The theory of special relativity is rife with counterintuitive and surprising effects, the most famous of which are length ...

Led by Professor Riccardo Sapienza from the Department of Physics, this research team explored how light interacts with a ...

According to physicist Albert Einstein's theory of special relativity, on which much of modern physics is based, nothing in the universe can travel faster than light. The theory states that as ...

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Located about 548 light-years away, in the constellation Orion, Betelgeuse is the 10 th brightest star in the night sky.

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In a lab at MIT, researchers have harnessed the quantum properties of light to solve one of AI’s thorniest problems—how to ...

India commemorates the birth anniversary of Sir C.V. Raman, the first Asian Nobel Physics laureate, known for his ...

(Courtesy: Vahram Mekhitarian/CC BY-SA 4.0) Research done at a mountaintop cosmic-ray observatory in Armenia has shed new light on how thunderstorms can ... the Cosmic Ray Division of Armenia’s ...

He explains this is because when light travels through two substances ... This short film will be relevant for teaching physics and science in general at KS3 and KS4 in England, Wales and Northern ...

Finally, he studies how the sensor in the camera turns the light image into an electrical ... This clips is relevant for teaching Physics at KS3 or KS4 and National 4/5. This appears in AQA ...

The remarkable career of Charles H. Townes, inventor of the maser and laser for which he shared the 1964 Nobel Prize in Physics, has spanned seven decades. His interests have ranged from the origin of ...