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a0f23ec6badbd2df979a7603e7c8dd6be45b6828bca355fe865628d83b6362ee | 2026-10-08T06:06:06 | Einstein Probe reveals a hidden phase of neutron star collisions | Einstein Probe revealed nearly 10 minutes of soft X-ray activity following a short gamma-ray burst, exposing a phase of neutron star mergers that previous missions may have missed. The prolonged emission could have been powered by a newly formed magnetar and may provide a valuable new counterpart to gravitational-wave ... | https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/10/261006234511.htm | Space & Physics | svg |
2c4d3ad2997c0a0fce55034f94a99ee580988f9acb902cfe1235805a6ac60f71 | 2026-10-07T08:34:39 | Physicists just found the ‘ghost’ of superconductivity | Physicists have found striking evidence for an unusual form of superconducting behavior in uranium ditelluride, where electron pairs organize into rippling patterns called pair density waves. Even more surprisingly, these patterns appear to survive after ordinary superconductivity disappears, suggesting that the electr... | https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/10/261005071517.htm | Space & Physics | svg |
7ae5c60f32c6bfa693913aada63c9ea472ab740bd52170e43a7162e4a2d2d1b5 | 2026-10-06T08:04:50 | Physicists just saw quarks make waves in the Big Bang’s primordial soup | Physicists at CERN’s Large Hadron Collider have captured the clearest evidence yet that quark-gluon plasma, the scorching-hot matter that filled the newborn universe, behaves like a true liquid. By tracking individual quarks as they blasted through the plasma, researchers saw them leave behind ripples, splashes, and sw... | https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/10/261004002556.htm | Space & Physics | svg |
d485889810aff278887432bae6b448edf8ffd4acd2f7c2d2e50a8531d9e24ac4 | 2026-10-06T03:49:51 | Scientists finally see how nature moves energy so efficiently | Researchers have captured key steps in a chemical reaction that helps nature transfer energy with remarkable efficiency. Ultrafast X-rays revealed how changes involving electrons and protons are closely linked to the rearrangement of surrounding water molecules. Because similar reactions drive photosynthesis and other ... | https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/10/261004001841.htm | Space & Physics | svg |
97d90a5c5d3911bed1f566736e23d1488ebf82c73058c9e835a8508766863f4c | 2026-10-04T08:05:54 | Scientists find a surprising clue to why the universe’s expansion doesn’t add up | Tiny magnetic fields created shortly after the Big Bang may help explain the long-running disagreement over how fast the universe is expanding. Detailed simulations show that these primordial fields could have changed the formation of hydrogen in the early universe, affecting the cosmic microwave background and the exp... | https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/10/261002080026.htm | Space & Physics | svg |
974794092fa6086bcd459b83cc35776b22dc1428647f6898aab31556ee1e8176 | 2026-10-05T07:35:24 | A new kind of magnetism could unlock faster, more efficient computers | Scientists have discovered evidence of altermagnetism in a thin, highly tunable material that could help electronics use electron spin instead of relying only on electrical charge. The unusual magnetic state may enable faster, more energy-efficient devices without the unwanted magnetic interference caused by convention... | https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/10/261002080015.htm | Space & Physics | svg |
2fd29d162e1e269d8ef462af4c8e5e557735a8f381f142bc7f878bc20ee81c71 | 2026-10-03T08:03:23 | Scientists just made a superconductor stronger using “empty space” | Researchers have demonstrated that quantum fluctuations in supposedly empty space can strengthen superconductivity, raising the transition temperature of an ultrathin material by as much as 5.4%. The discovery opens the possibility of using specially engineered vacuum environments to control quantum materials without d... | https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/09/260930225456.htm | Space & Physics | svg |
c46d10ed72ff2d01774b4f67b37e30c48622a704d792acb1cecf1fa13c518981 | 2026-09-29T08:02:30 | Quantum teleportation breakthrough: Scientists crack a 25-year entanglement challenge | Scientists have developed and experimentally demonstrated a long-sought method for identifying W states, an important form of multi-photon quantum entanglement. The technique could make complex entangled systems much easier to measure, opening new possibilities for quantum teleportation, communication, and computing. | https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/09/260929053550.htm | Space & Physics | svg |
c87c9866ec1833e39216add5cb5a62f10b04592ff20497ffb09d00040831d86a | 2026-10-01T23:10:08 | Electrons slow to a crawl in a strange new quantum state | Scientists at the University of Chicago have uncovered a surprising quantum state in the layered magnetic material Fe5GeTe2, where huge numbers of electrons move together unusually slowly while remaining quantum coherent. The behavior contradicts existing theoretical predictions about how the material’s magnetism shoul... | https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/09/260929053548.htm | Space & Physics | svg |
396bc8feda24d5d9fa97347679f824900689155b8e6acfcf755624891ad61576 | 2026-09-30T23:06:56 | Caltech physicists finally measure a quantum energy ladder predicted 40 years ago | Researchers have experimentally observed energy patterns that physicists have predicted for about 40 years. By arranging laser-trapped atoms into a quantum simulator, they recreated two different quantum tipping points and watched the atoms fall into the exact energy ratios predicted by theory. The technique could now ... | https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/09/260928100554.htm | Space & Physics | svg |
