There is a new standard in town, and it's sort of a big deal. This new standard is the definition of the kilogram, the unit of mass in the SI system—the International System of Units). It replaces the ...

Yashwant Ramma and team received funding from Mauritius Research Council. Kinematics describes the motion of objects through numbers, diagrams, words and equations and is taught in schools around the ...

Six "grand challenges" ranging from understanding the origins of the universe to creating new materials have been identified by a high-level panel set up to provide an overview of the state of basic ...

An independent institute for research into theoretical physics is being set up in Waterloo, Ontario, thanks to the generosity of a Greek immigrant who made his fortune through creating a high-tech ...