Scientists at the CERN research center believe they have found the so-called "God Particle," the Higgs boson, so named because it gives other subatomic particle their mass. The Higgs boson has been theorized for decades but never...

We think space and time are the structure of the universe. Yet Einstein argued 'space and time are modes by which we think and not conditions in which we live'. And philosophers, Kant and Heidegger, saw space and time as the framework of...

Where do physics majors end up, besides broke and teaching the next mob of physics majors? How many physics majors end up working in History and English right out of school?

Our part 2 video of "What does a physics major do" covers what research positions and jobs a physics major could go into. In the video I focus mostly on jobs that directly apply to physics. What you'll find is that there are an endless...

From Aristotle to Einstein humans have tried to make sense of the world. Yet despite huge advances, a final explanation looks as distant as ever. What makes our lives and the world so puzzling and inexplicable? Is it too soon to give...

Particle Fever, a documentary film about the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) and the Higgs boson, has caught the attention of scientists and non-scientists alike. This interview with David Kaplan, a Johns Hopkins University physics...

Why did Schrödinger devise this strange thought experiment?

Robert J. Oppenheimer, born on April 22, 1904, is known as the father of the atomic bomb. Oppenheimer was awarded a PhD in theoretical physics and was interested in the emerging field of quantum physics. As a scientist at the University...

In the early 2000s, physicist found a diamond they’d been searching for. Find out what it was used for.

What is a volt? What careers deal with battery production and innovation?<br/>
Battery Power Innovations, Part 3

Why is Lithium good for batteries in mobile devices? Explain the process for battery manufacturing.<br/>
Battery Power Innovations, Part 2

The Institute of Physics in partnership with the University of York and the University of Leeds have organised an exciting new event called “Physics at Work”. The event is based on the event run by the University of Cambridge (of the...

Spinning toys and tops have unusual behaviors. The famous tippe top flips itself over and spins on its stem. The PhiTOP stands up on its end, which you can also do with a hard-boiled egg. These behaviors all have to do with torque and...

In this video students will come to understand how matter and energy can interact through the four fundamental forces: gravity, electromagnetic, strong nuclear, and weak nuclear. Viewers will learn how the four fundamental forces were...

This nugget describes the nucleus of an atom. It talks about the various aspects of a nucleus like atomic number, atomic mass unit, isotopes and isobars, with examples.

How did the field of quantum mechanics come about in the first place? The Rayleigh-Jeans catastrophe, also known as the ultraviolet catastrophe was a prediction by the Rayleigh-Jeans law that a blackbody would radiate infinite amounts of...

Why are batteries important? When were batteries created? What is a battery?<br/>
Battery Power Innovations, Part 1

What are time crystals? How do scientists make one on a quantum computer.

Scientists of the National Research Council of Italy have succeeded in converting light into a solid state for the first time. This achievement is considered an important milestone in quantum physics. Watch this report for more details!

A woman welcoming children at nursery school (Ecole maternelle) ( 1950s -1960s). A girls classroom and a woman math teacher. A science class. Women and girls students and their female teacher. 1960s. A young woman and young men studying...

Einstein and his wife Elsa leave America to go to Europe in 1931. They leave on a train surrounded by a crowd of people. Shots of a cyclotron (invented in 1932) in a scientific research laboratory.

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Scientists have long studied the stars from the ground above. It makes sense, but now in Japan, researchers are heading underground to study what's above. It's all...