While most of us have a limited understanding of physics, we have an idea of what “critical mass” means. But just in case: when you reach a sufficient and/or necessary level of something to effect ...

Departmental practices for admitting and retaining students at the graduate level fundamentally determine who is allowed to shape the future of physics research. Assuring that the path to a physics ...

Critical mass is a physics term describing the point at which there is sufficient density to attain a sustained nuclear chain reaction. It gets adapted to describing any situation where sufficient ...