8d1cc2db43b8879abda72ccbefbcbb26d64c8080e24f91851ac0b80fe23ea6c6 | 2026-09-28T23:45:39 | This suitcase-sized spacecraft could hear the universe before stars existed | CosmoCube will use the far side of the Moon as a shield from Earth’s radio noise to search for a faint signal from the universe before the first stars existed. The suitcase-sized satellite could reveal how the cosmic dark ages ended and how dark matter helped build the first galaxies. | https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/09/260927225034.htm | Space & Physics | svg |
514e0d1b7c2022297d5f5c5b51b2ae6bb26a98608e9f222214a27e6d435275c5 | 2026-09-25T09:01:20 | CERN has begun disconnecting the Large Hadron Collider | CERN has started replacing some of the Large Hadron Collider’s most important magnets as part of its High-Luminosity upgrade. The new superconducting magnets will produce fields about 40% stronger, allowing particle beams to be squeezed more tightly before they collide. That should create far more collisions for the AT... | https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/09/260925005430.htm | Space & Physics | svg |
c95619913dccf3b5cd56039733f49fd62df33c54eede04ba7e3c5f198414d21f | 2026-09-26T09:47:38 | Quantum computer simulates matter “popping into existence” | Scientists recreated a particle-forming process linked to the extreme physics of the early universe using a 13-ion quantum simulator. The breakthrough suggests quantum computers could eventually help researchers investigate how matter formed and evolved after the Big Bang. | https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/09/260925005416.htm | Space & Physics | svg |
faa1bd9cb2946bff832d7013a8829c6a45df5946b0af2df1895d4b89e2beff6b | 2026-09-25T08:45:04 | Quantum computing’s “dark horse” just proved it can go universal | Researchers have shown that exotic quantum particles called non-Abelian anyons can perform the full range of operations needed for universal quantum computing. Using 54 qubits on Quantinuum’s H2 processor, they combined braiding and fusion to unlock capabilities that braiding alone could not provide. | https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/09/260924020403.htm | Space & Physics | svg |
83ec17cd9371ed9ad062e661e956f6bd7086252852c7c659f9aba08494875cfd | 2026-09-24T09:16:41 | Distant time crystals can somehow fall into the same rhythm | Researchers have shown that multiple time crystals inside a semiconductor can synchronize their oscillations, much like pendulum clocks gradually falling into the same rhythm. The coupling is carried by spin-polarized electrons, allowing time crystals separated by up to 40 micrometers to lock to a common frequency. The... | https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/09/260923035934.htm | Space & Physics | svg |
3f9877f95d38a7ee11c39cb4cca00a7e44be42408dcc469fad225ac60ca913b3 | 2026-09-22T00:56:49 | The LHC just ruled out another hiding place for quantum black holes | Physicists searching through Large Hadron Collider data found no evidence that the machine has been producing microscopic quantum black holes, but the result sharply narrows where such exotic physics could still be hiding. These hypothetical black holes could form if extra spatial dimensions make gravity much stronger ... | https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/09/260922005649.htm | Space & Physics | svg |
6450bda7e51757014c4a106ba267cddb992dbdf17bd59336654e1279cddf9dd5 | 2026-09-22T09:17:20 | For the first time, scientists watch sound jump between quantum states | Stanford researchers have recorded the first real-time quantum jumps of sound, watching single phonons abruptly vanish from one energy state to another. The breakthrough could open new paths for quantum computing, error correction, highly sensitive biological sensors, and next-generation sound-based devices. | https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/09/260921081054.htm | Space & Physics | svg |
df3e21b3ecd48ad40bebe33a05f73027393df5daa137a8773317289625e13b46 | 2026-09-21T09:08:40 | A new process turns plastic waste into gasoline and diesel fuel | Scientists at Oak Ridge National Laboratory have developed a surprisingly simple way to turn polyethylene, the common plastic used in shopping bags and cutting boards, into gasoline and diesel-like fuels. The process uses inexpensive aluminum-based molten salts to break long plastic molecules into smaller hydrocarbons,... | https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/09/260920222405.htm | Space & Physics | svg |
5111bf519bdbc34b43a07c5cca6eb1039f1e0f30abf7d38ad7be8595544a41c9 | 2026-09-21T05:24:50 | What kills Schrödinger’s cat? Gravity may not be the answer | Physicists have put a decades-old idea about why the strange rules of quantum mechanics disappear in our everyday world to one of its toughest experimental tests yet. Deep beneath Italy’s Gran Sasso mountain, researchers searched for an extremely faint radiation signal predicted by a theory suggesting that tiny fluctua... | https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/09/260920222350.htm | Space & Physics | svg |
b927dcb81870ed886bfba54ef4ba29e32b9bd98b4569aee2f99aa98cbaa274ec | 2026-09-20T06:30:31 | Scientists opened a sealed envelope after 10 years. Gravity still didn’t make sense | A decade-long NIST experiment has produced a new measurement of the universal gravitational constant that differs unexpectedly from another leading result, deepening a 225-year-old physics puzzle. The discrepancy is tiny, but for one of nature’s most fundamental constants, it is large enough to keep scientists wonderin... | https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/09/260920032049.htm | Space & Physics | svg |
c635113edbdb7de7ffd5a402a24b32306ec0f50bc2307a000b3ba6cf0fc353fa | 2026-09-20T07:35:28 | New nanoparticles make hidden chemical differences light up | Scientists have developed ultra-bright nanoparticles that can detect tiny amounts of chemicals and distinguish between molecules that look almost identical. The technology could one day provide a cheaper way to catch dangerous drug impurities or trace pollutants using simple low-cost lasers. | https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/09/260919031030.htm | Space & Physics | svg |
