In order for scientists to know how equipment will fare in space, they must test tools in a variety of manners — vibrations, ...

This September, IMAP — a one-ton NASA spacecraft carrying 10 unique instruments — will launch into space to collect and interpret particles from the Sun and from exploded stars billions of miles ...

ExxonMobil has funded the purchase of US$40,000 ($8.4m) worth of equipment for the Physics Lab at the University of Guyana which was destroyed by a fire in 2015. A release yesterday from UG said that ...

The University of Iowa is stepping into the future of space research with new high-tech labs designed to test satellites, ...

Some instruments in teaching laboratories may look old-fashioned, but those wooden boxes can hold surprisingly advanced equipment. George Herold describes his career designing experiments for ...

Physicists often find thrifty, ingenious ways to reuse equipment and resources. What do you do with 800 square feet of scintillator from an old physics experiment? Cut it up and give it to high ...

Physics lab courses are vital to science education, providing hands-on experience and technical skills that lectures can’t offer. Yet, it’s challenging for those in Physics Education Research (PER) to ...

Dr. Dominic Gostick, CTO at PerkinElmer, discusses the transition in the lab toward integrated systems, how AI-enabled ...