Vlasov Equation
Vlasov equation is a differential equation that is used to model how plasma behaves and evolves over time. The equation has applications in fields where…
Category: Physical Science
Quantum Gravity
Quantum gravity is one of the burning field in theoretical physics that tries to describe gravity according to the principles of quantum mechanics, and where…
Poisson’s Equation
Poisson’s equation is a partial differential equation that has many applications in physics. It helps model various physical situations. Knowing how to solve it is…
The Quantum Mechanical Model of the Atom
The modern understanding of the atom emerged in the early 20th century. The Quantum Mechanical Model of the atom was a major breakthrough in this…
Helmholtz Equation and Its Applications
The Helmholtz equation is an important differential equation. It has many applications in various fields of physics, such as optics, acoustics, electrostatics and quantum mechanics.…
Black Holes Explained
Black holes are curious bodies that occur in cosmological physics. They sound almost exotic, with their unreal properties and air of mystery. Scientists studying them…
Stefan Boltzmann Law
Stefan Boltzmann Law or Stefan’s law is an important law in thermodynamics. It relates the energy radiated by a blackbody to its temperature. It is…
Is Time Travel Possible?
When we hear the phrase ‘time travel’, the first thing that we usually think of is travelling backwards into the past, perhaps to see our…
Kirchhoff’s Laws
Kirchhoff’s Circuit Laws are two laws that help us analyze electric circuits in terms of their voltage and current. The two corresponding laws are hence…
The Fermi Paradox
The Fermi Paradox is a paradox dealing with intelligent extraterrestrial life. Put simply, there is a reasonable chance that intelligent life could have evolved somewhere…
Compton Effect
The Compton effect is a physical phenomenon that describes how X-rays interact with electrons. It is one of the pieces of evidence that led to…
The Poiseuille Equation
The Poiseuille equation (also called Hagen-Poiseuille equation) is a fluid mechanical equation that helps us understand how pressure varies in a flowing liquid. Specifically, it…
Big Bang And Age Of The Universe
The age of the Universe has been something that fascinated all of humanity from ancient history. We have, in each of our cultures, tried to…
Dirac Equation
Dirac equation is a fundamental cornerstone of quantum field theory. It helps us understand the behavior of all spin 1/2 particles with mass such as…
The Higgs Boson
The Higgs Boson is an elementary particle in physics. In the Standard Model of physics, it is a reason that most particles have mass. It…
Arrhenius Equation
Arrhenius equation is an equation in chemistry that helps calculate how chemical reactions change their speed based on temperature. The Equation The equation states that…
Fermat’s Last Theorem
Fermat’s Last Theorem is one of the most intriguing problem of number theory. Legendary mathematician Pierre de Fermat stated it without any proof in 1637.…
Faraday’s Laws of Electromagnetic Induction
Faraday’s Laws are set of two basic laws which deal with electromagnetic induction. What is electromagnetic induction?Electromagnetic or magnetic induction is the production of an…
Gravitational Waves: Everything You Need To Know
Gravitational waves are one of the predictions of Einstein’s General Theory of Relativity, back in 1915. It took around a century, till 2015, for gravitational…
The Chandrasekhar Limit
The Chandrasekhar Limit is an upper limit on the mass of white dwarves, a type of star. A white dwarf star with a mass greater…
Dark Matter and Dark Energy
Dark matter and dark energy are two of the most intriguing concepts of modern physics. Just like their names suggest, they are shrouded in an…
Newton’s Universal Law of Gravitation
Newton’s Law of Gravitation is a theory that explains how all objects with mass interact with each other. It provides a mathematical framework to make…
Electronic Configuration And Its Rules
As we started digging deeper into the atom, we got to know that electrons can’t exist anywhere around the nucleus. We got to know that…
Theory Of Relativity
Relativity (also known as the theory of relativity) is, in the simplest form, a physical theory that states that all physical laws are the same…
Nernst Equation
The Nernst Equation is used to find the potential of an electrochemical cell or an oxidation/ reduction reaction under conditions of changing temperature and concentration…
