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f882de04ded482806f885451740ebf26b2cf406be3082a5b4fee43cdd2550747 | 2026-09-18T11:50:36+00:00 | Microbes may survive at the Moon’s south pole | The research is described in Science Advances. The post Microbes may survive at the Moon’s south pole appeared first on Physics World. | https://physicsworld.com/a/microbes-may-survive-at-the-moons-south-pole/ | Space & Physics | svg |
d7d1b13496513b75dde47540006083fbe1f1c263ac2c57bf8874300799bc7c37 | 2026-09-18T08:30:34+00:00 | Tiny biodegradable stars enhance drug delivery to the skin | Delivering drugs directly to the skin provides a targeted means of treating dermatological conditions while minimizing side effects. The approach is limited, however, by the stratum corneum – the skin’s outer layer – which acts as a barrier that can restrict the effectiveness of most topically applied drugs. To overcom... | https://physicsworld.com/a/tiny-biodegradable-stars-enhance-drug-delivery-to-the-skin/ | Space & Physics | svg |
fe18845f99eb9e26fc91eb5d7117d97f58a7c07f6277ba084dcb92a713e704ef | 2026-09-17T18:30:51+00:00 | Spectacular image of the Shark Nebula wins Royal Observatory Greenwich prize | Kuwaiti photographer Ali Alobaidly has beaten thousands of amateur and professional photographers from around the world to bag the 2026 Royal Observatory Greenwich’s ZWO Astronomy Photographer of the Year. The image – The Quiet Predator – captures the Shark Nebula, which lies almost 650 light years away in the constell... | https://physicsworld.com/a/spectacular-image-of-the-shark-nebula-wins-royal-observatory-greenwich-prize/ | Space & Physics | svg |
12b757b023f339562e025ca11c57a34b72b6b6e278cead4a3f56b0d705b778e5 | 2026-09-17T15:00:58+00:00 | Creating better batteries for electricity grids | This episode of the Physics World Weekly podcast features Lin Ma, who is at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. His research group tackles energy and environmental challenges using sustainable materials and electrochemical techniques. In this episode I chat with Ma about the growing importance of energy st... | https://physicsworld.com/a/creating-better-batteries-for-electricity-grids/ | Space & Physics | svg |
df9c0a09ad4f3dbe4ee285cff8ece7ed7d78296a66cc6fa513f59f17229db829 | 2026-09-17T10:30:14+00:00 | Uncertainty and the random universe: a slide puzzle | Image courtesy: Shutterstock/svekloid Fancy some more? Check out our puzzles page. The post Uncertainty and the random universe: a slide puzzle appeared first on Physics World. | https://physicsworld.com/a/uncertainty-and-the-random-universe-a-slide-puzzle/ | Space & Physics | svg |
14f4b5c954a60d618199a3ceaf41ae917276b4acdbc5a8b9b14a4ae54fb038bc | 2026-09-17T08:30:41+00:00 | Metasurface optical device boosts nonlinear frequency conversion | The post Metasurface optical device boosts nonlinear frequency conversion appeared first on Physics World. | https://physicsworld.com/a/metasurface-optical-device-boosts-nonlinear-frequency-conversion/ | Space & Physics | svg |
9e7f840f1f6fc5507617f4a8b532eaad1a1b87ece314784f293918e8e4eccb19 | 2026-09-16T14:30:35+00:00 | Belarusian sculptor unveils artwork honouring US physicist Jim Gates | Belarusian sculptor Pavel Wilimaytis has created a portrait of the theoretical physicist Jim Gates who is based at the University of Maryland and Brown University. Gates is best known for his work on supersymmetry and superstring theory as well as the connections between quantum physics and information theory. He is al... | https://physicsworld.com/a/belarusian-sculptor-unveils-artwork-honouring-us-physicist-jim-gates/ | Space & Physics | svg |
ec332e087ff35c7e2177747d2edd9f62cdeb2c37342400e59bd5eb5ae95b60c0 | 2026-09-16T13:00:53+00:00 | Get your teeth into the cutting edge of materials science | My dentist, Dr Albora, told me I needed a new tooth. He made me bite down on a U-shaped tray filled with polyether, an elastomeric material that’s been used in dentistry for decades. I tried not to gag while the gooey stuff set. Albora then waggled it off and sent the imprint to a company on Long Island that makes fals... | https://physicsworld.com/a/get-your-teeth-into-the-cutting-edge-of-materials-science/ | Space & Physics | svg |
a5a66288fdc55aa50c0ea626938e7e311c5cb01c5d8257904a7cafbd26bf8268 | 2026-09-16T08:46:07+00:00 | Establishing a research career in advanced X-ray Imaging: insights from Xiaochuan Pan and PMB award winner Ronan Smith | Join us for an in-depth conversation with Xiaochuan Pan as he shares an expert perspective on the rapidly evolving landscape of advanced X-ray imaging—highlighting the breakthroughs shaping the field, what defines high-impact research, and how Physics in Medicine & Biology supports and amplifies this work. He will ... | https://physicsworld.com/a/establishing-a-research-career-in-advanced-x-ray-imaging-insights-from-xiaochuan-pan-and-pmb-award-winner-ronan-smith/ | Space & Physics | svg |
b128a45e01f9df87079cf33b7f12019537d78ceb42a456727987c526f7131dcb | 2026-09-16T08:30:14+00:00 | Fast 3D imaging reveals how seizures move through the brain | Neuroscientists are debating a seemingly simple question: which way does a seizure propagate in the brain? Answering such a question could advance our understanding of epilepsy, but requires the development of cutting-edge microscopy techniques that are far from simple. Researchers from the University of Georgia have n... | https://physicsworld.com/a/fast-3d-imaging-reveals-how-seizures-move-through-the-brain/ | Space & Physics | svg |
a9da8857fad6435e12147702443d3e1db0d9734ab9e87724522b946cd9b0e796 | 2026-09-16T07:57:15+00:00 | Forecasting future demand on the Texas grid | In Texas, US, electricity demand is expected to grow because of rapid population growth, increased adoption of electric vehicles, expansion of AI data centres, and other societal and industrial developments. Most of Texas’ electricity system is managed by the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT), which operate... | https://physicsworld.com/a/forecasting-future-demand-on-the-texas-grid/ | Space & Physics | svg |
962530b9471a1025910431dcd6753b6bc55a5e093f202652485991574bd63a43 | 2026-09-16T07:55:31+00:00 | A new way to study giant gravitons | N = 4 super Yang-Mills is a highly symmetric quantum field theory that physicists use as a model system for exploring ideas in quantum gravity and string theory. The researchers study interactions between small and large excitations of the theory. The small, or light, excitations are super gravitons, which can be thoug... | https://physicsworld.com/a/a-new-way-to-study-giant-gravitons/ | Space & Physics | svg |
183781c17d9c132ebc3d41a30c993d968607e824ebc9cbb0d3034f0ab8fa1f01 | 2026-09-16T07:53:57+00:00 | How do you design an invisibility cloak? | Material behaviour is traditionally determined by chemistry. Free electrons in metals give rise to conductivity, unfilled orbitals make elements reactive. Metamaterials, on the other hand, have properties that come mainly from its internal design, not just from what it is made of. These types of materials are character... | https://physicsworld.com/a/how-do-you-design-an-invisibility-cloak/ | Space & Physics | svg |