9c628f589524d95453bb2da67f8c4e9bd65b85276771f7ae0d71a6c6b6fe23fa | 2026-09-20T01:16:00 | Einstein’s “spooky action” just survived one of physics’ most extreme tests | Physicists have detected strong evidence that heavy, fleeting Z bosons can become quantum entangled during Higgs boson decays at CERN’s Large Hadron Collider. The result shows that Einstein’s “spooky action at a distance” survives even under some of the most extreme conditions ever created in a laboratory. | https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/09/260919031023.htm | Space & Physics | svg |
8e5d67e2fb523cbbd7051285618b826894d2ce003dd2cb7c295fdc7e89f82295 | 2026-10-16T14:45:02+00:00 | Quiz of the week: how many telescopes will eventually form the Cherenkov Telescope Array Observatory | Fancy some more? Check out our puzzles page. The post Quiz of the week: how many telescopes will eventually form the Cherenkov Telescope Array Observatory appeared first on Physics World. | https://physicsworld.com/a/quiz-of-the-week-how-many-telescopes-will-eventually-form-the-cherenkov-telescope-array-observatory/ | Space & Physics | svg |
b8a4e7f4b13f629e8ad7bf41ae1ed26b19cd51916899df235f156df0e8103fe3 | 2026-10-16T13:30:58+00:00 | Siloton secures £8.4m to speed development of portable retinal imaging system | UK medical technology start-up Siloton has been awarded an £8.4 million contract to accelerate the development of its portable eye imaging system. Based on optical coherence tomography (OCT), the company’s GiraffeOCT device generates detailed retinal images for detection and monitoring of a range of treatable eye disea... | https://physicsworld.com/a/siloton-secures-8-4m-to-speed-development-of-portable-retinal-imaging-system/ | Space & Physics | svg |
fba35898fe352249676612e1013e5dded6ba23b7143c2aabf71c51f5e1a76cfa | 2026-10-16T11:00:10+00:00 | When Doi met Peliti: physicists celebrate 50 years of the Doi-Peliti theory | In September 1976 physicist Masao Doi, then working at Tokyo Metropolitan University, published two groundbreaking papers. The work – published in Journal of Physics A – cast classical stochastic many-body problems in the mathematical language samiliar to that of quantum-field theory (9 1465 and 9 1479). Although this ... | https://physicsworld.com/a/when-doi-met-peliti-physicists-celebrate-50-years-of-the-doi-peliti-theory/ | Space & Physics | svg |
e7c8ba4d655d34f2ad27bf9b12760986a7ab22fbe7930472731ee989101817e2 | 2026-10-16T08:00:50+00:00 | New type of superionic water ice observed for the first time | The post New type of superionic water ice observed for the first time appeared first on Physics World. | https://physicsworld.com/a/new-type-of-superionic-water-ice-observed-for-the-first-time/ | Space & Physics | svg |
c108ce8995f56bf91f3c4ba921de7ed99f5f9929746b9529ee19c74f7a80ca55 | 2026-10-15T15:00:03+00:00 | Officials celebrate completion of gamma-ray telescope array in La Palma | Some 250 scientists and officials have attended a ceremony today to mark the completion of a giant telescope complex in La Palma, Spain. The construction of four 23 m-diameter telescopes belong to the Large-Sized Telescope (LST) array at the Roque de los Muchachos Observatory in La Palma, Spain. The telescopes are desi... | https://physicsworld.com/a/officials-celebrate-completion-of-gamma-ray-telescope-array-in-la-palma/ | Space & Physics | svg |
947826dd88e82554f0b0a384388fa5305e490e7a5adba5218a75791e4953896e | 2026-10-15T13:30:50+00:00 | Your beer can only cool so fast. Blame quantum mechanics | How fast can a kettle boil water for your cup of tea, or a refrigerator cool down a bottle of beer? The answer depends on the details of the machines, but according to new work published in Nature Physics, the minimum wait time does not. Instead, it’s quantum mechanics that imposes a limit on how fast something can the... | https://physicsworld.com/a/your-beer-can-only-cool-so-fast-blame-quantum-mechanics/ | Space & Physics | svg |
92d5370adbc6ee4aca820ff88441aae130300724514d12049ce50fcbbcdb0a26 | 2026-10-15T13:29:48+00:00 | Ignacio Cirac: Newton Medal winner looks to the future of quantum technology | This episode of the Physics World Weekly podcast features Ignacio Cirac, who has won the 2026 Isaac Newton Medal and Lecture for his “pioneering contributions that founded modern quantum information science, uniting profound theoretical insight, experimental vision, and exceptional scientific leadership shaping quantum... | https://physicsworld.com/a/ignacio-cirac-newton-medal-winner-looks-to-the-future-of-quantum-technology/ | Space & Physics | svg |
d46e0debe0ce970471f213daf867f046a3f5dcc97df62f9615452f0fb1aae17c | 2026-10-15T12:58:07+00:00 | Scintillating technology: how advanced lanthanum bromide crystals are transforming radiation detection | Scintillation detection advanced rapidly during and after the Second World War, with a major breakthrough coming in 1948 when physicist Robert Hofstadter discovered that thallium-activated sodium iodide (NaI(Tl)) was an exceptionally effective scintillation material for detecting gamma rays. This discovery laid the fou... | https://physicsworld.com/a/scintillating-technology-how-advanced-lanthanum-bromide-crystals-are-transforming-radiation-detection/ | Space & Physics | svg |
b13b9472049ba3db331709985b9987cb6d32d294b14a1b3e5a372ce82cd2302d | 2026-10-14T15:09:54+00:00 | One sample, many dimensions: prospects for multimodal nanoscale characterization | How can one sample reveal more when examined from multiple perspectives? Combining SEM, TEM/STEM, 4D-STEM, spectroscopy, nanoindentation, nanoCT, CryoSEM or other analytical techniques can provide complementary information. Bringing these approaches together places demand on sample positioning, access and manipulation.... | https://physicsworld.com/a/one-sample-many-dimensions-prospects-for-multimodal-nanoscale-characterization/ | Space & Physics | svg |
