First came the idea of splitting the atom; then, a chain of events leading to a moment forever etched in collective memory—the use of nuclear weapons on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945.

The Western Michigan University Department of Physics traces its history to 1904, when instruction began at what was then Western State Normal School. Physics was taught, along with chemistry, under ...

This brief history of physics describes how scientists have tried to build on each others work for hundreds of years—with varied success.

This decade marked not just one but a series of turning points in the history of physics. The 2010s were an incredible decade for new knowledge, but more importantly, this decade’s discoveries ...

American Scientist (ISSN 0003-0996) is an illustrated bimonthly magazine about science and technology. Each issue is filled with feature articles written by prominent scientists and engineers, ...

The surprises in the history of physics are far too many to comprehensively describe, but we polled a variety of physicists for some of their favorites. A few discoveries, such as the accelerating ...

Postage stamps are not just tokens we use to send letters – they also form part of our social history. Ian Briggs looks at how developments in nuclear physics have been depicted in postage stamps ...

Neutrino physics has come a long way since those days, with Ray Davis and Masatoshi Koshiba sharing the 2002 Nobel Prize in Physics for building better neutrino detectors.

Bristol's School of Physics has been making its mark on science for over a hundred years. Renowned figures include Nobel Laureates Paul Dirac, Nevill Mott and Cecil F Powell. The school is recognised ...