Physicists from the University of Pennsylvania, working with colleagues at Arizona State University, are examining the limitations of a framework that aims to unify the laws of physics throughout the ...

The Maxwell–Boltzmann distribution describes the probability distribution of molecular speeds in a sample of an ideal gas.

This article was originally published with the title “Explanation of the Maxwell Electromagnetic Theory of Light” in SA Supplements Vol. 21 No. 538supp (April 1886), p. 8591 doi:10.1038 ...

During the latter part of the 20th century, string theory was put forward as a unifying theory of physics foundations. String theory has not, however, fulfilled expectations. That is why we are of the ...

James Clerk Maxwell ranks alongside Newton and Einstein as one of the world’s great physicists. In designating this year as the International Year of Light, UNESCO explicitly highlight the importance ...

C, the cosmic speed limit, is the fastest anything in the universe can go. But how fast is that? And how do we know?

Clothing electrical phenomena in mathematical language, Maxwell discovered electromagnetic waves by inventing them out of his own head. He then correlated electromagnetic waves and light waves.

James Clerk Maxwell, a pioneer in electromagnetism, unified the forces of electricity and magnetism in his equations, laying the foundation for modern physics.