Jump start physics problem with a mass on a spring. This video explains the setup, key assumptions, and the step-by-step physics needed to solve for motion, energy, and forces in a spring–mass system.

In this video, we model a catenary curve using a mass-spring system, showing how a chain-like shape can emerge from discrete masses connected by springs. We connect the simulation to real physics, ...

Six primary care providers at a single Mass General Brigham practice are moving to rival Beth Israel Lahey Health in January, raising to at least 18 the total number of such defections from the ...

Inside a vast, hangar-like building in Devens, a trio of employees are working to test and assemble the pieces of what is likely one of the most advanced machines being built on Earth. One part of a ...

The Federal Aviation Administration announced this week it will scale back flights by about 10% at forty of the nation’s busiest airports, a move that could ground thousands of departures per day. The ...

For months, Illinois transit leaders warned of a doomsday scenario that would hobble the region’s mass transit systems. Dozens of bus lines were on the chopping block, they warned, along with whole ...

Blackout The System launches its Second Wave economic blackout, urging participants to avoid work and shopping from Nov. 25 to Dec. 2. Blackout The System has called for a nationwide boycott, urging ...

Mass General Brigham has turned to artificial intelligence to address a critical shortage of primary care doctors, launching an AI app that questions patients, reviews medical records, and produces a ...

The interstellar object dubbed 3I/ATLAS has been fascinating astronomers since its discovery in early July. The object, generally believed to be a comet, is screaming through the solar system at ...

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