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The Moon is getting slightly farther away from the Earth each year − a physicist explains why

So the bottom line is that the gravity of the closer tidal bulge on the Earth is pulling the Moon forward, which increases ...
Martin Cid Magazine

Tachyons: Physics at the Edge of Light

The speed of light, c, is not just a very large number. In modern physics it is a structural constant: the conversion factor ...
Veritasium on MSN

How Physics Reveals The Bizarre Motions Of Rotating Objects

Rotating bodies often move in surprising ways with flips and wobbles that reveal the hidden rules of physics.
IEEE

DCF-BoW: Build Match Graph Using Bag of Deep Convolutional Features for Structure From Motion

Abstract: Matching a large number of images is quite time-consuming for structure from motion (SfM) due to the image matching by comparing features between all image pairs. In this letter, a bag of ...
Physics World

Twisted graphene reveals a new type of chirality

Structural chirality refers to the geometric property of objects that are not superimposable on their mirror images, a concept that is central to organic chemistry. In contrast, topological chirality ...
Stacker on MSN

The 10 hardest AP classes to pass in high school, according to data—and no, #1 is not calculus

Which AP tests stump students the most? Numerade used data from the College Board to identify the 10 AP courses with the ...
The Mail

700,000 GCSE pupils without a specialist physics teacher, report suggests

More than 700,000 GCSE physics students could be without a specialist teacher, a report has warned. The Institute of Physics (IOP) has called for urgent action to tackle the shortage in physics ...
GitHub

Universal Humanoid Motion Representations for Physics-Based Control

Official implementation of ICLR 2024 spotlight paper: "Universal Humanoid Motion Representations for Physics-Based Control". In this work, we develop a humanoi motion latent space that is low ...