Explore how to calculate the magnetic force on a current-carrying loop from a long straight wire! This tutorial breaks down the physics concepts behind magnetic fields and forces, perfect for physics ...

Researchers have upgraded a key computer code for calculating forces acting on magnetically confined plasma in fusion energy experiments. The upgrade will help scientists further improve the design of ...

Everyone knows Luke Skywalker travels to Dagobah to learn the ways of The Force (like his father before him). He trains with Jedi master Yoda. Perhaps you recall the scene where Luke does a one-armed ...

If you have watched MythBusters, you are aware that they often crash things into each other. In the latest episode, the MythBusters dropped a piano onto the roof of a house. Before the drop, they ...

Physicists in the US may have ended a decade-old debate about how the Casimir force – which affects objects separated by tiny distances – should be calculated for two metal objects. They say that the ...