Classical mechanics, as a research area, studies the motion of macroscopic bodies under the influence of forces within the framework of Newtonian, Lagrangian, and Hamiltonian formalisms. It investigates deterministic dynamical systems, conservation laws derived from symmetries via Noether’s theorem, stability and bifurcation phenomena, and the emergence of chaos in nonlinear systems. Contemporary research encompasses rigid-body and continuum mechanics, celestial and orbital dynamics, perturbation theory, integrable and near-integrable systems, and the rigorous mathematical structure of phase space. It also provides limiting approximations to relativistic and quantum theories, serving as a testbed for multiscale modeling, numerical integrators, and control strategies.
Isaac Newton is typically portrayed as a solitary scientist with intense focus who was obsessed with power and deeply egotistical. But a new book by Caltech historians Jed Buchwald and Mordechai Feingold takes a deeper look ...
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Some track cyclists appear to break the rules of physics, but a new study, published in the journal Royal Society Open Science, has created a model explaining the illusion. The results suggest that a quick succession of well-timed ...
A new fluorescence microscopy technique that generates super-resolution images from a single camera exposure could help researchers study rapid movements within cells that are difficult to capture with existing methods.
Cell & Microbiology
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A programmable microfluidic device developed at the Institute of Science Tokyo, Japan, combines deterministic lateral displacement, a microfluidic technique used to separate particles according to size, with temperature-responsive ...
Bio & Medicine
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In a study published in Nature on Aug. 19, a research team has enhanced superconductivity through vacuum fluctuations for the first time. The achievement marks a significant advance in controlling quantum states of matter.
Superconductivity
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When you throw a ball in the air, the equations of classical physics will tell you exactly what path the ball will take as it falls, and when and where it will land. But if you were to squeeze that same ball down to the size ...
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The time had come to open the envelope, but Stephan Schlamminger, a physicist at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), wasn't sure he wanted to know the secret number that lay inside. For the past 10 ...
Astronomy
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A joint research team from the Institute of Metal Research (IMR) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the Songshan Lake Materials Laboratory has achieved precise control and real-time observation of atomic-scale structural ...
Nanomaterials
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With a clever design, researchers have solved eddy-current damping in macroscopic levitating systems, paving the way for a wide range of sensing technologies.
General Physics
Oct 10, 2025
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The Irish mathematician and physicist William Rowan Hamilton, who was born 220 years ago last month, is famous for carving some mathematical graffiti into Dublin's Broome Bridge in 1843.
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