A longstanding basic question in biology relates to how life satisfies the fundamental constraints put on it by physics and chemistry. Darwin's warm pond hypothesis for the origin of primordial cells ...

Magnetic confinement fusion is based on the fact that ions and electrons cannot easily travel across a magnetic field. Therefore, hot plasma can be confined by strong magnetic fields. This approach is ...

From Newton's Laws of Motion to electric forces, these concepts explain why matter behaves the way it does.artpartner-images/The Image Bank/Getty Images Physics is the science that quantifies reality.

This course examines energy as a fundamental concept in physics and an essential element of human society. Basic principles of energy conservation and transformation are developed to understand ...