Physlab wins the 2015 National Innovation Award
The Physlab has won the prestigious National Innovation Award for building one of the most innovative experimental physics laboratories in Pakistan. The award is administered by the Pakistan Innovation Foundation and is adjudicated by a distinguished jury. “This is considered to be the country’s only and top most award […]
Smart Physics through video tracking
The Smart Physics laboratory experiments have been designed to introduce the students to two new methods of data collection and performing experiments to test and verify physical principles. 1. Using a digital camera to record videos in slow motion which allows us to observe objects moving at high speed. 2. Using a smartphone’s built-in inertial […]
Muhammad Sabieh Anwar (Personal)
Dr Muhammad Sabieh Anwar is Professor of Physics, holder of the Ahmed Dawood Chair and Dean at the LUMS Syed Babar Ali School of Science and Engineering, which has about 1500 students, 500 staff members and a hundred PhD holders as Faculty and is the country’s leading science and engineering academy. He helped establish the […]
Surface charges class room demonstration
A classroom demonstration exhibiting the phenomena of surface charges on current carrying conductors has been prepared at the Physlab. It is a well known and simple phenomenon though seldom talked about and is somewhat difficult to observe. Read more
Publication accepted by EJP
An article entitled Comment on ‘Measurement of the magnetic field of small magnets with a smartphone: a very economical laboratory practice for introductory physics courses’ has been published in the European Journal of Physics. It is a comment on an article byEnrique Arribas and talks about possibilities for exploring various magnetic phenomena.