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- Friction is the force resisting the relative motion of solid surfaces, fluid layers, and material elements sliding against each other. Types of friction...74 KB (8,805 words) - 12:34, 12 May 2024
- In physics, the Coriolis force is an inertial (or fictitious) force that acts on objects in motion within a frame of reference that rotates with respect...83 KB (10,413 words) - 20:31, 2 May 2024
- Luis Walter Alvarez (June 13, 1911 – September 1, 1988) was an American experimental physicist, inventor, and professor who was awarded the Nobel Prize...53 KB (6,096 words) - 13:15, 13 May 2024
- Yang Chen-Ning or Chen-Ning Yang (simplified Chinese: 杨振宁; traditional Chinese: 楊振寧; pinyin: Yáng Zhènníng; born 1 October 1922), also known as C. N. Yang...30 KB (2,667 words) - 16:43, 11 May 2024
- An ampere-hour or amp-hour (symbol: A⋅h or A h; often simplified as Ah) is a unit of electric charge, having dimensions of electric current multiplied...6 KB (754 words) - 04:07, 23 January 2024
- In physics and geometry, isotropy (from Ancient Greek ἴσος (ísos) 'equal', and τρόπος (trópos) 'turn, way') is uniformity in all orientations. Precise...10 KB (1,245 words) - 02:12, 24 August 2023
- An axion (/ˈæksiɒn/) is a hypothetical elementary particle originally postulated by the Peccei–Quinn theory in 1977 to resolve the strong CP problem in...73 KB (7,458 words) - 07:46, 13 May 2024
- In cosmology, the steady-state model or steady state theory is an alternative to the Big Bang theory. In the steady-state model, the density of matter...30 KB (3,532 words) - 18:05, 16 March 2024
- Unsolved problem in physics: Yang–Mills theory and the mass gap. Quantum particles described by the theory have mass but the classical waves of the field...28 KB (4,217 words) - 00:17, 4 May 2024
- In theoretical physics, quantum nonlocality refers to the phenomenon by which the measurement statistics of a multipartite quantum system do not allow...65 KB (9,415 words) - 23:06, 1 May 2024
- The history of the Big Bang theory began with the Big Bang's development from observations and theoretical considerations. Much of the theoretical work...20 KB (2,604 words) - 15:03, 28 April 2024
- In the physics of gauge theories, gauge fixing (also called choosing a gauge) denotes a mathematical procedure for coping with redundant degrees of freedom...28 KB (4,271 words) - 21:58, 2 May 2024
- The gravitational wave background (also GWB and stochastic background) is a random background of gravitational waves permeating the Universe, which is...18 KB (1,896 words) - 11:52, 20 March 2024
- Magnetic refrigeration is a cooling technology based on the magnetocaloric effect. This technique can be used to attain extremely low temperatures, as...47 KB (5,139 words) - 18:51, 6 May 2024
- Fleming's left-hand rule for electric motors is one of a pair of visual mnemonics, the other being Fleming's right-hand rule for generators. They were...11 KB (1,529 words) - 21:41, 21 February 2024
- Contemporary Physics is a peer-reviewed scientific journal publishing introductory articles on important recent developments in physics. Editorial screening...8 KB (656 words) - 05:39, 29 October 2023
- In physics, in the area of quantum information theory, a Greenberger–Horne–Zeilinger state (GHZ state) is a certain type of entangled quantum state that...10 KB (1,475 words) - 21:08, 27 March 2024
- Mujaddid Ahmed Ijaz, Ph.D. (Urdu: مجدد احمد اعجا ز; June 12, 1937 – July 9, 1992), was a Pakistani-American experimental physicist noted for his role in...32 KB (2,985 words) - 08:23, 19 April 2024