This is the second article in a two-part series examining teaching techniques in college-level physics courses. The first part, which was printed in yesterday's paper, examined some of the bold leaps ...

The lecture is one of the oldest forms of education there is. "Before printing someone would read the books to everybody who would copy them down," says Joe Redish, a physics professor at the ...

Physics Nobel Laureate John Martinis discussed his quantum physics research and offered academic advice to a packed ...

This is the first article in a two-part series discussing innovative teaching techniques in college physics classes. Today's installment will focus on interactive programs instated at other ...

Twice every year, the University of Chicago’s Enrico Fermi Institute sponsors the Arthur Holly Compton lecture series, which provide the public an inside look at the questions about the universe with ...

The new Big Ideas in Physics series from New Scientist events presents four online evening lectures (live and on-demand) in the first half of 2021. From the nature of reality to the mysteries of the ...

The Saturday Physics Series consists of five to seven scheduled talks oriented toward adults and high school students. Lectures occur on specific Saturdays afternoons throughout the school year, ...

The mood was far from celebratory when the world's leading physicists came together in 1927 to discuss the revolutionary new theory of quantum mechanics. The group photo features a glum Albert ...

*Originally published on Nov. 14, 2023. Stephon Alexander grew up in a musical family in the Bronx. It was expected he would follow in their footsteps. But reading comic books where superheroes and ...