In the quest to unravel the mysteries of the universe, physicists are revisiting a 150-year-old theory that could illuminate ...

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In the Fall I'll be starting teaching again, after a semester away on sabbatical and then enjoying teaching relief during my first semester at Penn. I'll be teaching a course that I truly love, and ...

It's time for another physics example. In this case, I am going to calculate the electric field due to an electric charged rod. Of course you could do this analytically using a bit of calculus. This ...

DUBLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The "Energy Harvesting: Materials, Physics, and System Design with Practical Examples" book has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering. This report investigates the ...

ACCORDING to Dr. George Saintsbury, “A review … is a thing addressed to the general body of educated people, telling them whether it is or is not worth their while to make further acquaintance with ...

When machine learning is used to suggest new potential scientific insights or directions, algorithms sometimes offer ...