A magazine news story on the unification of physics usually begins by saying that Einstein’s general theory of relativity and quantum theory are irreconcilable. The one handles the force of gravity, ...

Electromagnetism has haunted the human imagination for thousands of years. From the ghostly Northern Lights of ancient aurora mythology to the evil electromagnetic forces in the popular TV show Twin ...

How does the imagination work? How can it lead to both reverie and scientific insight? In this book, Kieran M. Murphy sheds new light on these perennial questions by showing how they have been closely ...

Magnets, how do they work? Although the quantum mechanics behind ferromagnetism are by no means easy, a few simple experiments can give you a good grasp of how magnets attract and repel each other, ...

During the latter part of the 20th century, string theory was put forward as a unifying theory of physics foundations. String theory has not, however, fulfilled expectations. That is why we are of the ...

Adjunct Senior Research Fellow , School of Mathematical Sciences, Monash University It’s hard to imagine life without mobile phones, radio and television. Yet the discovery of the electromagnetic ...

Michael Murphy receives funding from the Australian Research Council. There’s an awkward, irksome problem with our understanding of nature’s laws which physicists have been trying to explain for ...

In this video, Jonny Nelson introduces an animated explanation of electromagnetism. Electromagnetism is due to the magnetic fields around electric currents. The fields can cause forces with other ...

Most of us don’t think much about electric charge, apart from in those annoying moments when our phones run out of it. But for physicists, it is a big deal. In every atom, negatively charged electrons ...