The universe follows predictable rules, behaving classically according to Einstein’s theory of general relativity. So, what ...

What is the goal in mechanics (classical mechanics, if you like)? Generally, it is to find out how something changes over time. If you could get an equation of motion, that would do it.

It's not that classical Newtonian mechanics is uninspiring in and of itself, it's that the dry and abstract block-sliding-on-an-inclined-plane traditional presentation is boring.

Quantum mechanics revolutionizes our understanding of the classical world. A team of Spanish researchers offers a new perspective on the link between quantum and classical. The foundations of quantum ...

Bohr and the breakaway from classical mechanics Niels Bohr's new atomic model in 1913 was path-breaking for physics because it imposed new limits on the way atoms could react with each other.

Ignorance is bliss A cartoon depicting the differences between 'ignorant' observers of mixing gases in the classical and quantum versions of the Gibbs paradox. (Courtesy: Bethan Morris, PhD student at ...