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A magnet is a material or object that produces a magnetic field. This magnetic field is invisible but is responsible for the most notable property of a...

In spaceflight, an orbital maneuver (otherwise known as a burn) is the use of propulsion systems to change the orbit of a spacecraft. For spacecraft far...

The near field and far field are regions of the electromagnetic (EM) field around an object, such as a transmitting antenna, or the result of radiation...

A Leyden jar (or Leiden jar, or archaically, Kleistian jar) is an electrical component that stores a high-voltage electric charge (from an external source)...

Accelerator physics is a branch of applied physics, concerned with designing, building and operating particle accelerators. As such, it can be described...

Paul Darwin Foote (March 27, 1888 – August 2, 1971) was a director of research and executive vice president of the Gulf Research and Development company...

Unsolved problem in physics: What is the definitive explanation for why this phenomenon occurs? (more unsolved problems in physics) Granular convection...

The angular momentum of light is a vector quantity that expresses the amount of dynamical rotation present in the electromagnetic field of the light. While...

Resonant-cavity-enhanced photodetectors, also known as RCE photodetectors, are sensors designed to detect light or other forms of electromagnetic radiation...

Marcel Nicolet (1912–1996) was a Belgian physicist and meteorologist. Nicolet was born in Basse-Bodeux [fr], Belgium on February 26, 1912. He received...

Tsao Chang (Chinese: 张操; born 1942 in Shanghai, China) is a Chinese-American physicist. Chang has taught physics and conducted research on the theory of...