This web page describes inertial and non-inertial frames of reference, the latter being frames where Newton's laws do not hold. The text explains "fictitious forces", the centrifugal force and the Coriolis force, that...

The Institute for Quantum Information sponsors programs which encourage the growth and development of quantum information science. This web site contains information on regular seminars and inter-disciplinary workshops,...

Authored and curated by David P. Stern, this series of eight linked web pages provide a non-mathematical introduction to atomic theory from a historical perspective. The foundations of quantum physics are traced from the...

This page showcases research conducted at Massachusetts Institute of Technology on the laser-cooling of macroscopic materials, in order to observe quantum effects. The material--a dime-sized mirror--was suspended with...

This resource, part of the Spectroscopy Lab Suite, simulates optical transitions in solids. Emission spectra from different color light emitting diodes are shown. Students can create conduction and valence bands, and...