Centripetal force is the real inward pull that keeps objects moving in circles, while centrifugal force is the apparent outward push we only feel in rotation.
In January I wrote a piece titled “ 5 Physics Equations Everyone Should Know .” Lots of you weighed in with your own ...
Jon Chase is at Leeds College of Art. The art students here know a thing or two about colour, so they’re taking part in an experiment. Can they work out what happens when light reflects off paints of ...
Inside nearly every cell of your body, the tiny F1 motor works non-stop to create adenosine triphosphate (ATP), the universal ...
An object in a fluid is displacing some of the fluid. The upthrust force is equal in size to the weight of the fluid displaced by the object. If the upthrust is less than the weight of the object, the ...
Best of the best Who takes the award for the top physics Nobel of the 21st century? (Courtesy: Nobel Foundation) With the 2025 Nobel Prize for Physics due to be unveiled on Tuesday 7 October, Physics ...
Stellar image: The winning image captures the core of the Andromeda Galaxy (M31) in exceptional detail (courtesy: Weitang Liang, Qi Yang, Chuhong Yu) Photographers Weitang Liang, Qi Yang and Chuhong ...