In the lab students determine the factor affecting the frequency of a pendulum. In the lab students determine the factor affecting the frequency of a pendulum and relate to simple harmonic motion.

Types of Waves: In Physics, waves are a fundamental phenomena that describes the transmission of energy and information through a medium of an empty space. These waves are characterised by their ...

A sound wave is a vibration that travels through a solid, liquid or gas such as the air or water. A loud sound has a large amplitude, a high pitched sound has a high frequency. Musicians and ...

Illustration of gravitational waves produced by a newly formed black hole. (Courtesy: NASA) Gravity sits at the heart of some of the most important open problems in astrophysics, cosmology and ...

A century after Einstein predicted the outcome from a black hole collision, Frans Pretorius helped pave the way for the actual discovery of the ripples that would expand our understanding of the ...

As one of the key experimentalists to conceptualize and then build one of the biggest experiments in history, Nobel-prize-winning physicist Rainer Weiss’s path to success is remarkable. Now aged 90 he ...