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Python physics lesson 33: Discovering the effects of magnetism on moving charges

Dive deep into Python Physics Lesson 33 and uncover how magnetism affects moving charges! This tutorial explains magnetic forces, the Lorentz force, and the interaction of charged particles with ...
American Institute of Physics

Stories from Black Physicists in Our Collections: Part Three

This post features biographies and notable quotes from oral history interviews with planetary geophysicist Lynnae Quick, ...
Science Daily

Scientists say quantum tech has reached its transistor moment

Quantum technology has reached a turning point, echoing the early days of modern computing. Researchers say functional quantum systems now exist, but scaling them into truly powerful machines will ...
MIT Technology Review

The lessons of Challenger

Managing risk as we reach for the stars. I was not at the launch site with my former NASA colleagues on January 28, 1986, when the space shuttle Challenger exploded 73 seconds after takeoff. Less than ...
Wall Street Journal

The Physicist Who Has Appealed to the Pope and Elon Musk on AI Safety

Max Tegmark, the MIT physics professor who has become an AI safety campaigner, emerged from days of meetings in a Vatican conference room in September with a stack of paper slips about the size of ...
USA Today

Who is the alleged Brown University, MIT shooter? What we know

A sprawling search for the person responsible for a deadly mass shooting at Brown University is over, but key questions remain about the alleged shooter. Authorities have identified the suspect as ...
OPB

A Reddit post helped find MIT and Brown shooting suspect. Here’s what we know

Robert F. Bukaty A Reddit post by an observant witness helped lead investigators to the gunman officials say was responsible for the killing of two students during the shooting at Brown University on ...
The Boston Globe

Killing of MIT professor Nuno Loureiro ripples through the ranks of academia and science

As Nuno F.G. Loureiro’s colleagues mourn his shocking death at the hands of a former classmate, many are reflecting on the MIT physics professor’s legacy of scientific contributions and leadership.
MassLive

‘We got him’: Police ID dead suspect in Brown University, MIT professor shootings

Providence police identified the suspect in the deadly Brown University mass shooting and the killing of an MIT professor in Brookline Thursday night after he was found dead in a storage facility in ...
New York Post

Here’s why Claudio Neves Valente may have targeted Brown U., MIT professor

The Brown University and MIT professor shooter whined that the Ivy League school’s food was lousy and its classes were too easy, it surfaced Friday – along with new details about his academic ...
Los Angeles Times

Suspect in Brown University shooting and MIT professor’s killing was once a physics student

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. The suspect in last weekend’s Brown University shooting and an MIT professor’s killing was found dead Thursday in ...