9e564cf16505f077dda76218c151656f19a52346249feb3f80a44d5df86a534c | 2026-10-14T14:20:54+00:00 | Low-level clouds could make wind farms more efficient | The post Low-level clouds could make wind farms more efficient appeared first on Physics World. | https://physicsworld.com/a/low-level-clouds-could-make-wind-farms-more-efficient/ | Space & Physics | svg |
f6af778b3665a9156049b701409ffb5b63482d7afeb04659089ad355d87a8503 | 2026-10-14T12:00:44+00:00 | Word flower puzzle no. 9 | How did you get on? 9 words Warming up nicely 15 words Getting hot, hot, hot 21 words Top dog! Fancy some more? Check out our puzzles page. The post Word flower puzzle no. 9 appeared first on Physics World. | https://physicsworld.com/a/word-flower-puzzle-no-9/ | Space & Physics | svg |
76c6a3e764c3a17f85fcb820ae7abb949e9dc108a2e8c90ccad6fc6981b40a09 | 2026-10-14T10:30:38+00:00 | The unsavoury rise of ‘populist physics’: here’s how best to respond | So you’re at a family gathering and a distant, well-educated relative comes over to talk about physics. Despite being a non-scientist, this person knows quite a lot about your field. You must be disappointed, the relative says, because dark matter, your life’s work, is proven not to exist. Furthermore, you’re told your... | https://physicsworld.com/a/the-unsavoury-rise-of-populist-physics-heres-how-best-to-respond/ | Space & Physics | svg |
1863814c2284f216252bfe49ba40f29d38cd461bcd3d99eab0175ff57bca7b48 | 2026-10-14T06:58:48+00:00 | When is solar desalination worth it? | Desalination is used to produce fresh drinking water from seawater, but it also generates a highly concentrated waste stream known as brine. Disposing of this brine is a major challenge and is often achieved through deep-well injection, in which the waste is pumped underground, an approach that can be expensive. Oil an... | https://physicsworld.com/a/when-is-solar-desalination-worth-it/ | Space & Physics | svg |
cad190a2d5e607e79beea8c2d944e7a576c31e189e18731781ab30d7f0682aa7 | 2026-10-14T06:51:41+00:00 | A new route to spin-controlled photonics | When a material does not have inversion symmetry, particles within it will move in different directions when they have different spin states. This is because the asymmetry of the material creates an effective electric field that couples the particles’ spin and momentum. The behaviour is called the Rashba effect, ... | https://physicsworld.com/a/a-new-route-to-spin-controlled-photonics/ | Space & Physics | svg |
5deec4d74b188a744eab584a707983c4a03d76dc77a1d6487c08920131c68720 | 2026-10-14T06:48:23+00:00 | Turning disorder into a resource for wave control | When waves travel through complex environments (such as acoustics), repeated scattering is usually a problem because it scrambles wavefronts and distorts the information they carry. As a result, most approaches seek to suppress or compensate for scattering. In this work, however, the researchers take the opposite appro... | https://physicsworld.com/a/turning-disorder-into-a-resource-for-wave-control/ | Space & Physics | svg |
f5f5e840e8030e913b1042745d9de34ee82df86366c8643a08a03a37c4175f3b | 2026-10-13T16:39:05+00:00 | Engineering the unknown: building vacuum and cryogenic systems for the quantum frontier | Building quantum technologies is the definition of finicky. And there is one primary reason: the fundamental unit of information is not a bit, but a qubit. Though qubits come in many guises – trapped ions, neutral atoms, superconducting circuits, particles of light, etc – they all share three quantum properties. First,... | https://physicsworld.com/a/engineering-the-unknown-building-vacuum-and-cryogenic-systems-for-the-quantum-frontier/ | Space & Physics | svg |
055e88c16d1e7a3da4b1fa57a8d17009e80845b85f8d702c57334eba06a84a02 | 2026-10-13T12:00:41+00:00 | Why supporting international colleagues is everyone’s responsibility | International members of the research community, from academia to industry, often face additional cultural, social and financial challenges compared with those working in their native countries. This is especially true in times of global uncertainty and rising anti-immigration sentiment. While institutions bear respons... | https://physicsworld.com/a/why-supporting-international-colleagues-is-everyones-responsibility/ | Space & Physics | svg |
52b595164436e6723a2b49ac890cffd1be72467e4b89b446c66b39226055d891 | 2026-10-13T08:01:00+00:00 | Gluon string breaking is simulated using trapped ions | The particle-physics process of string breaking has been modelled on a trapped ion quantum computer by researchers in the US. The results are similar to previous findings obtained independently using neutral atom quantum simulators and superconducting quantum computers. The result suggests that traditional models of st... | https://physicsworld.com/a/gluon-string-breaking-is-simulated-using-trapped-ions/ | Space & Physics | svg |
162a4e29765c587b996e5abeab3822173221a395da0e3cd436f2aa28f40ebd60 | 2026-10-12T16:00:15+00:00 | Sound waves come in quantum jumps | In the 1980s, scientists measured quantized jumps in the energy of ions for the first time. In the 2000s, it was photons’ turn. Now, thanks to a tour de force of device engineering and nanofabrication, researchers at Stanford University in the US are reporting that phonons – mechanical vibrations like those that carry ... | https://physicsworld.com/a/sound-waves-come-in-quantum-jumps/ | Space & Physics | svg |
fd704560d68468129feeac826d797b5962a9c964f89b3bc2883fe6cad0b462cb | 2026-10-12T13:00:19+00:00 | Ask me anything: Tania Kendrick – ‘There’s something really satisfying when everything starts to click’ | Tania Kendrick studied physics at the University of Bristol in the UK before joining the Civil Service fast-stream development programme, which saw her have postings at the UK’s Ministry of Defence, the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, and the Cabinet Office. After completing the scheme, she decided ... | https://physicsworld.com/a/ask-me-anything-tania-kendrick-theres-something-really-satisfying-when-everything-starts-to-click/ | Space & Physics | svg |
