Newton's Laws are very important when it comes to car safety. When there is a car crash, the car, its contents and the passengers decelerate rapidly. They experience great forces because of the ...

For nearly 300 years, Isaac Newton’s first law of motion has been one of the most fundamental principles in physics. But a new study suggests that a small mistranslation in its original English ...

Car brakes apply an unbalanced force, causing deceleration (negative acceleration). This is due to Newton’s first law: object will continue at a constant speed in a straight line unless acted on ...