A simple toy is helping scientists understand new details of a mysterious quantum process. The rhythmic click-clacking of the metal balls in Newton’s cradle has long entertained physics students.

There’s a particularly old desk toy called the Newton’s cradle. If you don’t know the name, you’d still recognize the toy. It is some ball bearings suspended in midair on strings.

Newton’s Cradle was once upon a time, a popular desk toy in offices around the world. For [TecnoProfesor], however, it wasn’t quite flashy enough. Instead, they built a simulated version with ...

A quantum analogue of the popular “Newton’s cradle” toy has been proposed by a duo of physicists in Italy. Like momentum transferred in the toy, the team argues that it should be possible to achieve ...

Newton's cradle is a fabulous toy. In case you aren't familiar with this device, it usually consists of five hanging metal balls that all line up horizontally. If you pull back a ball on one end ...

With its suspended metallic spheres that clack back and forth, Newton's cradle is more than a popular desktop plaything. It has taught a generation of students about conservation of momentum and ...

The drinking bird is an iconic desk toy, right up there with Newton's Cradle, but can you explain how it works? The principle is unintuitive at first glance, but beautifully simple in hindsight ...

You know about Newton's Cradle. Either you have seen it as an office desk toy, or as a physics demo. It goes: click, click, click, click. So let me show you how it works. What better way to show ...

The Newton's Cradle Fridge Magnet takes the familiar desk toy and sticks it on the refrigerator door. When the constant clacking becomes too much, any other stationary ferrous surface will do.

Meet Panda, Pikachu and Pavel, who are using Newton's Cradle to challenge themselves physically and mentally in order to become better versions of themselves so they can grow up to be more well ...