Topspin: a lethal weapon. Topspin is one of the modern tennis player's most powerful weapons. When top exponents such as recently retired star Rafael Nadal deploy it, the ball can spin at more ...

Ask almost any physicist what the most frustrating problem is in modern-day physics, and they will likely say the discrepancy between general relativity and quantum mechanics. That discrepancy has ...

The physics of the universe appear to be fine-tuned for life. ... (What mechanism separated the other forces of nature is an ongoing direction of modern-day physics research.) ...

Apart from dark matter, dark energy, black holes, and the missing-baryons of the universe, one of the most captivating mysteries in modern day physics centers on antimatter. Particularly, it ...

If the Higgs boson was the missing piece in proving modern day physics theory, scientists in Japan say that the discovery of a similar particle is still part of a larger still unsolved puzzle that ...

Physics J.L. Heilbron Oxford Univ., $18.95. Modern physicists like to compare themselves to the ancient Greeks — searchers for knowledge about the ultimate foundations of reality.

Albert Einstein is revered for his scientific intellect, which laid the foundations for modern-day physics and earned him introductions with some of the most exclusive people on Earth. His ...

10/20/2023 By Lynne Schaufenbil. The Lowell Center for Space Science and Technology is please to announce the virtual talk "Application of the modern-day Fabry-Perot interferometer to study aeronomy ...