With a simple motion, a jack-in-the-box-like spring designed at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory showed the potential of additive manufacturing, also known as 3D printing, to cut costs and complexity ...

The squeaking of sneakers on a gym floor is usually attributed to friction, specifically a stick-slip variety that involves cycles of sticking and sliding between two surfaces. But that model is best ...

In many quantum materials—materials with unusual electrical and magnetic properties driven by quantum mechanical effects—electrons can organize themselves into Landau levels. Landau levels are ...

Now, Takahito Iida at the University of Osaka has proposed a new energy-harvesting technology that uses gyroscopic flywheel system that can be tuned to absorb energy efficiently over a broad range of ...

Explore mechanics in action with **“Understanding Physics: Heavy Crate Falling On Spring.”** In this video, we break down the physics of a heavy crate dropping onto a spring, covering concepts like ...

Explore the relationship between spring force and potential energy in this physics breakdown! Learn how springs store energy, how Hooke's Law applies, and how to calculate the potential energy in ...

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The CU*iP organizing committee: Iona Binnie, Anya Grafov, Margie Bruff, Willa Arthur-Dworschack, Adalyn Gibson, and Allie Plocki. The CU*iP organizing committee, composed entirely of volunteer ...

This spring, physics professor Marcelo Gleiser is leading PHYS 82.01, “Question Reality!” for the first — and last — time in person. Gleiser said this is his last term teaching at the College.

Attractive colloids exhibit rich mechanical properties depending on their volume fraction and strength of interactions. Understanding the physical underpinnings of these mechanics holds the key to not ...

CBSE Class 12 Physics Atoms Formula list: The class 12 Physics CBSE Board Exam is one of the toughest board exams with the most critical question paper. A lot of effort and time goes into preparing ...