A virtual laboratory under development at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro aims to let students experiment with physics concepts without physically being in a lab. Computer simulations ...
A tiny elementary particle called the muon has won a big prize: the Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics. Researchers with Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory—which is affiliated with the ...
Undergraduate labs are more effective and more positive for students if they encourage investigation and decision-making, not verification of textbook concepts. Physics is founded on both theory and ...