Can your microwave oven really measure the speed of light? Yes, it can be done. And since many of the suggested experiments also involve chocolate, it will be done. Oh yes, it will be done. First, a ...

The questions in this quiz are suitable for GCSE physics students studying types of waves, wave period and wave speed, measuring the speed of sound in air, measuring waves in a ripple tank and ...

This paper describes a new method of measuring the absolute speed of moving objects such as people who are walking or running, running animals, vehicles, sailing boats and the like. The method ...

sound waves cause air particles to vibrate back and forth ripples cause water particles to vibrate up and down Waves cause a disturbance of the medium through which they travel. This allows them to ...

The ability to detect gravitational waves is rapidly propelling us into a new era of both astronomy and physics. New instruments like the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) ...

Newtonian physics postulates gravity's action as instantaneous, implying infinite speed, contrasting with Einstein's relativity. Einstein's general relativity predicts that gravitational interactions ...

Scientists from the CMS collaboration at CERN have measured the speed of sound in the quark-gluon plasmas with record precision, a key step to understanding how matter behaved in the very early ...