A physics degree teaches students how to model, analyze, and solve complex problems, skills sought after by employers in science, engineering, computing, finance, and even data science. At Willamette, ...

Winter jackets may seem simple, but sophisticated engineering allows them to keep body heat locked in, while staying ...

Scientists in the particle physics community are bringing environmental and climate issues to the table in discussions about future research. Using a particle collider requires a lot of energy. For ...

Emmy Noether showed that fundamental physical laws are just a consequence of simple symmetries. A century later, her insights continue to shape physics. In the fall of 1915, the foundations of physics ...

Two leading scientists discuss the future of their field. Credit...Ariel Davis Supported by By Dennis Overbye The future belongs to those who prepare for it, as scientists who petition federal ...

After Carl Wieman won the Nobel Prize for physics in 2001 for, as he puts it, “shining lasers on atoms” in a new way that gave experimental proof to a theory by Albert Einstein, Wieman decided to ...

Every year, Santa Claus races around the globe in a matter of hours to bring presents to children all over the world.

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. When she was 10 years old, Rose Yu got a birthday present that would change her life—and, potentially, the way we study physics. Her ...

When we imagine contact with extraterrestrial intelligence, we tend to picture messages: radio signals, mathematical codes, or perhaps a universal language waiting to be discovered. But what if alien ...

Craig Merrett receives funding from the Office of Naval Research and L3Harris. He is affiliated with the American Institute for Aeronautics and Astronautics, and is a licensed professional engineering ...