Writing in Physical Review X, the researchers show that in certain active materials, cranking up the activity of individual components can actually weaken the material's overall response: an insight ...

A new study showed that, when confronted with physics problems, new parts of a student's brain are utilized after receiving instruction in the topic. Parts of the brain not traditionally associated ...

Even scientists and educators who have an abiding love of physics acknowledge that much of society at large doesn’t share their affection. The study of force and motion has long been regarded as the ...