Explore Physics of Space Weather
Some basic concepts find applications in many, many places throughout science, especially physical ...
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Mechanics is the term used to refer to one of the main branches of the science of physics. ...
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Electricity and magnetism are two closely related and very important topics within the science ...
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The scientific field of thermal physics is concerned with heat and temperature. When we delve ...
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Atoms and the minute particles from which they are made strongly influence the nature of many ...
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Some concepts are used in many different fields of science and serve as a general purpose "toolbox" ...
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Did you know?
James Clerk Maxwell developed a system of equations that is fundamental to an area of physics – do you know what equations there are?
Do you know the name of the famous principle that Werner Heisenberg developed?
Earth and Space Science Concept of the Day
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RefractionxRefraction : Refraction is the deflection, or bending, of the ray path of a seismic wave caused by its passage from one material to another having different elastic properties; or the bending of a tsunami wave front owing to variations in the water depth along a
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Research Highlights
A new analysis of the unusually long solar cycle that ended in 2008 suggests that one reason for the long cycle could be a stretching of the sun's conveyor belt, a current of plasma that circulates between...
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