e44a3d866a353f29e4266b53cecfb8859b456c8cba6069400ce469a4ce223c4b | 2026-09-16T03:21:19+00:00 | Above-average correlative materials characterization | When evaluating new materials for optoelectronic applications – perhaps promising solar panel materials like halide perovskites or semiconductor compounds for microLED displays – optical characterization is almost always the materials scientists’ first port of call. And up to now steady-state photoluminescence (PL) has... | https://physicsworld.com/a/above-average-correlative-materials-characterization/ | Space & Physics | svg |
62b8b077a1cace8c6600c5dd0bb467bd0f6dc9398920140ae1a61920979223fc | 2026-09-15T11:00:32+00:00 | ‘Vacuumtronics’ could help make better superconductors | The post ‘Vacuumtronics’ could help make better superconductors appeared first on Physics World. | https://physicsworld.com/a/vacuumtronics-could-help-make-better-superconductors/ | Space & Physics | svg |
f413cb5518834a6c4303986c42aed21c1867c15fa0fe9c505e57954d4483040a | 2026-09-14T14:00:15+00:00 | Moon’s water reserves insufficient to sustain a lunar city, astronomers find | Some countries and even wealthy individuals are setting their sights on the Moon, with ambitious plans to create a lunar colony. That would require a lot of resources launched from Earth, but how much water and power would be required to keep a lunar city going? Astronomers Martin Elvis and Jonathan McDowell from the S... | https://physicsworld.com/a/moons-water-reserves-insufficient-to-sustain-a-lunar-city-astronomers-find/ | Space & Physics | svg |
a8cd5cd54c1f225129b33f10ca7afd66422acee849ddd606241053f874e4ec5f | 2026-09-14T11:18:12+00:00 | Could quantum information theory explain universe evolution? | The gravity from entropy (GfE) theory has been used to explain how low-entropy structures such as galaxies emerge and endure in a universe in which entropy increases with time. Using the theory, Ginestra Bianconi of the UK’s Queen Mary University of London has shown how entropy density can decrease locally, while the t... | https://physicsworld.com/a/could-quantum-information-theory-explain-universe-evolution/ | Space & Physics | svg |
57d1dc79dfbb69028ef287d8042f74eae6502a5f2c466f8787e699fdd5ee8bbb | 2026-09-14T10:00:03+00:00 | Ask me anything: Kiefer Vermeulen – ‘We had to figure everything out on a shoestring budget and on a really challenging timescale’ | Kiefer Vermeulen studied applied physics at Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands, where he did his master’s thesis at its QuTech research institute on the topological properties of Majorana quantum bits. He is now head of research at Delft Circuits, where he leads a team of quantum engineers developing the... | https://physicsworld.com/a/ask-me-anything-kiefer-vermeulen-we-had-to-figure-everything-out-on-a-shoestring-budget-and-on-a-really-challenging-timescale/ | Space & Physics | svg |
4a52159c3107f139cc9a846f462150f65cd2773563a36ac791deeb79dcec3091 | 2026-09-14T09:00:46+00:00 | A hybrid energy system for heating, cooling and generating electricity | Researchers at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) in Germany and Stanford University in the US have developed an energy-collecting device that can simultaneously cool, produce electricity and generate heat. In their prototype, a radiative cooling layer reached 6.5 °C below ambient temperature while a solar col... | https://physicsworld.com/a/a-hybrid-energy-system-for-heating-cooling-and-generating-electricity/ | Space & Physics | svg |
67ebeea4a93880169f85679a4a6f07c9926ee04244f6ea8c403878df9b7b5031 | 2026-09-11T16:03:13+00:00 | Quiz of the week: how far ahead can we predict the weather? | Fancy some more? Check out our puzzles page. The post Quiz of the week: how far ahead can we predict the weather? appeared first on Physics World. | https://physicsworld.com/a/quiz-of-the-week-how-far-ahead-can-we-predict-the-weather/ | Space & Physics | svg |
3abab9d94daf5feb4bdd5ea3dc00da05ba744f21cc720304c77e698f5ac0db18 | 2026-09-11T14:45:23+00:00 | Mercury may not need an ancient dynamo to explain its magnetic crust | A new study using data from a space mission suggests that most of Mercury’s crustal magnetic fields can be explained by iron and other magnetized rocks in the crust responding to the planet’s weak present-day core magnetic field, rather than from an ancient field, as had been inferred previously. Mercury is... | https://physicsworld.com/a/mercury-may-not-need-an-ancient-dynamo-to-explain-its-magnetic-crust/ | Space & Physics | svg |
164ccb3d5653b3a88477af007b7dd91f6be7f9e39a6695c0c7169b76b2045e52 | 2026-09-11T09:00:03+00:00 | Non-reciprocal interactions keep particles in collective motion | The post Non-reciprocal interactions keep particles in collective motion appeared first on Physics World. | https://physicsworld.com/a/non-reciprocal-interactions-keep-particles-in-collective-motion/ | Space & Physics | svg |
72407e5ffae1264b3ec6f68dba886be8837976f019dd0c73e7e3ada9472e5897 | 2026-09-10T14:43:26+00:00 | Doubts cast on ‘superradiant neutrino laser’ proposal | Could radioactive atoms in a Bose–Einstein condensate (BEC) form a “superradiant neutrino laser”? According to a paper published last year by Benjamin Jones of the University of Manchester and Joseph Formaggio of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology the answer is “yes”. We were intrigued by this proposal and commi... | https://physicsworld.com/a/doubts-cast-on-superradiant-neutrino-laser-proposal/ | Space & Physics | svg |
63bbc0973301f24ef033b8ff6176ded041e0f3f5a1f167c7a197ce9189e67ffd | 2026-09-10T13:43:01+00:00 | Porous material offers the benefits of graphene in 3D | My guest in this episode of the Physics World Weekly podcast is Marco Caffio, who is co-founder of iGii. The UK-based company has developed a porous 3D carbon nanomaterial called Gii, which it manufactures for a range of customers and applications. Caffio describes Gii as a 3D version of graphene that delivers many of ... | https://physicsworld.com/a/porous-material-offers-the-benefits-of-graphene-in-3d/ | Space & Physics | svg |
8ce871d2b635232af460f3e293c38495df6ce8454e84616825ff1138aa0efb63 | 2026-09-10T12:00:54+00:00 | How far ahead can we predict the weather? | The post How far ahead can we predict the weather? appeared first on Physics World. | https://physicsworld.com/a/how-far-ahead-can-we-predict-the-weather/ | Space & Physics | svg |
54aec85c3b4cee354c897cf79fa457e1356485d59515fa73e7a415d08cef66c8 | 2026-09-10T07:11:10+00:00 | Skyrmion topology makes long-distance optical communications more robust | The post Skyrmion topology makes long-distance optical communications more robust appeared first on Physics World. | https://physicsworld.com/a/skyrmion-topology-makes-long-distance-optical-communications-more-robust/ | Space & Physics | svg |
