Gravitational potential energy is the energy an object has by virtue of its position above the surface of the Earth. When an object is lifted, work is done. When work is done in raising the height of ...

The Work Energy Principle is one of the big ideas in introductory physics courses. It's so big that the textbook presentation can get a little confusing - but it doesn't have to be that way. I haven't ...

Baud Resources, an IIT Kanpur incubated deep-tech startup, has developed a novel approach to gravity-based energy storage that operates on gravitational potential energy without the need for water, ...

Researchers in Canada have proposed using gravity-based energy storage in high-rise buildings, in combination with photovoltaic facades, small wind turbines, and lithium-ion batteries. Their modeling ...

Inspired by Galileo Galilei, in 1656 Christiaan Huygens invents pendulum clock. Through 18th and 19th centuries until 1930s, these clocks are precise time keepers. They use weights with escapement ...

The Principle of Conservation of Energy states that energy can be changed from one form to another but the total amount of energy does not change. Energy is measured in joules (J) and 1 J is ...

Let's file this post under "mistakes that Rhett made that he doesn't want to make again." If I don't write it down, I won't learn from my mistakes. How about I start this with the following problem.