This applet produces a sample of Brownian Motion using midpoint displacement methods. This involves finding the midpoint of a line segment and then displacing it vertically up or down. Each midpoint ...

There are interesting chapters on statistical mechanics, the theory of quanta, and the Brownian movement and fluctuations. At first sight the width of spectrum lines scarcely seems related to the ...

The discovery that these two apparently unrelated branches of physics are in some sense mathematically equivalent has led to a new subject known as probabilistic ...

Physicist Dr. Anxo Biasi says he’s no behavior expert, but he can explain it all using physics. In fact, he’s come up with an “equation of cat motion.” “This article aims to bring physics closer to ...

Essentially, chemical energy is converted into mechanical motion by biasing the Brownian motion. The DNA-nanoparticle motor uses the 'burnt-bridge' Brownian ratchet mechanism. In this type of ...

Essentially, chemical energy is converted into mechanical motion by biasing the Brownian motion. The DNA-nanoparticle motor uses the "burnt-bridge" Brownian ratchet mechanism. In this type of ...

The study was published in Nature Communications. Image Credit: Takanori Harashima DNA-nanoparticle motors are minuscule artificial motors that use RNA and DNA structures to drive motion through ...