According to Newton’s third law, all actions are paired with reciprocal reactions. But breaking this principle allowed an artificial swimmer to move upstream in a quantum stream of light ...

Like most high schoolers in an intro to physics class, Dan Hoek heard the legendary tale of Isaac Newton and the apple. Here's how the story goes. While resting beneath a tree, Newton watched an apple ...

While at the University of Cambridge, Newton developed his theory of gravity and the three laws of motion. In his own words, “A man can imagine things that are false, but he can only understand things ...

For hundreds of years, we have been told what Newton’s First Law of Motion supposedly says, but recently a paper published in Philosophy of Science (preprint) by [Daniel Hoek] argues that it is based ...

Some laws of physics are so fundamental that they’ve served as the baseline for science for centuries. But with technological advancements, physicists can—albeit temporarily—create small worlds that ...

Some of the most fundamental scientific principals govern how forces can change the way objects move. The rules that affect mass, velocity, inertia, acceleration and gravity were drawn up by Isaac ...

Keep on moving – or not! Explore Newton’s First Law of Motion! Dr. Rob and the Crew use bowling balls, beads, and bottles to investigate Sir Isaac Newton’s First Law of Motion: An object at rest stays ...

Isaac Newton is typically portrayed as a solitary scientist with intense focus who was obsessed with power and deeply egotistical. But a new book by Caltech historians Jed Buchwald and Mordechai ...

A look at the life of one of history’s most famous astronomers ...

Considered the father of modern physics, the physicist, theologian, and inventor believed that people should act with passion ...