76ec6050e458a5eafa17d624e6c2dd9e54dee1bd09c64441759139dea232fcf3 | 2026-09-09T14:00:50+00:00 | Bilayer approach ramps performance of all-perovskite triple-junction solar cells | Researchers at the Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin (HZB) in Germany have overcome a long-standing barrier in next-generation photovoltaics by developing a new type of all-perovskite triple-junction solar cell. Perovskites are a class of synthetic materials with a unique crystal structure that excel at absorbing light, while a... | https://physicsworld.com/a/bilayer-approach-ramps-performance-of-all-perovskite-triple-junction-solar-cells/ | Space & Physics | svg |
1107e7d0cf0df38e7edbd5802d41789e9ef982061a2f6925c185ef691c305f7a | 2026-09-09T13:30:42+00:00 | Word flower puzzle no. 8 | How did you get on? 28 words Warming up nicely 38 words Getting hot, hot, hot 48 words Top dog! Fancy some more? Check out our puzzles page. The post Word flower puzzle no. 8 appeared first on Physics World. | https://physicsworld.com/a/word-flower-puzzle-no-8/ | Space & Physics | svg |
78d36769bb041fb180b41b9f222794652d1be3f116e9c3f7ee784ec7f6f83443 | 2026-09-09T10:00:02+00:00 | Universities should judge quantum-computing investments by what students learn | The best moment in my quantum-computing class often comes when something fails. A student writes a short quantum circuit – a program that tells qubits what operations to perform – then runs it on an ideal simulator and gets the clean answer theory predicts. Yet when the same circuit runs on real quantum hardware, unexp... | https://physicsworld.com/a/universities-should-judge-quantum-computing-investments-by-what-students-learn/ | Space & Physics | svg |
6f1fe49599cf0dd4760a775520379aa2d92102ac194ecf1211021e76b4c28dd5 | 2026-09-09T09:30:45+00:00 | Using AI to plan for climate variability in renewable energy systems | Using solar and wind power for clean energy generation relies on the weather, which can be unpredictable. In addition to seasonal changes and daily variability, energy planners must also account for rare and extreme weather events. Traditional planning methods often fail to capture these events accurately, resulting in... | https://physicsworld.com/a/using-ai-to-plan-for-climate-variability-in-renewable-energy-systems/ | Space & Physics | svg |
13388bebce1ff2b66ff5acecbd0d151f579d5230a5ce646de3c54a29f3aeb436 | 2026-09-09T09:29:06+00:00 | Real-number quantum theory can be more wrong than you thought | Imaginary numbers first appeared in the 16th century as a mathematical invention, introduced to solve equations that real numbers could not. As the name implies, many treated them as kind of trick to get results, rather than an underlying truth about the nature of reality. Although highly controversial at the time, the... | https://physicsworld.com/a/real-number-quantum-theory-can-be-more-wrong-than-you-thought/ | Space & Physics | svg |
676201ecdd0f353dc900cea31668a777c891b5b78577421bb0a6fc2d07028ff3 | 2026-09-09T09:26:01+00:00 | Optical vortices provide a natural way to create topologies | Structured light is light with a designed spatial pattern. It can be shaped into standard topological structures, such as a twist in its phase or a changing polarisation across the beam. These patterns are useful because they can encode information, probe small distances and create topological field structures. However... | https://physicsworld.com/a/optical-vortices-provide-a-natural-way-to-create-topologies/ | Space & Physics | svg |
342a9fb52b59487b3f8f0ff62879fb5b64741c2e77a3fc24d58147f03a4f3251 | 2026-09-09T08:00:37+00:00 | Cling film helps stamp two-dimensional materials onto patterned surfaces | The post Cling film helps stamp two-dimensional materials onto patterned surfaces appeared first on Physics World. | https://physicsworld.com/a/cling-film-helps-stamp-two-dimensional-materials-onto-patterned-surfaces/ | Space & Physics | svg |
2bc1ed1b7f8c82de3e26112275c9e870f82f31d743264d64780ef26cd8160979 | 2026-09-08T13:41:50+00:00 | Missing decay at BESIII points to long-sought glueball | Physicists at China’s BESIII experiment in Beijing have found the strongest evidence yet for the existence of glueballs – subatomic particles made of gluons alone. The glueball-like particle is called X(2370) and it was first spotted at BESIII 15 years ago. Gluons carry the strong nuclear force that binds quarks ... | https://physicsworld.com/a/missing-decay-at-besiii-points-to-long-sought-glueball/ | Space & Physics | svg |
b3edb5cb984eb3f8ce59e8de2708d3a55ef2a86cd7c62d659bfae29353c2f649 | 2026-09-08T08:00:22+00:00 | Researchers shrink double-slit experiment to atomic scale | For the first time, physicists in Japan have carried out an atomic-scale version of the double-slit experiment. Using an ultraprecise electron beam channelled along two adjacent columns of atoms in a crystal of silicon, Naoya Shibata and colleagues at the University of Tokyo observed clear interference fringes in elect... | https://physicsworld.com/a/researchers-shrink-double-slit-experiment-to-atomic-scale/ | Space & Physics | svg |
240b061541a16da80fc8a7a03ac48e9a3651187fce0cb3134336156901ac46f9 | 2026-09-07T12:00:45+00:00 | Noise that entangles may accelerate the dawn of quantum technologies | Qubits are delicate and often misbehave. A qubit’s advantage over an ordinary bit is that in addition to “0” or “1”, it can hold values of 0 and 1 at once, in a specific combination; that combination is what quantum algorithms actually run on. But any stray interaction with the surrounding world (a vibration, a s... | https://physicsworld.com/a/noise-that-entangles-may-accelerate-the-dawn-of-quantum-technologies/ | Space & Physics | svg |
9ac5d123c4681ce4bd17b9480ea8ea9490abd286eba00dfb44406da14c116f63 | 2026-09-07T08:00:37+00:00 | Magnetism likely played a key role in early solar system formation | The oldest known solids in the solar system contain evidence that the protoplanetary disc that went on to form the planets around our Sun experienced a magnetic field stronger than the field on Earth today, new research suggests. Study of inclusions in a primordial meteorite called a carbonaceous chondrite indicates th... | https://physicsworld.com/a/magnetism-likely-played-a-key-role-in-early-solar-system-formation/ | Space & Physics | svg |
7914eb009ecce231912c888e3442cda910ab620b9941b5dd9e30d8dfe22fb9e5 | 2026-09-04T15:00:40+00:00 | Quiz of the week: how much data will NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Telescope produce each day? | Fancy some more? Check out our puzzles page. The post Quiz of the week: how much data will NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Telescope produce each day? appeared first on Physics World. | https://physicsworld.com/a/quiz-of-the-week-how-much-data-will-nasas-nancy-grace-roman-telescope-produce-each-day/ | Space & Physics | svg |
