In the lab students determine the factor affecting the frequency of a pendulum. In the lab students determine the factor affecting the frequency of a pendulum and relate to simple harmonic motion.

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Enormous, spontaneous waves in the open ocean were once the tall tales of sailors. Rogue waves - enormous, spontaneous surface waves in the open ocean - were once the tall tales of sailors. They are ...

Light is well known to exhibit both wave-like and particle-like properties, as imaged here in this 2015 photograph. What's less well appreciated is that matter particles also exhibit those wave-like ...

Have you ever wondered why some long-jumpers cycle their legs in the air after take-off, why the 400 m race can have no more than nine lanes, or what’s the optimal stride length that athletes should ...

Collision course Artist’s impression of gravitational waves from two black holes. (Courtesy: iStock/Auris) By adapting mathematical techniques used in particle physics, researchers in Germany have ...