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A beam of electrons crossed just a few millimeters of plasma, then helped trigger an effect that usually belongs to massive ...

Researchers from the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) achieved the first direct laboratory observation of ion acceleration through reflection off laser-generated magnetized ...

A new study reports conclusive evidence for the breakdown of standard gravity in the low acceleration limit from a verifiable analysis of the orbital motions of long-period, widely separated, binary ...

You might have seen some of the viral videos of this giant steel slide at Belle Isle Park in Michigan, which temporarily closed this summer because riders were sliding so fast they were losing contact ...

Dive into the acceleration analysis of a Half Atwood Machine! This video breaks down the forces, tension, and acceleration involved in this classic physics problem, providing step-by-step calculations ...

Ageia unleashes a flurry of press releases to pimp the availability of its PhysX physics accelerator chip. Will there be a physics acceleration revolution like the 3D explosion in the late ...