803cc5934ed8f1445d03ffa116724131b21f16de2ec612cb80185e98a0b1e005 | 2026-10-12T08:00:07+00:00 | Quantum physicist Ignacio Cirac awarded 2026 Isaac Newton Medal and Prize | The Spanish quantum physicist Ignacio Cirac from the Max Plank Institute of Quantum Optics in Garching, Germany, has won the 2026 Isaac Newton Medal and Prize for his “pioneering contributions that founded modern quantum information science, uniting profound theoretical insight, experimental vision, and exceptional sci... | https://physicsworld.com/a/quantum-physicist-ignacio-cirac-awarded-2026-isaac-newton-medal-and-prize/ | Space & Physics | svg |
ffa5dbdf01521a7687f51b3e855ab09efeba90ed35f13dd93f845264108dabc0 | 2026-10-09T14:30:20+00:00 | Scottish artist marks 100 years of Schrödinger equation with new installation | Scottish artist Gregor Harvie has created a new artwork to mark 100 years since Erwin Schrödinger published his famous equation that governs how the wave function of a physical system changes over time. Dubbed Superposition, the piece has been created in collaboration with the quantum theory group at the University of ... | https://physicsworld.com/a/scottish-artist-marks-100-years-of-schrodinger-equation-with-new-installation/ | Space & Physics | svg |
c2b9cfec25bdb74498bc39ea8ad928a1b718ecaa64aca249f18d34f90325e1c2 | 2026-10-09T13:45:49+00:00 | Quiz of the week: which star could help astronomers measure the spin of Sagittarius A*? | Fancy some more? Check out our puzzles page. The post Quiz of the week: which star could help astronomers measure the spin of Sagittarius A*? appeared first on Physics World. | https://physicsworld.com/a/quiz-of-the-week-which-star-could-help-astronomers-measure-the-spin-of-sagittarius-a/ | Space & Physics | svg |
6f071e955c4e4eb1bbc33f2ff240bbe815dc62aae86f4405de3fbc888f5d9660 | 2026-10-08T15:13:21+00:00 | Francis Halzen and IceCube: why neutrinos keep attracting Nobel prizes | The 2026 Nobel Prize for Physics has gone to Francis Halzen for his “decisive contributions to the IceCube Neutrino Observatory and the discovery of high-energy neutrinos of astrophysical origin”. In this episode of the Physics World Weekly podcast I am joined by the University of Oxford neutrino physicist Kirsty Duffy... | https://physicsworld.com/a/francis-halzen-and-icecube-why-neutrinos-keep-attracting-nobel-prizes/ | Space & Physics | svg |
be9f020d8c5ceb301c64f4f403e3551170c33af13790ca2d0b24e9856f2997d3 | 2026-10-08T15:00:34+00:00 | Optogenetic therapy shows promise for vision restoration | Retinitis pigmentosa is an inherited degenerative condition that destroys photoreceptors in the retina and can eventually lead to irreversible blindness. In a clinical trial first, an international research team has demonstrated that optogenetic therapy is safe to use and shows potential for restoring visual function i... | https://physicsworld.com/a/optogenetic-therapy-shows-promise-for-vision-restoration/ | Space & Physics | svg |
8e5a46079ddaad948aba6209c283514c254af64673e7557f8373c37dee4e2e88 | 2026-10-08T12:00:50+00:00 | Physics and wildlife conservation: a slide puzzle | Image courtesy: Shutterstock/Jonas Aleksander Larsen Fancy some more? Check out our puzzles page. The post Physics and wildlife conservation: a slide puzzle appeared first on Physics World. | https://physicsworld.com/a/physics-and-wildlife-conservation-a-slide-puzzle/ | Space & Physics | svg |
29292b7dbdbc4ceca473a545d0f65a68eef2ffe5c21a1a5ac2daefff057d2531 | 2026-10-08T11:00:42+00:00 | Disordered environments around tumour cells can promote cancer spread | A new study showing how tumour cells behave when surrounded by a disordered microenvironment could help cancer researchers by providing a biophysics model describing how cancers spread within the human body. Researchers led by Michael Sixt, head of the Cellular Morphodynamics Group and Edouard Hannezo, leader of the Ph... | https://physicsworld.com/a/disordered-environments-around-tumour-cells-can-promote-cancer-spread/ | Space & Physics | svg |
87f0b29c3a52923dd70ec563b86ce5a0840a0490b0aa07903ecb5107a2c88da3 | 2026-10-08T07:45:09+00:00 | Fastest star in the Milky Way feels the rotation of our central black hole | At the centre of our galaxy lies a supermassive black hole, Sagittarius A* (Sgr A*), that’s more than four million times the mass of the Sun. Astronomers have now discovered the fastest-known star in the Milky Way zooming around this black hole in an extremely close orbit. Observations of this star, known as S301, coul... | https://physicsworld.com/a/fastest-star-in-the-milky-way-feels-the-rotation-of-our-central-black-hole/ | Space & Physics | svg |
05da8f3779d82b9353caa357d3c4505077b5989a96635cd2ef8f65fa3cbc9e31 | 2026-10-07T16:00:48+00:00 | Nuclear clocks finally see the light | Two independent teams have realized the first clocks based on transitions within atomic nuclei. The new nuclear clocks represent the culmination of more than 20 years of research and could become vital tools in precision tests of fundamental physics. Today’s most accurate clocks “tick” whenever an electron transitions ... | https://physicsworld.com/a/nuclear-clocks-finally-see-the-light/ | Space & Physics | svg |
38b5f455f70f9309b862b5dcf5d1ac3ebe4daf702a29bbdcb479fcd1e3abd4cd | 2026-10-07T11:00:44+00:00 | Collisions between dipolar molecules ‘switch off’ at low energies | Researchers in the Netherlands have shown that they can turn off the dipole moment of molecules that are normally polar, drastically altering the molecules’ behaviour in low-energy collisions. The discovery – which was only possible after the team cleared a major experimental hurdle – has implications for ultracold che... | https://physicsworld.com/a/collisions-between-dipolar-molecules-switch-off-at-low-energies/ | Space & Physics | svg |
