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 ...

Virtual Nerd, a tutoring subscription service, uses online videos to teach concepts.

Dr. Greg Feiden and Dr. Sarah Formica, in background, teach the pedagogy class to their Learning Assistants (LA) on Tuesday nights. The pedagogy class instructs the LAs how to teach physics. The LA ...

How to Ace Physics Class (Even if You Don’t Ace Physics) It’s back-to-school season, so here are some tips on getting the most out of college science courses.

My early physics education was very strange,” says theoretical physicist Lee Smolin. Strange, but effective. In the early 1970s, Smolin’s mentors at Hampshire College in Amherst, Massachusetts, ...

Making physics more engaging means meeting students where they are, highlighting the ways in which it plays a role in their communities.

Many teachers are tapped to teach physics without prior training or experience. A new study explores a possible solution.

The promise is enticing -- a book that explains quantum physics in a way that's so simple to understand, even a dog can learn it. While reading this book did introduce me to some of the general ...

What do dog treats and chasing squirrels have to do with quantum mechanics? Much more than you might imagine, as Orzel explains in this fun introduction to modern physics based on a “series of ...

The emergence of biological physics as a field has had an impact on artificial intelligence, synthetic biology, the global response to COVID-19, and more. A new report outlines research directions and ...