f1e8cb91da3c34aefa93201d10817ca063e19a511432cb756543ceef6786525c | 2026-09-04T10:00:38+00:00 | Astronomers discover unusual 10-sided atmospheric wave on Saturn | While Earth’s atmosphere is constantly changing, many spectacular storms and atmospheric waves on Saturn remain stable for decades or even centuries. Images from NASA’s Voyager craft as it flew-by the planet in the early 1980s revealed a large and long-lived hexagonal atmospheric wave around Saturn’s north pole. Yet de... | https://physicsworld.com/a/astronomers-discover-unusual-10-sided-atmospheric-wave-on-saturn/ | Space & Physics | svg |
f80b0b5c7a651541925f5a69d45c2e3b88cb72082b9dcf3847a012227e0a38a3 | 2026-09-04T08:00:12+00:00 | ‘Lid’ of asteroid dust smothered and burned the dinosaurs, say scientists | As wildfires and extreme heat events rage across the world, “apocalyptic” has become an increasingly common descriptor. These climate disasters are not unprecedented, however. New research suggests they may have been the main mechanisms behind the mass extinction event that killed the dinosaurs – and much other life on... | https://physicsworld.com/a/lid-of-asteroid-dust-smothered-and-burned-the-dinosaurs-say-scientists/ | Space & Physics | svg |
beb4ccb1eae940361f050c6ee3e387bb9534853f64c5189b3716fe0f9be6ea8a | 2026-09-03T14:00:37+00:00 | Finding careers in STEM and the weirdness of AI | This episode of the Physics World Weekly podcast features two conversations. The first is with career consultant Alaina G Levine who gives advice on how to build a “unicorn career” in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. Our second guest is the optics and artificial-intelligence researcher Janelle Shane w... | https://physicsworld.com/a/unicorn-careers-in-stem-and-the-weirdness-of-ai/ | Space & Physics | svg |
76c14a1ed8990d587349125860b628c5ff9741bb429eedc466295e9b158192d5 | 2026-09-03T11:00:39+00:00 | Antineutrino detector could monitor spent nuclear fuel for clandestine activity | The post Antineutrino detector could monitor spent nuclear fuel for clandestine activity appeared first on Physics World. | https://physicsworld.com/a/antineutrino-detector-could-monitor-spent-nuclear-fuel-for-clandestine-activity/ | Space & Physics | svg |
1d604224b1250c47b088e3068362cebf95509eecafad89d351e5a49a36c7cfef | 2026-09-03T08:00:02+00:00 | Plasmonic metamaterial makes a photonic time crystal | The post Plasmonic metamaterial makes a photonic time crystal appeared first on Physics World. | https://physicsworld.com/a/plasmonic-metamaterial-makes-a-photonic-time-crystal/ | Space & Physics | svg |
ea3b76e2147a54d2e0f9a3069dd299cd00b8c3d5833ba25dd0b1f5224933685f | 2026-09-02T14:30:19+00:00 | Two-dimensional material shows promise for long-term memory, thanks to slow electrons | Two-dimensional (2D) materials have attracted a lot of attention in recent years for their excellent electronic, thermal and mechanical properties, as well as their interesting quantum effects. While graphene has gathered the most commercial attention, there are hundreds of 2D materials, all of which have different com... | https://physicsworld.com/a/two-dimensional-material-shows-promise-for-long-term-memory-thanks-to-slow-electrons/ | Space & Physics | svg |
1c2348ac672260540dd46159f18104ddde061f94a84427d5c7ca7a57e05d05f3 | 2026-09-02T11:00:45+00:00 | AI dominates the 4th International Congress of Basic Science in Beijing | China has made astounding scientific progress over the past decade, with the country outperforming all others in the world according to a recent analysis by Nature. Based on data from 2025, its 2026 Research Leaders study puts China ahead of the US (in second), Germany (third) and the UK (fourth). Across all discipline... | https://physicsworld.com/a/ai-dominates-the-4th-international-congress-of-basic-science-in-beijing/ | Space & Physics | svg |
d4ef083cbae616a360bb33a468717e59384fc9609285c74be686246dbeb41940 | 2026-09-02T08:00:18+00:00 | Breaking in: how ultrasound smuggles drugs past the blood–brain barrier | Drug delivery to the brain has been a longstanding challenge in medicine. One option is focused ultrasound (FUS), which can safely disrupt the blood–brain barrier for drug delivery. But how much of a drug gets into the brain depends heavily on its size. A long-standing assumption is that delivery decreases as drug size... | https://physicsworld.com/a/breaking-in-how-ultrasound-smuggles-drugs-past-the-blood-brain-barrier/ | Space & Physics | svg |
ee5d7b4226a30d189c14495a44f6e4ea65d44a34035af7cddd453295064ba2e9 | 2026-09-02T07:29:19+00:00 | Resolving an exciton debate | When light is absorbed by a semiconductor, it first creates an electron-hole pair before free charges can be generated. The electron and hole can remain bound together in a quasiparticle known as an exciton. This intermediate stage is important because excitons determine how light is absorbed and emitted, and how effic... | https://physicsworld.com/a/resolving-an-exciton-debate/ | Space & Physics | svg |
16bf8c2de05a19f1a7dfc7f9522d9cb915d1e97dfc003b4b98e39bdcd2e84eb7 | 2026-09-02T07:24:01+00:00 | Tuning frustrated magnetism with stress | Uniaxial-stress-induced magnetic transitions in the triangular-lattice antiferromagnet PdCrO2 Nina Stilkerich et al 2026 Rep. Prog. Phys. 89 068007 Do you want to learn more about this topic? Unusual ordered phases of highly frustrated magnets: a review by Oleg A Starykh (2015) The post Tuning frustrated magnetism with... | https://physicsworld.com/a/tuning-frustrated-magnetism-with-stress/ | Space & Physics | svg |
d1d353f1d06c4e860ebacad86ccdafe242cbec140f48f389cdccbf5189587a47 | 2026-09-02T07:22:26+00:00 | Probing quantum critical points | A critical point is where a material changes phase. For example, water turns to ice below 0°C (273 K) at standard pressure. A quantum critical point occurs at absolute zero (0 K) and, instead of being driven by temperature, is caused by changing another property such as a magnetic field, pressure, or interaction streng... | https://physicsworld.com/a/probing-quantum-critical-points/ | Space & Physics | svg |
7fea4ec9af3aa66969e40335d78bc64a67c495f50a8586628f460a93ec0b056a | 2026-09-01T13:30:27+00:00 | Take this quiz to test your knowledge of science on stage | How did you do? 0–4 Back to stage school 5–9 Wooden performance 10–13 Leading light 14 Darling, you were wonderful The post Take this quiz to test your knowledge of science on stage appeared first on Physics World. | https://physicsworld.com/a/take-this-quiz-to-test-your-knowledge-of-science-on-stage/ | Space & Physics | svg |
