A spallation neutron source has been used by physicists in Japan to search for possible violations of the inverse square law of gravity. By scattering neutrons off noble-gas nuclei, the researchers ...

Given a particle in Euclidean space, a central force is a force that points toward or away from the origin and depends only on the particle’s distance from the origin. If the particle’s position at ...

Nobel laureate Steven Weinberg was rewarded as well, for his varied and continuing contributions to physics. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s ...

When the venerable Bill Klages last left the pages of TV Technology, he was discussing some mathematical esoterica regarding inverse square law and I was a bit inspired to pick up, somewhat, from ...