Energy is one of the central themes in science. There are many forms of energy, each with its own specific definition. Any form of energy can be converted into one of the other forms. This is the law of conservation of energy, which states that energy...

Figure 2. Cross-section of a vaporizing pot burner. Energy is "capacity (or ability) to do work," and work is "the result of a force acting through some distance." A car running into the rear of a stalled car exerts...

(from Greek, kineein: to move) As an adjective, KINETIC refers to motion. KINETICS is the scientific study of the actions of forces in producing motion: kinetic energy is the energy that a body possesses by virtue of its motion. KINEMATICS is the...

An expression of the energy a body has as a result of its being in motion. The amount of kinetic energy it holds is equal to the amount of work the body would do if it were brought to...

The kinetic energy of an object is the extra energy which it possesses due to its motion. It is defined as the work needed to accelerate a body of a given mass from rest to its current velocity. Having gained this energy during its acceleration, the...

"Kinetic Energy," the title of Thursday night's program by the Contemporary Music Forum in the Corcoran Gallery, was a notable example of truth in labeling. An ominous hint of what it might mean could be seen in the formidable array of percussion instruments spread...

Considerable recent Army program, development activity has focused on providing warfighters with an expanded array of battlefield lethality effects-expanding a commander's combat options by placing "more arrows in the tactical quiver." One arrow that has long been explored but yet to be placed...

From the moment Sigourney Weaver enters the stage at Playwrights Horizons, an unpleasant smile is plastered across her face _ not the kind that exudes happiness, but the type that barely conceals the bitterness seething beneath it.Her foil in A.R. Gurney's entertaining, if not somewhat...

Where some see scarred stumps and horrific wounds, Peter Harsch sees carbon-fiber feet, hydraulic legs and bionic knees.Harsch became the Navy Medical Center San Diego's first full-time prosthetist last fall as part of the military's push to treat troops who have lost arms and legs...