Yahya Ashraf
Griffiths Electrodynamics Problem 4.15: Electric Field for Polarized Spherical Shell
I had been asked by some of my friends to post a solution for this problem. Personally, I feel this is an extremely important problem to...
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Astronomers Discover First Observational Evidence Linking Black Holes to Dark Energy
A team of astronomers has discovered the first observational evidence linking black holes to dark energy, a mysterious force that...
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A brief introduction to the unified field theory
Despite being very obvious on human scales, gravity remains a very enigmatic physical phenomenon. Since the eve of scientific thought,...
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Webb reveals cosmic cliffs and it's beautiful!
So NASA’s James Webb telescope released an image of cosmic cliff and we all are amazed. It shows the limitlessness of Webb suggesting...
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Breakdown of the first James Webb Space Telescope image
This is a huge day for humanity. This day marks the beginning of an era. An era where our universe is much more accessible to us than it...
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Why are humans so reluctant to accept climate change?
“It's not like I don't care about the climate.” Bob asserted “Dude, your carbon footprint on wren.co is twice that of an average UK...
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What every layperson should know about time dilation
You might have heard about Special relativity and how it revolutionized the way we perceive time. Special relativity showed us that time...
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The Infinite Resistance problem
If we consider an infinitely long chain of resistors, strung together, then what would be the effective resistance?
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What every layperson should know about Feynman diagrams
Every so often, a scientist is born who is so brilliant and so charming that they become a cultural icon. Here I am talking about Richard...
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Everything you need to know about the DUNE experiment
Fermilab is America’s leading particle physics laboratory. There is no doubt that the laboratory has a large and robust neutrino research...
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What is perturbation theory?
Physics is the simplest and most central of all branches of human knowledge. Of all of the branches of physics, the truly deepest and...
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Physicists observe a rare type of superconductivity
'Magic angle' twisted trilayer graphene doesn't only have an impressively exotic name, it might be a particularly rare type of...
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Introduction to Quantum Computing
Here, inside this refrigerator, at a temperature just a tick above absolute zero, isolated from the rest of the universe... ...is a...
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Everything you need to know about the muon g-2 experiment
Abstract In April 2021, Physicists at Fermilab made an ultra-precise measurement of the magnetic properties of an ephemeral particle...
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China's "artificial Sun" sets a record with a plasma temperature of 120 million degrees celsius
China's Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak (EAST) is one of several promising nuclear fusion research devices in operation...
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Quantum Entanglement, for the first time, seen on a large scale!
Quantum mechanics shows us that reality is merely an illusion. It has been more than a hundred years since we started decoding the...
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Quantum molecules are a possibility, shows a new study by physicists at the University of Chicago
Physicists have always wanted to influence and control quantum molecules for success in doing so would result in technology feats like...
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Researchers use pulses inside hot plasma to break the speed barrier!
Physicists have broken down the speed limit of light. Using pulses inside hot plasma, researchers show light pulses can indeed travel faster
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What every layperson should know about Quantum Loop Gravity
You might have heard about the theory of Loop Quantum gravity but what is it? How does it unify the laws of physics?
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Faster than light travel is indeed possible, says a new study!
We all know that faster than light travel is not possible but a recently published research paper shows that achieving superlimnal speed is
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What and where are extra dimensions?
It is widely believed that we live in a four-dimensional world comprised of length, width, height, and time. But the mathematics of...
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The paradox of time travel, answered!
Everyone has, at least, once in a lifetime thought of the idea of time travel. “What if I could go back in time and change the course of...
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Why parallel universe exists
With past years our understanding of science and the universe has expanded exponentially giving us a complete new outlook towards the...
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Why is there anything instead of nothing?
Why does the universe exist? Why is there anything instead of nothing? This is the very ultimate question of our existence.
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