fdcb6540c55b9c946ce39d8892f53497fb92736b4dcba3d81e80d44eb82fe07b | 2026-09-01T12:43:17+00:00 | NASA launches Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope to shed light on the dark universe | NASA has successfully launched the $4.3bn Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope. The observatory took off atop a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket from Florida’s Kennedy Space Center at 7:26 a.m. local time on 30 August. The craft will now spend three months travelling to a point in space known as the second Sun–Earth Lagrange po... | https://physicsworld.com/a/nasa-launches-nancy-grace-roman-space-telescope-to-shed-light-on-the-dark-universe/ | Space & Physics | svg |
4152b2b702faf8de128bdb86cc8125712b714ddeff333388bca65baba3b18860 | 2026-09-01T10:00:51+00:00 | Theatre is bringing physics to new audiences but what is the definitive science play? | As audiences poured out of London’s Old Vic theatre on a crisp night in January, one theatregoer and their companion were overheard chatting about the second law of thermodynamics. “I wish I knew more about what they were discussing,” one remarked, referring to the characters in Tom Stoppard’s Arcadia. “It’s an u... | https://physicsworld.com/a/theatre-is-bringing-physics-to-new-audiences-but-what-is-the-definitive-science-play/ | Space & Physics | svg |
9d53729e4009fd0a1aa0e04d1854ac2dee5e8031cd9c78af618d2bf233bd85d3 | 2026-09-01T07:19:50+00:00 | Sliding water droplets corrode Teflon-coated metal | Water droplets sliding across solid surfaces can acquire electric potentials of thousands of volts and thereby corrode non-conductive surfaces on metals when they discharge. That is the conclusion of researchers in Germany who say that the poorly-understood phenomenon warrants further investigation to help prevent corr... | https://physicsworld.com/a/sliding-water-droplets-corrode-coated-metals/ | Space & Physics | svg |
2826ec5dfb90b1bc5b7c3855acc166fa3b7ebd3680f3fab719bbd9b0a73dfa69 | 2026-08-31T13:00:31+00:00 | Dose calculations reveal how patient motion impacts proton minibeam therapy | Proton minibeam radiotherapy (pMBRT) is an innovative new cancer treatment that uses an array of narrow proton beams to create alternating regions of high and low dose, before converging to a homogeneous dose distribution within the target volume. Numerous studies in small animals have shown that this spatially modulat... | https://physicsworld.com/a/dose-calculations-reveal-how-patient-motion-impacts-proton-minibeam-therapy/ | Space & Physics | svg |
08b085ba9ff588202798b0d480c7ded19dc2dde8cf5b954d8254e67705ac5cd8 | 2026-08-31T10:00:01+00:00 | From student to scientist – how to build a career with physics | Whether it’s cosmology, quantum mechanics or particle theory, most of us go into physics because we’re fascinated by the universe and its mysteries – and not because of the career options it might lead to. In fact, by the time you’re at university, you’re so snowed under with lectures, labs, coursework and tutori... | https://physicsworld.com/a/from-student-to-scientist-how-to-build-a-career-with-physics/ | Space & Physics | svg |
8459327ca562d3373bfd47a373983dda7d4c3e050dad4771af65a5e92287ec77 | 2026-08-31T08:40:49+00:00 | No show again for mirror neutrons | The post No show again for mirror neutrons appeared first on Physics World. | https://physicsworld.com/a/no-show-again-for-mirror-neutrons/ | Space & Physics | svg |
9b0fce4eaa6a88b9ccbe3471c85992615ae7ead7555a4802fcfb6066d0bbdcd6 | 2026-08-28T12:23:44+00:00 | Quiz of the week: how will the new ‘AstroRad’ vest be of benefit to astronauts? | Fancy some more? Check out our puzzles page. The post Quiz of the week: how will the new ‘AstroRad’ vest be of benefit to astronauts? appeared first on Physics World. | https://physicsworld.com/a/quiz-of-the-week-how-will-the-new-astrorad-vest-be-of-benefit-to-astronauts/ | Space & Physics | svg |
236c6e741abce21877b35d866cfae36c41e5223dbe60ce2c9f1a9deb7830042a | 2026-08-28T11:00:10+00:00 | Magnetic field first kills superconductor, then brings it back to life | Unconventional superconductors are poorly understood materials with exceptionally useful properties. One example is their response to magnetic fields. In conventional superconductors, applied magnetic fields suppress superconductivity by either breaking up the paired electrons that facilitate it (Cooper pairs) or intro... | https://physicsworld.com/a/magnetic-field-first-kills-superconductor-then-brings-it-back-to-life/ | Space & Physics | svg |
2a1af29307008a5c2e205f64cea251fee73f35b2e4bec17552181a135ae4029b | 2026-08-28T09:30:18+00:00 | With e-MERLIN facing the axe, what next for Jodrell Bank and UK astronomy? | An STFC spokesperson emphasises that Jodrell Bank is “not closing” and “will continue to play an important role in UK science”. This includes the Square Kilometre Array Observatory that has its headquarters at Jodrell Bank as well as other radio astronomy research projects in the UK and elsewher... | https://physicsworld.com/a/with-e-merlin-facing-the-axe-what-next-for-jodrell-bank-and-uk-astronomy/ | Space & Physics | svg |
970eb57e4ce47fe17b0c57ef27f690717253fc7a6c4f49b69407021137801a1a | 2026-08-28T08:00:08+00:00 | Earthquake fault irregularities control rupture speed and influence ground motion | Earthquakes that propagate at higher speeds make the ground move more than it would in slower but otherwise comparable earthquakes, say geophysicists. Using physics-based models, Mohamed Abdelmeguid and colleagues at the California Institute of Technology in the US showed that so-called “supershear” ruptures produce st... | https://physicsworld.com/a/earthquake-fault-irregularities-control-rupture-speed-and-influence-ground-motion/ | Space & Physics | svg |
6b67d167bf4b695d197cf7cee971f4ac521f33592f71d093a403f26e90cdb18f | 2026-08-27T14:45:03+00:00 | Encapsulated islet transplants restore blood sugar control in diabetic mice | Islet transplantation, in which insulin-producing islet cells from a donor are implanted into a patient’s liver, is a promising therapy for type 1 diabetes. To prevent rejection of the donated cells, however, recipients need to continuously take immunosuppression drugs. Using a new type of cell encapsulation, researche... | https://physicsworld.com/a/encapsulated-islet-transplants-restore-blood-sugar-control-in-diabetic-mice/ | Space & Physics | svg |
c47342bc00a48a176bc0d2c2b86696c8767204a29ff807bcb12b42260c861ca6 | 2026-08-27T13:30:42+00:00 | Word wave puzzle no.8 | Here’s how the game works: If you want a clue to the answer, read the article here. Fancy some more? Check out our puzzles page. The post Word wave puzzle no.8 appeared first on Physics World. | https://physicsworld.com/a/word-wave-puzzle-no-8/ | Space & Physics | svg |
7878743d4a7e105543850952b25074b3d9b68e54f4a9c68f0bd31c664ea6c4c4 | 2026-08-27T13:02:41+00:00 | Gamma Knife radiosurgery brings precision treatment to benign brain conditions | This episode of the Physics World Weekly podcast features Katharine Hunt, Head of Radiosurgery Physics at Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust in the UK. She explains how Gamma Knife radiosurgery is being used to treat arteriovenous malformations (AVMs) and other benign brain conditions. Sheffield is home ... | https://physicsworld.com/a/gamma-knife-radiosurgery-brings-precision-treatment-to-benign-brain-conditions/ | Space & Physics | svg |