de7b7f62d217413979a217b619e2fcdd334f08e575f35979699316c0b9d7e946 | 2026-10-07T08:07:00+00:00 | Faster fabrication, better performance for PCECs | Protonic ceramic electrochemical cells (PCECs) function as fuel cells, converting hydrogen into electricity, or as electrolysers, where electricity is used to split water into hydrogen and oxygen. This makes them useful in hydrogen energy systems because surplus electricity from integrated energy sources like nuclear, ... | https://physicsworld.com/a/faster-fabrication-better-performance-for-pcecs/ | Space & Physics | svg |
f35d417dc0ca9541a8cb280e6656a47fd7d4af701f8f2d97c68abe35d3cf3c28 | 2026-10-07T08:05:41+00:00 | Using quantum entanglement to probe hidden properties of quarks | A quark is a fundamental building block of matter. There are six types known as flavours of quark: up, down, strange, charm, bottom, and top. Quarks combine to form particles known as hadrons. Most ordinary matter is made from up and down quarks, for example, a proton consists of two up quarks and one down quark, while... | https://physicsworld.com/a/using-quantum-entanglement-to-probe-hidden-properties-of-quarks/ | Space & Physics | svg |
470fa60dd05cb36c75f295a89bae0c618ae47730b65163722aff8ffe8b91ca3a | 2026-10-07T08:02:27+00:00 | Finding the signatures of chiral spin liquids | In magnets, the magnetic moments of electrons, known as spins, usually align in an ordered pattern. However, in a spin liquid, the spins never settle into a fixed arrangement. Instead, they continue to fluctuate collectively even at very low temperatures. In a chiral spin liquid, these fluctuations have a preferred han... | https://physicsworld.com/a/finding-the-signatures-of-chiral-spin-liquids/ | Space & Physics | svg |
1180bbe60ed4aca221ecc348857e38870cb612c63e18a9a04bbd1fdb00a4acec | 2026-10-07T08:00:35+00:00 | Titanium-polymer metamaterial floats in water | The post Titanium-polymer metamaterial floats in water appeared first on Physics World. | https://physicsworld.com/a/titanium-polymer-metamaterial-floats-in-water/ | Space & Physics | svg |
a96600c40cee61f5db9800f99d3e4d797f5dcc2dd50f2c26fe04c4363e5b5765 | 2026-10-06T09:52:32+00:00 | Francis Halzen wins Nobel Prize in Physics | Francis Halzen wins the 2026 Nobel Prize in Physics “for decisive contributions to the IceCube Neutrino Observatory and the discovery of high-energy neutrinos of astrophysical origin”. The prize will be awarded in Stockholm, Sweden on 10 December and is worth SEK 12 million (about $1.2 million). Born in Belgium, Halzen... | https://physicsworld.com/a/francis-halzen-wins-nobel-prize-in-physics/ | Space & Physics | svg |
b58c2641cbc1a4eb38b19cd61a7f4200faa1fe1206a04fccb452cbbb2bca1dd8 | 2026-10-05T14:20:56+00:00 | Inventors of optogenetics win Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine | The 2026 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine has been awarded to Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel for “their discoveries concerning light-gated ion channels and optogenetics”. Optogenetics is a method that uses light to characterize and manipulate the activity of neurons in a living brain. Hegemann and... | https://physicsworld.com/a/inventors-of-optogenetics-win-nobel-prize-in-physiology-or-medicine/ | Space & Physics | svg |
30335df36b3435428a5c48b60a3f1fcf4d5982a5c2a450d2e2f887423f04a954 | 2026-10-05T13:00:06+00:00 | Hofstadter’s butterfly turns 50: a fractal hiding in quantum matter | In the mid-1970s a graduate student wrestling with a deceptively simple quantum problem uncovered one of the most haunting images in modern physics. The pattern seemed almost impossibly intricate: delicate wings assembled from infinitely nested bands and gaps, a self-similar pattern born from the motion of electrons in... | https://physicsworld.com/a/hofstadters-butterfly-turns-50-a-fractal-hiding-in-quantum-matter/ | Space & Physics | svg |
b2f189853a1b594bf742da07e2a2c1817f6dd9a68e6141bf05fb086e4e853de0 | 2026-10-05T08:00:59+00:00 | Particle physicist Hideki Yukawa: Japan’s first Nobel laureate | While modern Japan has had a good record in winning Nobel prizes, the country had to wait 48 years since the inception of the awards in 1901 to receive its first Nobel prize. The accolade went to particle physicist Hideki Yukawa, who published his theory of mesons in the 1930s that explained the interaction between pro... | https://physicsworld.com/a/particle-physicist-hideki-yukawa-japans-first-nobel-laureate/ | Space & Physics | svg |
8e0abc64d6e9ce3e49b83ff6381319e94c6f317c3ac0754a1461466bd93a6bea | 2026-10-02T14:30:38+00:00 | Quiz of the week: how are researchers making weather predictions more accurate? | Fancy some more? Check out our puzzles page. The post Quiz of the week: how are researchers making weather predictions more accurate? appeared first on Physics World. | https://physicsworld.com/a/quiz-of-the-week-how-are-researchers-making-weather-predictions-more-accurate/ | Space & Physics | svg |
aadb37890767118df68013c35a53ef04a5bf2f433b8cd05665eae2ee3e1b1e82 | 2026-10-02T14:00:54+00:00 | Abdus Salam: Pakistan’s first (and so far only) physics Nobel prize-winner | The facts are simple enough. Abdus Salam shared the 1979 Nobel Prize in Physics with Sheldon Glashow and Steven Weinberg for “their contributions to the theory of the unified weak and electromagnetic interaction between elementary particles, including, inter alia, the prediction of the weak neutral current”. What... | https://physicsworld.com/a/abdus-salam-pakistans-first-and-so-far-only-nobel-prize-winner/ | Space & Physics | svg |
a3ee9888d8ec74fe2cd85633cc901a097c16e66d8e23fdf3e552c67722d2571a | 2026-10-02T11:00:02+00:00 | Word wave puzzle no.9 | 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.9 appeared first on Physics World. | https://physicsworld.com/a/word-wave-puzzle-no-9/ | Space & Physics | svg |
