Yokohama, together with rubber friction expert Dr. Bo Persson, has developed the world’s first theoretical model for predicting rubber wear on surfaces with multiscale roughness ...

The practice of purposely looping thread to create intricate knit garments and blankets has existed for millennia. Though its ...

An early-career physicist mathematically connects timelike and spacelike form factors, opening the door to further insights ...

The work could be a step toward understanding the effects behind the phenomenon of static electricity, in which electric charge accumulates on materials after they are rubbed or touched together.

Physics attempts to both answer philosophical questions about the nature of the universe and provide solutions to technological problems. Theoretical studies discover quantum momentum tunnelling ...

Optical physics is the study of the fundamental properties of light and its interaction with matter. This includes classical optical phenomena such as reflection, refraction, diffraction and ...

A team of engineers and material scientists at the University of Colorado Boulder seems to have defied the basic law of thermal physics. They have developed a new thermophotovoltaic (TPV) device that ...

MAN Energy Solutions Schweiz AG and ETH Zurich are forming a strategic partnership to support postdoctoral researchers in the field of sector coupling and energy models. The aim is to analyse European ...

Soon, a new age of quantum mechanics and nanoscale physics-based technologies will transform virtually every aspect of our lives, from computing and communication to renewable energy sources and ...

This is the home page of the Theoretical Particle Physics group in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Sussex. Our research deals with questions regarding the fundamental ...

Feb. 18, 2025 — It may be the smallest, shortest chorus dance ever recorded. An international team of researchers observed how electrons, excited by ultrafast light ...