ac6045d7f74ed0c7640280afce70f4651cb7f18beb077cc9a7e5df1bbcb4b5d3 | 2026-08-27T07:53:22+00:00 | X-ray camera catches spin waves in the act | A new microscopy technique that can probe short-wavelength spin waves has been developed by researchers in Europe. Dubbed magnon momentum microscopy, the technique uses X-rays to observe quantized spin waves (magnons) in magnetic materials. Unlike existing techniques, the new method can characterize nonlinear interacti... | https://physicsworld.com/a/x-ray-camera-catches-spin-waves-in-the-act/ | Space & Physics | svg |
c547b7c15a25de2b1f303f32a82a0e9cc0cf76c5d4d0b76ec169a1cac60663df | 2026-08-26T15:06:00+00:00 | Physics-based simulations could improve earthquake-damage predictions, why aren’t they being used? | Earthquake ground-motion predictions rely on statistical models built on historical records. This means that ground-motion measurements taken during previous earthquakes are used to predict the effects of future earthquakes. However, historical data can be sparse in some locations and if a region has not experienced a ... | https://physicsworld.com/a/physics-based-simulations-could-improve-earthquake-damage-predictions-why-arent-they-being-used/ | Space & Physics | svg |
4920b948bb5081d707e5ba830e6a32b74f82e8b24000f03da60a8b76f93cdb00 | 2026-08-26T13:11:21+00:00 | US orders universities to audit foreign research ties | The US Department of Defense (DoD) has given 30 US research universities until the end of the month to audit, and potentially cease, their partnerships with universities and military training institutions in “foreign entities of concern”. If the institutions do not comply with the order, they risk losing funding from t... | https://physicsworld.com/a/us-orders-universities-to-audit-foreign-research-ties/ | Space & Physics | svg |
f7933afa681d02596adc08bb62892de72d12ca726bcf75b36c4d46f98c55627d | 2026-08-26T11:00:15+00:00 | The 12 August 2026 partial solar eclipse as seen from the Isle of Wight | The UK’s hot, dry summer provided widespread clear skies for the solar eclipse that took place on Wednesday 12 August 2026. It was not a total eclipse – you had to be in northern Spain for that – but Britain still enjoyed a partial eclipse between around 6 p.m. and 8 p.m. BST, depending on location. With typically more... | https://physicsworld.com/a/the-12-august-2026-partial-solar-eclipse-as-seen-from-the-isle-of-wight/ | Space & Physics | svg |
2f5d4b1e14d0f025e4e293cc44b4641ea87ac86aa85eebed2ac8211b62c32d21 | 2026-08-26T08:00:28+00:00 | Radiation shielding vest could reduce cancer risk for astronauts on deep space missions | A radiation shielding vest tested during the uncrewed Artemis I flight in 2022 has been shown to significantly reduce the radiation dose that future astronauts or deep-space tourists might receive. The data for this analysis were obtained via seating two human-tissue-equivalent female torso phantoms in the Orion crew c... | https://physicsworld.com/a/radiation-shielding-vest-could-reduce-cancer-risk-for-astronauts-on-deep-space-missions/ | Space & Physics | svg |
492b263aa5a03487e3088474e9d975c37863ec4c71d346873bb14e5bded24b9a | 2026-08-26T07:00:28+00:00 | Improved QLEDs with Machine Learning | Quantum dot LEDs (QLEDs) are of interest because they emit bright light with highly pure colours, making them attractive for display and lighting applications. They also have the potential to be manufactured at lower cost using solution-processing techniques. However, producing high-performance QLEDs remains challengin... | https://physicsworld.com/a/improved-qleds-with-machine-learning/ | Space & Physics | svg |
9f7a2529d630ccf807cdb8acf50f9cc98db51c775e845b63014aedbf016fad25 | 2026-08-26T06:58:53+00:00 | Quantum computers may pay a price for keeping time | Most quantum computers today do not work in isolation. They rely on carefully timed signals from classical electronics, lasers or magnetic fields to tell the qubits when to perform each operation. In ordinary quantum-computing theory, the qubits are treated as the computer while these timing signals are treated as exte... | https://physicsworld.com/a/quantum-computers-may-pay-a-price-for-keeping-time/ | Space & Physics | svg |
cba306940267c00a8325592120266c25d3323c0b3bd586684bb4fdebec4dc705 | 2026-08-26T06:55:03+00:00 | A new route to perfect energy absorption | Wireless power transfer systems are used to transfer electricity without a physical cable, for example in wireless electric vehicle charging, medical implants and consumer electronics such as smartwatches. In real systems, poor alignment and variable distances can reduce efficiency, causing some of the transmitted ener... | https://physicsworld.com/a/a-new-route-to-perfect-energy-absorption/ | Space & Physics | svg |
8c9dd184248d3a0eaaac5b7e29f9fd94e07d00ffe874fd906053e8081d04a803 | 2026-08-25T15:30:45+00:00 | Big science seeks big wins from sustainability efforts | For particle physicists, bigger has always been better. The first working cyclotron, which was built by Ernest Lawrence in California in 1931, was little more than 35 cm in circumference and accelerated protons to 80 keV. Compare that with CERN’s Large Hadron Collider (LHC), which is more than 27 km long and has been c... | https://physicsworld.com/a/big-science-seeks-big-wins-from-sustainability-efforts/ | Space & Physics | svg |
36c377f12969a0324c3410cd5e1ce9175a2250e9caf074485db9df789f1cacff | 2026-08-25T13:06:36+00:00 | Quantum voting system aims to keep ballots secret | A voting system with a high level of security intrinsically guaranteed by quantum mechanics has been demonstrated by two independent teams – one led by Federico Centrone at the Barcelona Institute of Technology and the other led by Rob Thew at the University of Geneva. Their systems employ a quantum protocol that was f... | https://physicsworld.com/a/quantum-voting-system-aims-to-keep-ballots-secret/ | Space & Physics | svg |
d63cd97c045d85c357253fc0100f68dde8c8674c74f09cd0e9bc97d27a8d3e52 | 2026-08-25T08:00:10+00:00 | Researchers harness sunlight to generate quantum entanglement | As the world of quantum computing grows and researchers work towards scaling up quantum systems, energy consumption is becoming a major concern. Beyond the small scale and high level of control in a laboratory environment, the lasers that power quantum systems result in a large energy cost that may act as a bottleneck ... | https://physicsworld.com/a/researchers-harness-sunlight-to-generate-quantum-entanglement/ | Space & Physics | svg |
