Chimpanzees act as engineers when making their tools, deliberately choosing plants that provide materials with more flexibility, a new study has ... a kind of "folk physics", an intuitive ...

There are a lot of things that have improved over the past 50 years, but are still far from perfect: Car safety. Solar power uptake. Scores of medical procedures. Add reading comprehension ...

This week, 14,000 scientists from across the globe are gathering in California for their largest annual conference, the American Physical Society (APS) Global Summit. Despite widespread firings at ...

She is also author of “Bibliotherapy in the Bronx,” a book to be published in April. Reading offers a break from work and caring for other people, she said, and it can also be a way to gain ...

Reading involves activity in several parts of the brain, and over time, it may change your brain structure. One 2020 study found that increased gray matter in the part of the brain called the left ...

But new research finds evidence that's not the case. In a study, researchers showed infants new images and later tested whether they remembered them. When an infant's hippocampus was more active ...

Artificial intelligence is transforming physics at an unprecedented pace. In the latest episode of Physics World Stories, host Andrew Glester is joined by three expert guests to explore AI’s impact on ...

First came a remark from Joanne Cohn, a friend of Ginsparg’s and a postdoc at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, who maintained a mailing list for physics preprints. At the time ...

Applied physics is the study of physics for a practical purpose, as opposed to physics motived solely for an improved fundamental understanding. This includes technological advances such as the ...

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Discover if Manchester is right for you with an online or in-person meeting. On the Physics with an Integrated Foundation Year you are an undergraduate at The University of Manchester. The course is ...