The handheld particle detector CosmicWatch is roughly the size of a box of animal crackers. Every time a muon passes through ...

There has never been a more exciting time to study the exciting discipline of physics, spanning the workings of the sub-atomic world to the ever-expanding universe. The BS Physics Program in the ...

A new discovery in physics can be exciting, but are scientists declaring quantum victory too soon? Many breakthroughs aren't ...

Physics is the study of the underlying laws and mechanisms explaining how the universe works. Most of what we do in daily life is based on a principle or law of physics—dealing with forces, motion, ...

The field of condensed matter physics explores the macroscopic and microscopic properties of matter. Condensed Matter physicists study how matter arises from a large number of interacting atoms and ...

You're sitting in physics class, working on a traditional problem involving forces and acceleration, when you start to wonder where these terms even came from. Were they just dreamed up to bring ...

Examine the theories around energy and matter with faculty researchers who are making their mark in the physics world. Explore optics and photonics, the physics behind music, and more at an R1 ...

Legendary investor and philanthropist William H. "Bill" Miller III has made a lead gift of $50 million in a combined $75 million philanthropic effort to support Johns Hopkins University's Department ...