Chang Kee Jung, PhD, distinguished professor and chair of the department of physics and astronomy at Stony Brook University, has been selected to receive the American Physical Society’s 2022 Julius ...

When the physicist Steve Haake began his career as a “sports engineer” in the early 1990s, he was greeted by “an embarrassed silence”. His PhD on the impact of golf balls on golf greens was sneered ...

Being from Buffalo means getting to eat some of the best wings in the world. It means scraping snow and ice off your car in frigid mornings. And it means making a lifelong vow to the city's NFL ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Amy Pope, Clemson University (THE CONVERSATION) During the 2026 Winter Olympics, ...

Physics is a natural science that, compared to others, is less popular among the general population, both adults and children. However, awareness of the presence of physics in every corner of our ...

Speed alone may be the factor that draws many sports fans to the bobsled, luge and skeleton events at this year’s Winter 2022 Olympics. But beneath the thrilling descents of the winding, ice-covered ...

Students with an interest in sports looking to add a science course to their schedule may consider an updated four credit-hour version of a course offered through the physics department: Physics 1111: ...

During the 2026 Winter Olympics, athletes will leap off ramps, slide across ice and spin through the air. These performances will look different to my students who have studied physics through sports.