The New Scientist Book Club has just finished reading Alex Foster's sci-fi novel “Circular Motion”. We liked it – but there ...

Vibrations are everywhere—from the hum of machinery to the rumble of transport systems. Usually, these random motions are ...

Pressure points The Institute of Physics says that recent errors in A-level physics unfairly perpetuate the myth that physics is a difficult subject. (Courtesy: shutterstock/monkey business images) ...

The way people think of the Solar System has changed many times throughout history. Before the development of the telescope, these ideas were based on what could be seen with the naked eye. This ...

Quantum physics is the study of matter and energy at its most fundamental level. A central tenet of quantum physics is that energy comes in indivisible packets called quanta. Quanta behave very ...

SINGAPORE – When Mr Ivan Lim applied to work at tuition centre Keynote Learning Hub two years ago, he had an unusual job interview. “I was asked, ‘Would you mind taking the O-level exam as a private ...

A good night's sleep starts with the best mattress. It's the foundation of our sleep. A mattress that isn't serving you can lead to a lot more than sleepless nights. Choosing the best mattress ...

Bubble vision: researchers have discovered that triple-fermented beer feature the most stable beer foam heads (courtesy: AIP/Chatzigiannakis et al.) It’s well documented that a frothy head on a ...

Newton's Laws are very important when it comes to car safety. When there is a car crash, the car, its contents and the passengers decelerate rapidly. They experience great forces because of the very ...

Abstract: This paper presents a strategy to guide a mobile ground robot equipped with a camera or depth sensor, in order to autonomously map the visible part of a bounded 3-D structure. We describe ...

Abstract: We present a formal framework that combines high-level representation and causality-based reasoning with low-level geometric reasoning and motion planning. The frame-work features bilateral ...

The Future Circular Collider is profiling itself as the next flagship project at CERN. Its ambitious program would be a unique opportunity to fuel the field of high-energy physics for several decades ...