Colin Indlefield, the chair of the Physics Department at Weber State University, lays back on a bed of nails during the "physics circus" at WSU's Physics Open House on Friday, Oct. 14, 2016. Zi ...

Even if you’re a hardcore theoretical physicist, I’m sure you’ll agree that experiments are the lifeblood of physics. After all, theory and experiment go hand in hand – and there’s nothing to beat ...

With school students in England bracing themselves for new-style GCSE science exams that are based entirely on written tests, Physics World has teamed up with Neil Downie to put together "five amazing ...

Never underestimate the power of a good science demonstration. Some of the most celebrated science communicators like Richard Feynman and Carl Sagan, and more recently Brian Cox, are incredibly good ...

In a large, empty Dennison lecture hall Friday afternoon, three people wheeled in a large copper Tesla coil, a device that produces high-voltage, low-current electricity. After efficiently setting ...

THIS little book on practical physics is of a kind familiar to teachers of the subject. The experiments are simple and well within the power of schoolboys, but so far as we have examined them they ...

THIS little volume completes Mr. Woollcombe's course of practical physics for use in schools and colleges. It is a little difficult to understand why no experiments in statical electricity are ...