a944d88d27c37b531691c8a7b09b6891c106028ed103d4c80ab6649d7f690ee8 | 2026-08-24T13:00:24+00:00 | Honor Powrie: 10 things I wish I’d known (or done better) when I started my career | When I went to university, I didn’t know what kind of career I wanted to pursue. I’d originally applied to study geophysics, but after a few weeks realized mineral exploitation wasn’t my thing and quickly switched to maths. Then, at the end of my first year, I had a range of degree options open to me and, whilst I pref... | https://physicsworld.com/a/honor-powrie-10-things-i-wish-id-known-or-done-better-when-i-started-my-career/ | Space & Physics | svg |
b0821b7cbe1d2aa4271274f1a16588485a23b364a26795c2ff15643a334c421d | 2026-08-24T12:39:39+00:00 | Earthquake sensors reveal vital information about how hurricanes move and grow | Sensors designed to record earthquakes can reveal insights into a very different natural hazard – how hurricanes evolve and intensify as they strike land. The surprising connection has been made by researchers in the US, who examined data from seismic sensors installed in Louisiana for studying the interior of the Eart... | https://physicsworld.com/a/earthquake-sensors-reveal-vital-information-about-how-hurricanes-move-and-grow/ | Space & Physics | svg |
46b6f87ffb2d8df7fd3162b7aa7402f4c1aeb77616b4b7d70bd120ee583a53a1 | 2026-08-24T08:30:41+00:00 | Protons and neutrons are more than just groups of three quarks | Particles such as protons and neutrons are more accurately represented as “baryon junctions” than as simple collections of three quarks, say physicists. This finding, which is based on studies of heavy-ion collisions, is at odds with textbook descriptions, but it confirms a longstanding belief among many nuclear physic... | https://physicsworld.com/a/protons-and-neutrons-are-more-than-just-groups-of-three-quarks/ | Space & Physics | svg |
c04515c40e4edba09dadeae063cfca008d0e0300007c483104c87bad4095270c | 2026-08-21T15:17:32+00:00 | Quiz of the week: where does new research say the universe’s ‘missing’ baryonic matter is? | Fancy some more? Check out our puzzles page. The post Quiz of the week: where does new research say the universe’s ‘missing’ baryonic matter is? appeared first on Physics World. | https://physicsworld.com/a/quiz-of-the-week-where-does-new-research-say-the-universes-missing-baryonic-matter-is/ | Space & Physics | svg |
33cfb8942752572199dffe041f05fb155726720b495a0dd6e55d039ce0d36929 | 2026-08-21T13:41:22+00:00 | No quantum advantage (yet) in the world of tensor networks | Researchers at the Flatiron Institute in New York City have used a new tensor network (TN) scheme to simulate how Ising spin glasses evolve in time. In many cases, their classical method is more accurate than the latest quantum annealers running the same problem. The results scale in two and three dimensions and raise ... | https://physicsworld.com/a/no-quantum-advantage-yet-in-the-world-of-tensor-networks/ | Space & Physics | svg |
4c79f77bb523032ef086fc57b536c5ae06cf73c774dda8e4207eb70426cbcc0c | 2026-08-21T11:00:55+00:00 | Betelgeuse is not alone | The post Betelgeuse is not alone appeared first on Physics World. | https://physicsworld.com/a/betelgeuse-is-not-alone/ | Space & Physics | svg |
33f88ff122f2e466771967abb2bb0b12d4df279263dcd1c0a2723f507f3e2dc0 | 2026-08-21T08:00:32+00:00 | Colliding molecules reveal their ‘cone of reaction’ | The post Colliding molecules reveal their ‘cone of reaction’ appeared first on Physics World. | https://physicsworld.com/a/colliding-molecules-reveal-their-cone-of-reaction/ | Space & Physics | svg |
d7efd493cd1e3744e109941c8de31ec0040fec935e3778f3ed01e61cd5dcd108 | 2026-08-21T07:39:43+00:00 | Advances in molecularly imprinted polymers for electrochemical sensing | Molecularly imprinted polymers (MIPs) are synthetic receptors that can recognize target analytes through tailored binding sites, offering a stable, cost-effective and versatile alternative to natural bioreceptors. In electrochemical sensing, MIPs have attracted growing interest because they can provide high selectivity... | https://physicsworld.com/a/advances-in-molecularly-imprinted-polymers-for-electrochemical-sensing/ | Space & Physics | svg |
d02fad927659b1944bc8c5ca47d3a12d3352dcd4f24c5a2d77bfd941547ac0aa | 2026-08-20T16:30:12+00:00 | Physics research in India: a slide puzzle | Image courtesy: iStock/guirong hao Fancy some more? Check out our puzzles page. The post Physics research in India: a slide puzzle appeared first on Physics World. | https://physicsworld.com/a/physics-research-in-india-a-slide-puzzle/ | Space & Physics | svg |
1e9f5c33cc003f7d050f1f73e44ad939e38dcc6d37c02b905c796003d7ea96ac | 2026-08-20T14:20:48+00:00 | ‘Little red dots’ could herald the birth of supermassive black holes | Newborn and rapidly growing supermassive black holes could be powering the mysterious “little red dots” that litter the early universe. That is the conclusion of an international team of astronomers who have found the best evidence yet for a new kind of object called a “black-hole star”, which appears to be driving a l... | https://physicsworld.com/a/little-red-dots-could-herald-the-birth-of-supermassive-black-holes/ | Space & Physics | svg |
51097c9096167d476fcd121e341de4aaee2f3327a193e5138c4872872f67a378 | 2026-08-20T12:14:36+00:00 | The Quantum Kid: childhood curiosity makes physics more accessible | This episode of the Physics World Weekly podcast explores how the innate curiosity of children can help make quantum mechanics more accessible to the public. My guest is Katia Moskvitch, who co-hosts The Quantum Kid video channel with her 10-year-old son Kai. As well as interviewing leading lights in quantum science an... | https://physicsworld.com/a/the-quantum-kid-childhood-curiosity-makes-physics-more-accessible/ | Space & Physics | svg |
7623883e6d0e4f147aa62bb6c3039b56ee50b96eda60150dabdac82d2ea42b10 | 2026-08-20T11:06:50+00:00 | Upconverting colloidal quantum dots bring ‘colour vision’ to the infrared | The post Upconverting colloidal quantum dots bring ‘colour vision’ to the infrared appeared first on Physics World. | https://physicsworld.com/a/upconverting-colloidal-quantum-dots-bring-colour-vision-to-the-infrared/ | Space & Physics | svg |
f351324ee5bc6d4bfd9d621886f53928979a525a72b40e34931f4731f13d30a7 | 2026-08-20T08:00:34+00:00 | Careers at the frontier of space technology | The European Space Agency (ESA) is globally recognized for its iconic space missions that push the boundaries of science and technology, whether it’s a rendezvous with a comet, landing a probe on Saturn’s giant moon Titan or mapping the stars of the Milky Way in unprecedented detail. But ESA does so much more than thes... | https://physicsworld.com/a/the-frontier-of-space-technology-careers/ | Space & Physics | svg |
0fdc1be5ed669ee5f67f579707684ee3b91b6888baef0adc9af799067da52a22 | 2026-08-19T14:30:49+00:00 | The physics of novel computation: beyond bits and chips to spikes and spins | Modern computation ranks among the great technical achievements of the 20th and 21st centuries and touches nearly every area of human activity. Today digital computing uses billions of transistors etched onto semiconducting silicon chips to work as tiny switches that represent binary 0 or 1. The technology underlies pe... | https://physicsworld.com/a/the-physics-of-novel-computation-beyond-bits-and-chips-to-spikes-and-spins/ | Space & Physics | svg |
