When adding vector quantities remember that the directions have to be taken into account. The result of adding vectors together is called the resultant. In problems, vectors may be added together by ...

Free body diagrams close free body diagramA simplified drawing of an object or system showing the forces acting on it. The forces are shown acting away from the centre of a box or dot. are used to ...

Mikhail Ivanov, Oliver Philcox, and Marko Simonović won the New Horizons Award for their work on large scale structures — the strands and filaments of our universe which contain buried clues to its ...

John Clarke, Michel H. Devoret and John M. Martinis demonstrated quantum tunneling in an electrical circuit, with implications for the next generation of quantum technology.

Nobel Committee member Göran Johansson explains elements of quantum mechanics during a press conference to announce the winners of the 2025 Nobel Prize in Physics on October 7 in Stockholm. Christine ...