Students typically do not delve deeply into the science of mechanics until early college introductory physics and engineering courses. Teaching mechanics in these classes is no small task. To build ...

The fundamental nature of living things challenges assumptions that physicists have held for centuries.

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Nature speaks to theoretical physicists to explore the real theories that inspired the hit series. Warning: contains spoilers ...

By partnering with artificial intelligence (AI), a researcher at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Brookhaven National ...

The text is now best known for introducing “Pascal’s Law” or “Principle,” that any change of pressure in an enclosed incompressible fluid (like water) is transmitted equally to all points within the ...

This course presents the fundamental principles of structural analysis, determination of reactions, internal forces and deflections under the static load conditions. The course is mainly focused to ...

Welcome to the ME 270 course website for the Fall 2025 term. The material on this site is a complement to the lecture book for the course. And, all material here is accessible without the need to log ...

Physics is the search for and application of rules that can help us understand and predict the world around us. Central to physics are ideas such as energy, mass, particles and waves. Physics attempts ...

MIT researchers have developed a new method for designing 3D structures that can be transformed from a flat configuration ...

Recent advances in space robotics have underscored the need for modeling, estimation, and control frameworks that respect the intrinsic geometry of ...