This persnickety number determines the strength of magnetic fields. It figures in everything from motors and generators to ...

James Clerk Maxwell's equations are a big deal in physics, explaining the fundamentals of electricity and magnetism. Here's the gist of how they work.

Experimental Nuclear Physics Research Modern experimental research in this field uses high-energy acceleration of both protons and large nuclei, while much of modern theoretical research relies on ...

Changing career path can be daunting but there are big rewards for those who are brave enough to switch. M S Zobaer describes his unexpected journey from dusty plasmas to neuroscience Transferable ...

Both the study of fundamental particles and the interpretation of quantum physics make use of aesthetic arguments when arguing about theories, but the two subfields are different in important ways.

The prediction of the mass-bestowing Higgs field and the famous particle that goes with it has won the 2013 Nobel Prize in physics. The Nobel committee selected Peter Higgs of the University of ...