A characteristic of any thermal power plant — whether using coal, gas or spicy nuclear rocks — is that they have a closed ...

With just an iPad, students in any classroom across the world could soon reimagine the ordinary diagrams in any physics ...

A decade after the discovery of the “amplituhedron,” physicists have excavated more of the timeless geometry underlying the ...

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Elon Musk, a University of Pennsylvania and Wharton School alumnus holds a dual degree in economics and physics.

Imagine staring at a drawing of a cube, a simple, elegant shape made of intersecting lines — a child’s toy, in essence. Yet, ...

Quantum computers process information in a fundamentally new way. By drawing on the counterintuitive behavior of physics at the quantum level, algorithms for certain types of computations run ...

Oct. 31, 2024 — Researchers have come up with a way to turn silicon into a direct bandgap semiconductor, opening the door to the manufacture of ultrathin silicon ... Development of a Simple ...

"Here's some of Elon Musk's physics homework from his time at the University of Pennsylvania," posted X user Dima Zeniuk. In ...

Tungsten, the preferred material for tokamak fusion reactors, poses challenges due to sputtering that cools plasma, making ...

Nov. 6, 2024 — Supersolids are a new form of quantum matter that has only recently been demonstrated. The state of matter can be produced artificially in ultracold, dipolar quantum gases. A team ...

Elon Musk reacted to viral photos of his college physics homework, sharing insights on his calculations, and sparked admiration from social media users.