of 2023, a team of South Korean researchers announced they had created LK-99, a material they claimed could be the world’s first room-temperature, ambient-pressure superconductor. The ...

Bharathiar University leads Tamil Nadu state varsities with 17 faculty in top 2% scientists list, showcasing research excellence.

Solving major regional and global environmental problems is a key part of sociopolitics and so environmental physics has a special role to play in the public arena. It gives students the chance to ...

In a study published in Reports on Progress in Physics, researchers have achieved device-independent characterization of ...

What started as a frustrating kitchen challenge turned into award-winning science: Fabrizio Olmeda and his colleagues ...