52f6e41432570ff357625975c00b9d43e88ab1c777401baf0dccb2f89d37126c | 2026-10-02T10:00:05+00:00 | C V Raman: the physicist with a ‘Himalayan ego’ who went to Stockholm convinced he’d win a Nobel prize | How confident, or perhaps delusional, do you have to be to travel to Stockholm because you’re so certain you’ll be awarded a Nobel prize? Most of us wouldn’t have the time, money or self-belief to go to Sweden and hang out at the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences on the off-chance that we might win. But one person who ... | https://physicsworld.com/a/c-v-raman-the-physicist-with-a-himalayan-ego-who-went-to-stockholm-convinced-hed-win-a-nobel-prize/ | Space & Physics | svg |
10243c7157873a6b75f5845311ad7031c941e1e5c854cb19d4b661c801df8181 | 2026-10-01T15:16:11+00:00 | Festival season finds Quantum Software Lab in high spirits | The Quantum Software Lab (QSL) at the University of Edinburgh is going from strength to strength. Buoyed by its strategic partnership with the UK’s National Quantum Computing Centre (NQCC), in just three years the lab has become a globally recognized hub for creating software solutions that generate practical val... | https://physicsworld.com/a/festival-season-finds-quantum-software-lab-in-high-spirits/ | Space & Physics | svg |
bfa712e82dc759b4b8b027883b81a469efc0e8fc93f950b8b4ed190af5cde030 | 2026-10-01T14:33:23+00:00 | Nobel predictions, national firsts and the remarkable story of CV Raman | Next Tuesday the winner(s) of the Nobel Prize in Physics will be announced. To celebrate that most famous of prizes this episode of the Physics World Weekly podcast looks at a few fun aspects of past awards. I’m joined by my Physics World colleague Matin Durrani to make a few predictions for next week. We also talk abo... | https://physicsworld.com/a/nobel-predictions-national-firsts-and-the-remarkable-story-of-cv-raman/ | Space & Physics | svg |
983eb11fc82c8497054c6de63883aa278ab11a1c62b187e5423d4c7e189d6f11 | 2026-10-01T13:55:32+00:00 | How long did it take for countries to claim a Nobel laureate? | How long did it take for your country to claim a physics Nobel laureate? Or perhaps you live in one of the 170 or so countries that has yet to produce a Nobel prize winner? The aim of our latest infographic (see figure) is to answer that question by exploring the geographical evolution of laureates. Creating it, howeve... | https://physicsworld.com/a/how-long-did-it-take-for-countries-to-claim-a-nobel-laureate/ | Space & Physics | svg |
887fe274c55e3827fcb48b0601d32a37c074cba8bf50a9c4c51326e06ad34972 | 2026-10-01T08:00:42+00:00 | Exciton wavefunctions come into view | The post Exciton wavefunctions come into view appeared first on Physics World. | https://physicsworld.com/a/exciton-wavefunctions-come-into-view/ | Space & Physics | svg |
bed55d4cf4211b79a96d254914719e8b8fef0aba5c3df6bce8090be2e6da230c | 2026-10-01T07:00:18+00:00 | Debating the future of photonics: experts assess the challenges and opportunities ahead | The UK has a strong history in photonics research. Some 20% of global publications in photonics originate in the UK The post Debating the future of photonics: experts assess the challenges and opportunities ahead appeared first on Physics World. | https://physicsworld.com/a/debating-the-future-of-photonics-experts-assess-the-challenges-and-opportunities-ahead/ | Space & Physics | svg |
ec9c3474287cb00987efde95294be74ec4cbea7a90beb56dbadc16bd3a1686de | 2026-09-30T16:30:28+00:00 | Is this the year for a Nobel prize in condensed matter, or maybe particle physics? | Here at Physics World we have had some luck with predicting who is going to win a Nobel Prize in Physics. One successful strategy is to identify top physicists and just keep predicting that they will win – and eventually they do! For example, we picked Anton Zeilinger for the 2009, 2013, 2014, 2015 and 2019 prizes – an... | https://physicsworld.com/a/is-this-the-year-for-a-nobel-prize-in-condensed-matter-or-maybe-particle-physics/ | Space & Physics | svg |
3e15183c55b10a51aa19197a22abdf149fe200cfdb5892e29432ac1952554da8 | 2026-09-30T13:50:58+00:00 | Radiotherapy trials shape future treatments of brain metastases | At this week’s ASTRO 2026 meeting in Boston, MA, researchers shared the results of clinical trials addressing important and longstanding questions in cancer care. In a dedicated news briefing highlighting noteworthy research studies, two speakers presented new evidence that could help inform how we deliver care to pati... | https://physicsworld.com/a/radiotherapy-trials-shape-future-treatments-of-brain-metastases/ | Space & Physics | svg |
9999e29098bfa010fa10c07a2e9b5761048d010acce0a54b2687ffa0f082ee16 | 2026-09-30T13:30:50+00:00 | Demon in the AI machine: bias, bad data and the burden of proof | Picture a room where every photon bouncing off a doorbell camera, every acoustic reflection captured by a passing delivery drone, and every drop of ambient thermal noise is fed directly into a Bayesian inference engine. This is the courtroom depicted in director Timur Bekmambetov’s 2026 film Mercy, which delves deep in... | https://physicsworld.com/a/demon-in-the-ai-machine-bias-bad-data-and-the-burden-of-proof/ | Space & Physics | svg |
87e0ae18913d2309bfd4e25b87d723998cd0a3a6e21fa91fd1d1539ad2c2bd18 | 2026-09-30T09:04:40+00:00 | Exploring efficiency and durability in fuel cell catalysts | An important low-carbon technology is the hydrogen fuel cell, which can be used in vehicles, backup power systems and other applications. Fuel cells convert hydrogen into electricity, producing only water as a by-product. A key process inside the cell is the oxygen reduction reaction, in which oxygen from the air is re... | https://physicsworld.com/a/exploring-efficiency-and-durability-in-fuel-cell-catalysts/ | Space & Physics | svg |
796ce8ad216878a305a538a790bda71bf7d16c6f97b2c580b9cf69451aae9de6 | 2026-09-30T09:00:41+00:00 | Drones, AI and the future of wildlife conservation | From tracking elusive animals to protecting some of the world’s most endangered species, the latest episode of Physics World Stories explores how cutting-edge robotics, drones and ecological science are coming together on the front lines of global wildlife conservation. You’ll hear from Blair Costelloe, leader and prin... | https://physicsworld.com/a/drones-ai-and-the-future-of-wildlife-conservation/ | Space & Physics | svg |
