An introduction to Coulomb’s Law and electric fields explained in a clear and simple way. Learn how electric charges interact, how force depends on distance, and how electric fields describe these ...

In 1900, mathematician David Hilbert presented his colleagues with a list of problems he believed both captured the present state of mathematics and the shape of its future. This year, 125 years later ...

A core tenet of quantum theory was imperilled this year when a team of researchers put forward a radical new interpretation of an experiment about the nature of light. At the centre of the new work ...

Fragmentation, or how things break, may seem like a truly random process, but new study shows that fragmentation will actually follow a process to maximize entropy. This behavior is a manifestation of ...

A new mathematical equation describes the distribution of different fragment sizes when an object breaks. Remarkably, the distribution is the same for everything from bubbles to spaghetti. When you ...

A new state law named for the Ukrainian refugee fatally stabbed on Charlotte’s light rail will increase staffing and funding needs for Mecklenburg County’s criminal justice system, officials say. By ...

Indian edtech startup Physics Wallah ended its first day as a public company on a high, with its shares closing 44% higher than they were listed for, indicating that the country’s edtech sector may ...

Online education company Physicswallah’s stellar stock market debut on Tuesday has minted two new Indian billionaires. Founder and chief executive Alakh Pandey is now the country’s youngest ...

Run by founders Alakh Pandey and Prateek Maheshwari, PhysicsWallah, which became a unicorn after surpassing a USD$1bn valuation, opened its public offering for subscription on November 11, with the ...

Physics Wallah co-founder Prateek Maheshwari announced that the edtech firm’s IPO will open on November 11 and list on November 18. He said the goal isn’t just fundraising but building a “larger reach ...

John Clarke, Michel H. Devoret and John M. Martinis were recognized for work that made behaviors of the subatomic realm observable at a larger scale. By Katrina Miller and Ali Watkins John Clarke, ...