Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory

Flight Engineers Give NASA’s Dragonfly Lift

When NASA’s Dragonfly begins full rotorcraft integration and testing in early 2026, the mission team will tap into a trove of ...

The Astounding Pop Mech Show: Gravity May Be Evidence We’re Living in a Simulation

These are some of the provocative questions posed in one of Pop Mech ’s wildest recent stories, “ Gravity May Be Key Evidence ...
Interesting Engineering

US technology to slash complex nuclear fusion simulation time from months to real-time

This configuration allows for the analysis of data in real-time as experiments occur. A primary experimental connection for the platform is the National Spherical Torus Experiment-Upgrade (NSTX-U) at ...

Stingrays inspire smarter ocean robots: The physics of fin motion

Using robotic fins, researchers at the University of California, Riverside have learned how stingrays are able to swim with ...
Visual Studio Magazine

Microsoft Expands Quantum Development Kit with New Open-Source Tools, VS Code Integration

Microsoft released new open‑source quantum development tools that deepen VS Code and Copilot integration while targeting real ...

Velocity gradients prove key to explaining large-scale magnetic field structure

All celestial bodies—planets, suns, even entire galaxies—produce magnetic fields, affecting such cosmic processes as the ...
Dot Physics on MSN

GlowScript VPython tutorial | Dipole electric field simulation

In this tutorial, we use GlowScript VPython to build a dipole electric field simulation step by step. Learn how to model charges, compute field vectors, and create an interactive visualization that ...
Dot Physics on MSN

Modeling electric flux through a cube using GlowScript

Model electric flux through a cube using GlowScript. This short visualizes field vectors, surface normals, and how flux adds across each face—making Gauss’s Law feel intuitive with a clean interactive ...
Science Daily

Trapped by moon dust: The physics error that fooled NASA for years

Engineers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison uncovered a critical flaw in how lunar and Martian rovers are tested on Earth. Simulations revealed that test results have been misleading for decades ...
Machine Design

COMSOL Multiphysics Version 6.4 Speeds Up Simulation with GPU-Accelerated Solvers

COMSOL Multiphysics version 6.4 accelerates engineering simulations and multiphysics models. Full GPU support across all physics delivers up to 5× speedups in benchmarks. COMSOL now supports GPU ...
The Atlantic

The Truth Physics Can No Longer Ignore

On October 8, 2024, the field of physics was plunged into controversy. That day, the Nobel Prize in Physics was awarded for discoveries not involving black holes, cosmology, or strange new subatomic ...
Supply Chain

How Physics-Based Simulation and 3D Printing Are Rewiring the Supply Chain

Not so long ago, supply chain disruptions were limited to a dockyard strike or a storm off the Atlantic Coast. Now vulnerabilities are everywhere: A pandemic shuts down entire factories, tariffs shift ...