• 2015 Dec

    CERN – Particle Accelerators

    If you’ve researched more on the terms such as “antimatter” and “particle acceleration” as mentioned briefly during our Physics tuition classes on Nuclear Physics, you have most likely come across the term CERN. If…

    December 22, 2015
  • 2015 Dec

    Waves Versus Particles

    Light has been one of the most interesting and challenging phenomenon to understand for a long time. Earlier theories on light were two fold, on one side were the Newtonian theory of light which…

    December 21, 2015
  • 2015 Dec

    Temperature and Its Measurement

    Temperature is one of the measurable aspects of nature that can be felt by human body. We have always been able to differentiate the hot from the cold or have associated with it in…

    December 21, 2015
  • 2015 Dec

    Physics of Rolling Friction

    One of the most common faced by a student while trying to solve a problem that involves rolling and friction simultaneously is to identify the direction of the frictional force. The difficulty arises from…

    December 19, 2015
  • 2015 Dec

    Friction in Daily Life

    Friction is one of the most useful and one of the most troubles causing phenomenon in physics. In this article we will understand why. Firstly, let us analyze the factors that cause friction and…

    December 18, 2015
  • 2015 Dec

    Anomalous Expansion of Water

    Ice floats on water, it is a simple fact just like sun rises in the east. A general notion is that gases have lot of empty spaces in between their particles, in liquids particles…

    December 18, 2015
  • 2015 Dec

    The Basics of Static and Current Electricity

    There are two forms of electricity: static or current. Static Electricity Everything that we see around us is made of atoms and the atoms are made of protons, electrons and the neutrons. The electrons…

    December 17, 2015
  • 2015 Dec

    Understanding the Atom

    Atom is the building block of matter. Atoms are very tiny to be seen by the naked eye. Atoms combine to form molecules which build the matter that we can see or touch. To…

    December 15, 2015
  • 2015 Dec

    History of Electricity

    In the early days dating back to 2000 B.C. long before the invention of electricity, people had come across the famous electric fish, which was referred to as – Thunderer of the Nile by…

    December 13, 2015