On a December day, Richard Feynman gave a fun little lecture at Caltech — and dreamed up an entirely new field of physics. During the talk, entitled "Plenty of room at the bottom," he described the ...

MADISON, Wis. -- UW-Madison is once again inviting the public to experience science in action with its popular Wonders of Physics shows, a long-running tradition that turns complex concepts into crowd ...

Welcome to the Department of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Delaware, where the pursuit of scientific discovery and innovation meets cutting-edge research and academic excellence. Our ...

Aren't they all evil? Does Trauma Cause Violence? Can we change violent minds? 20 December 2023 58 minutes Available for over a year This year's BBC Reith Lecturer is Ben Ansell, Professor of ...

Stuart Russell suggests a way forward for human control over super-powerful artificial intelligence. He argues for the abandonment of the current “standard model” of AI, proposing instead a new model ...

A growing body of research by some of the most promising CityU early-career researchers at the intersection of fast-developing fields in fundamental science was presented at the 2021 Hong Kong ...

Where next? Quantum metrology, fusion and medical physics are three hot topics to be featured on Physics World Live this year. (Courtesy: iStock/shutter_m) I used to set myself the challenge every ...

The simplest class of light field that can carry orbital angular momentum (OAM) is an optical vortex. An optical vortex is a beam of light whose phase varies in a corkscrew-like manner along the ...

The Martin A. Fisher School of Physics enjoys an international reputation for excellence in research, and is one of the highest-ranked of its size in the country. The department offers rigorous ...

First, he asks what do we even mean by "culture". High or low? An aesthetic ideal or the stuff of the everyday? In other words, Mozart or Justin Bieber? Thomas Aquinas or Kim Kardashian? Appiah argues ...

A genie is sent by the emperor of genies from the Caucasus Mountains to our earth for the treatment of his eyesight problems. When he lands, he happens to meet a daring young boy who loves fantasies.