You can do just about all of the basic problems in intro physics by picking a point particle as your system and having all the forces on that particle do work. You don't even need potential energy.

Fusion power has long been promised as a clean, abundant energy source, but scientists have struggled to harness it effectively. A new approach, however, may finally bring fusion reactors closer ...

An invisible force has long eluded detection within the halls of the world’s most famous particle accelerator—until now.

The classic quantum mechanics problem is a particle in a 1-D box. ... Clearly an energy of zero doesn't work since the wave function isn't zero at x = L. Maybe we should try a different energy.

The sPHENIX particle detector, the newest experiment at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC) at the U.S. Department of ...

The first technique, Roussel continues, involves a machine learning algorithm that incorporates scientists’ present understanding of particle beam dynamics. This algorithm allowed the team to ...

The future of experimental particle physics is exciting – and energy intensive. SLAC physicists are thinking about how to make one proposal, the Cool Copper Collider, more sustainable.

A Penn State engineering student refined a century-old math problem into a simpler, more elegant form, making it easier to use and explore. Divya Tyagi's work expands research in aerodynamics ...

The new work, they said, could eventually lead to breakthroughs more dramatic than the heralded discovery in 2012 of the Higgs boson, a particle that imbues other particles with mass.

A groundbreaking particle model revolutionizes fusion reactor design, solving decades-old challenges in stellarator particle confinement. (CREDIT: Type One Energy Group) ...