The American Institute of Physics has awarded its 2002 Andrew Gemant Award for communicating physics to Michael Riordan, adjunct professor of physics at the University of California, Santa Cruz.

In 1980, Stephen Hawking gave his first lecture as Lucasian Professor at the University of Cambridge. The lecture was called "Is the end in sight for theoretical physics?" Forty-five years later, ...

The Duane Physics building at the University of Colorado Boulder has long been a hub for groundbreaking science education, but until recently, its infrastructure posed significant challenges for ...

Eugenia Etkina and Gorazd Planinšič describe how research into how people learn – plus the desire to help all students develop scientific “habits of mind” – is reshaping the way they teach physics An ...

LITTLE ROCK — One of the nation’s leading physicists will speak Tuesday morning at Philander Smith College as part of an effort to boost interest in mathematics and science for members of minority ...