Physicists unveil system to solve long-standing barrier to new generation of supercomputers

The dream of creating game-changing quantum computers—supermachines that encode information in single atoms rather than ...

Heavy atomic nuclei are not as symmetric as previously thought, physicists find

Many heavy atomic nuclei are shaped more or less like squashed rugby balls than fully inflated ones, according to a ...

Physicists achieve high precision in measuring strontium atoms using rubidium neighbor

Having good neighbors can be very valuable—even in the atomic world. A team of Amsterdam physicists was able to determine an important property of strontium atoms, a highly useful element for modern ...
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‘Can you flip it?’ A case study of teaching physical sciences in rural schools through the rural blended learning strategy

Department of Science and Technology Education, University of South Africa, Pretoria, South Africa Aim: This study reports on the Physical Sciences teacher’s teaching difficulties when teaching with ...