After decades of anticipation, we have directly detected gravitational waves—ripples in spacetime traveling at the speed of light through the universe. Scientists at LIGO (the Laser Interferometic ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about physics, science, academia, and pop culture. One image that has recurred several times at the Convergence meeting is ...

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Coaching appointments will be available beginning in week 2 of the fall semester. Please make an appointment using the link below. One-on-one appointments between students and physics coaches offer ...

Sometimes the universe is just too complicated to analyze. Heck, if you take a tennis ball and toss it across the room, even that is practically too complicated. After it leaves your hand, the ball ...

As California schools move to implement new science standards, they are under pressure to offer more physics instruction, creating a demand for teachers in a subject area where there is already a ...

SAN DIEGO — A USD Physics professor is using the power of social media to make making science accessible to everyone. In this Zevely Zone, I visited the University of San Diego to meet the 'Physics ...

SANTA BARBARA — Based on research she conducted for her doctoral dissertation several years ago, Jatila van der Veen, a lecturer in the College of Creative Studies at UC Santa Barbara and a research ...

All Physics majors are required to complete a year-long research or capstoneproject with a faculty member, to write the results in article form and to give a presentation on their work. Its successful ...

All physics students are assigned a physics faculty mentor in order to guide their academic progress while pursuing a major in physics. Students must receive mentoring from a physics faculty mentor at ...