32af115ecdd38997d0b83e7b16934098de1eaab0cfadaebb164cce5e7f141426 | 2026-08-19T10:00:20+00:00 | Seven writers, four physicists, one room, lots of plushies | How many times have you wanted to throttle a journalist? Do you ever get incensed about articles, podcasts or videos that simplify, dumb down or belittle your research? Don’t you ever want to teach a science writer the basics? Earlier this summer the US quantum physicist Christopher Fuchs got the chance. Thanks to some... | https://physicsworld.com/a/seven-writers-four-physicists-one-room-lots-of-plushies/ | Space & Physics | svg |
3bd4eea84246a4916be9e8d2a4598c3f00e16768279b4cc10027a6eec357cd0a | 2026-08-19T08:30:58+00:00 | Fast radio bursts reveal that the universe’s ‘missing matter’ is found far from galaxies | The post Fast radio bursts reveal that the universe’s ‘missing matter’ is found far from galaxies appeared first on Physics World. | https://physicsworld.com/a/fast-radio-bursts-reveal-that-the-universes-missing-matter-is-found-far-from-galaxies/ | Space & Physics | svg |
49f65ea40958b2b3f6378f3c4566e6f7d27b677609674e0700003425aee1a939 | 2026-08-19T07:06:48+00:00 | Do exceptional-point sensors really measure better? | Exceptional points occur in open physical systems where two or more resonances merge so completely that both their measured values and their underlying states become identical. (Technically speaking, the eigenvalues and the eigenvectors coalesce.) Exceptional points are different from ordinary degeneracies, where two f... | https://physicsworld.com/a/do-exceptional-point-sensors-really-measure-better/ | Space & Physics | svg |
f9c10c936d532f529a0e9564c0ed8d7a0b9ba56780488aeebfda375a4e26126b | 2026-08-19T07:05:48+00:00 | Quantum effects in chemical reactions | Chemical reactions are usually modelled as random, statistical events, with particles bumping into each other and rearranging according to energy and probability. But at extremely low temperatures, atoms and molecules can behave as coherent matter waves, meaning many particles share a common quantum phase. In this sett... | https://physicsworld.com/a/quantum-effects-in-chemical-reactions/ | Space & Physics | svg |
67c1416d59c38aac9730dfe4d8dd07874c27c02bd375501ebc6a389b076b751d | 2026-08-18T15:43:25+00:00 | Semiconducting nanorods help laser-powered drones keep cool | Remote uncrewed aerial vehicles (UAVs), or drones, equipped with solar cells could be wirelessly charged using laser beams directed at them from the ground, rather than relying on traditional onboard batteries. The problem until now, however, has been keeping the drones cool – since laser light heats them up, so reduci... | https://physicsworld.com/a/semiconducting-nanorods-help-laser-powered-drones-keep-cool/ | Space & Physics | svg |
96cf9ef33f4e86cac2887b43846631f1213bb0e41fc15bfb9437231a676122eb | 2026-08-17T14:00:34+00:00 | Shortcut for simulating logical magic states could accelerate the design of fault-tolerant quantum computers | Building a useful quantum computer is not simply a matter of adding more qubits. The greater challenge is making these qubits reliable enough to perform long computations without errors overwhelming the result. Quantum error correction addresses this problem by encoding each logical qubit across many physical ones, but... | https://physicsworld.com/a/shortcut-for-simulating-logical-magic-states-could-accelerate-the-design-of-fault-tolerant-quantum-computers/ | Space & Physics | svg |
f01d7571d584a8dfe539ffbfc49d6ac289b51587cf1f378796800a945d71b3e9 | 2026-08-17T11:00:24+00:00 | Has vacuum birefringence been seen at long last? | The first direct glimpse of vacuum birefringence has been claimed by astronomers who have studied X-ray and radio emissions of a neutron star that is both a magnetar and a pulsar. A central, but unconfirmed prediction of quantum electrodynamics (QED), vacuum birefringence involves the polarization of the quantum vacuum... | https://physicsworld.com/a/has-vacuum-birefringence-been-seen-at-long-last/ | Space & Physics | svg |
adebfbee0ef13b7def5f0bc08ab6ae40612d47e5f9c0ec9cacbe20b5dfdd55fa | 2026-08-17T08:00:22+00:00 | Frame-dragging measurement around the Earth sets new precision record | The post Frame-dragging measurement around the Earth sets new precision record appeared first on Physics World. | https://physicsworld.com/a/frame-dragging-measurement-around-the-earth-sets-new-precision-record/ | Space & Physics | svg |
286218a41a72388c2811e9cd1bffb0280eed2fd934fc92283479aaa9e41bfbd3 | 2026-08-14T15:29:53+00:00 | Quiz of the week: what are engineers using to control the growth of artificial blood vessels? | Fancy some more? Check out our puzzles page. The post Quiz of the week: what are engineers using to control the growth of artificial blood vessels? appeared first on Physics World. | https://physicsworld.com/a/quiz-of-the-week-what-are-engineers-using-to-control-the-growth-of-artificial-blood-vessels/ | Space & Physics | svg |
d26ace59dacc6b7cf068462da4259e546c60d25d67dd66d9900da62c342a8d76 | 2026-08-14T14:00:42+00:00 | Seismic waves reflected from Earth’s core moved parts of Japan 5 mm east | A previously unrecognized source of seismic hazard caused parts of Japan to move eastwards by up to 5 mm within minutes of the 2011 Tohoku-Oki earthquake. Conventionally, such shifts occur when seismic waves generated by rupturing tectonic plates cause the plates to slip, triggering movements of the land mass and the o... | https://physicsworld.com/a/seismic-waves-reflected-from-earths-core-moved-parts-of-japan-5-mm-east/ | Space & Physics | svg |
01bb544b6d40c493b08b0ec595616bb9f3da138c4be61109b9e0b6b23b89d4bf | 2026-08-14T11:10:46+00:00 | New image captures glowing shock waves in the Helix Nebula | Astronomers have created a spectacular composite image of a dying star’s remains in the act of being recycled. The image shows the Helix Nebula, a bright ring of gas that is located 650 light-years from Earth in the constellation Aquarius. Resembling a giant human eye, its familiar ring formed from material expelled by... | https://physicsworld.com/a/new-image-captures-glowing-shock-waves-in-the-helix-nebula/ | Space & Physics | svg |
6d6fd7a23728913f37b53e7af399a8d989f2652c29c7ff602ae3b2b90aec3917 | 2026-08-14T10:18:06+00:00 | Motivation is key to the public’s trust in science, study reveals | Credibility is a cornerstone of modern science and concepts such as reproducibility and peer review have evolved to ensure that the knowledge produced by scientists is high quality. However, for science to thrive and benefit everyone, scientists themselves must be seen as credible to the general public. This episode of... | https://physicsworld.com/a/motivation-is-key-to-the-publics-trust-in-science-study-reveals/ | Space & Physics | svg |
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