b38c911afc607738d16b95f5f0478446d670328a3b937228ace6d7ae7ee2b703 | 2026-09-30T08:58:15+00:00 | Graviton modes survive on the lattice | In some materials, when many electrons interact very strongly, they behave collectively like a quantum fluid with unusual properties. One example is a Fractional Quantum Hall state, which occurs in a two-dimensional system under a strong magnetic field. In this state, the electrons form a topologically ordered quantum ... | https://physicsworld.com/a/graviton-modes-survive-on-the-lattice/ | Space & Physics | svg |
624c1a11db206fd7df95eeabedf5849f69e6304be047d093b7da898284da9ace | 2026-09-30T08:55:00+00:00 | Most comprehensive study yet of the Higgs boson at CMS | The Higgs boson is associated with the Higgs field, which gives many fundamental particles their mass. Although it was predicted in the 1960s, it was not discovered until 2012. Since then, researchers have been studying whether the Higgs behaves exactly as predicted by the Standard Model of particle physics or whether ... | https://physicsworld.com/a/most-comprehensive-study-yet-of-the-higgs-boson-at-cms/ | Space & Physics | svg |
3ffe7ed85eea2e8e58a46a19e15fb963b6496939be309a7c43d8accdd8665416 | 2026-09-30T08:10:12+00:00 | Scientists explain how a 300 TeV photon could reach Earth | On 9 October 2022, a gamma-ray burst called GRB 221009A sent an enormous amount of high-energy radiation toward Earth. The Large High Altitude Air Shower Observatory (LHAASO) detected thousands of photons from the event, including some above 10 TeV. More than an hour later, the Carpet cosmic ray detector recorded somet... | https://physicsworld.com/a/scientists-explain-how-a-300-tev-photon-could-reach-earth/ | Space & Physics | svg |
149c1d3072edc5d02364b018678c33e5d50efff69d11650c362c49fab656ef27 | 2026-09-29T15:00:05+00:00 | DNA computer settles in thermodynamic equilibrium | A DNA computer that calculates as it settles into thermal equilibrium has been unveiled in Ireland. Drawing together several earlier lines of research, Damien Woods and colleagues at Maynooth University created a DNA-based system that ran calculations far more quickly than they expected, and which could be easily imple... | https://physicsworld.com/a/dna-computer-settles-in-thermodynamic-equilibrium/ | Space & Physics | svg |
de523266dc2bc1f5d9e830b94dedff430d718264e02ebf250911e5662802f287 | 2026-09-29T12:00:36+00:00 | Siemens Healthineers unveils ultrafast Accela radiotherapy system | The annual meeting of the American Society for Radiation Oncology is the place to be to discover the latest radiotherapy technology developments and new product launches. And this year was no exception. The ASTRO 2026 meeting, held this week in Boston, MA, saw Siemens Healthineers unveil its newest radiotherapy system ... | https://physicsworld.com/a/siemens-healthineers-unveils-ultrafast-accela-radiotherapy-system/ | Space & Physics | svg |
b6a69c55234c285c5c1ec319fc9128481dd2365db3280f42be3cc104a8d8d3fd | 2026-09-29T08:00:22+00:00 | Polymer-tuned perovskite creates high-efficiency underwater solar cells | Terrestrial solar cells rely on capturing a broad spectrum of sunlight, particularly the low-energy, long-wavelength red and infrared regions between 800 and 1150 nm. Emulating this concept underwater fails because water acts as a fierce optical filter, strongly absorbing light at wavelengths of 630 nm or more. Further... | https://physicsworld.com/a/polymer-tuned-perovskite-creates-high-efficiency-underwater-solar-cells/ | Space & Physics | svg |
c5bb61dced0e363872290a5659f27482de6e8266aafbb6ce156badd74aee3736 | 2026-09-28T14:00:32+00:00 | Did space weather delay a train in 1841? | Back when I used to commute to Physics World’s Bristol, UK offices every day, I heard a lot of excuses explanations for why my train was delayed. Missing crew members. Road vehicles colliding with bridges. Even, on one memorable occasion, a herd of cows blocking the tracks. One explanation I never heard, though, was th... | https://physicsworld.com/a/did-space-weather-delay-a-train-in-1841/ | Space & Physics | svg |
c6432c896d79083ce24ed363ebfa03e1c49979699ff804c5704e9381fd5daa4d | 2026-09-28T10:00:06+00:00 | The secret world of tribology | I have been involved in tribology for most of my working life, but even today it can feel like a well-kept secret. A highly interdisciplinary field with close ties to materials science, tribology is essentially the science and technology of friction, lubrication and wear between any moving surfaces. But tribology encom... | https://physicsworld.com/a/the-secret-world-of-tribology/ | Space & Physics | svg |
7df9b84f4fea89b122aa99d66e5dcc54cc678d545d393b706c8afbe6696c941d | 2026-09-28T08:00:48+00:00 | Heavy water isotopes make weather predictions more accurate | Weather forecasting relies on many different types of data to make accurate predictions: temperature, humidity and wind data are all used to build an accurate forecast. Researchers have now found a new way to improve weather forecasts, by adding data on water isotopes in the atmosphere. For predicting weather, water va... | https://physicsworld.com/a/heavy-water-isotopes-make-weather-predictions-more-accurate/ | Space & Physics | svg |
ea76991900f7c1639fec2516aa39d9d70c81e6c3b3ca35051c5e13a389755613 | 2026-09-25T16:38:45+00:00 | Cyril Hilsum, former GEC research boss and Institute of Physics president, dies aged 101 | Cyril Hilsum, a former president of the Institute of Physics (IOP), which publishes Physics World, died on 23 September at the age of 101. In the 1970s Hilsum made pioneering contributions to liquid crystals paving the way for TV and computer liquid-crystal displays that are still widely used today. Hilsum was born on ... | https://physicsworld.com/a/cyril-hilsum-former-gec-research-boss-and-institute-of-physics-president-dies-aged-101/ | Space & Physics | svg |
284f4ba328443b5e792a251b7db519db939cc87648a1f3110f145d25260de81b | 2026-09-25T14:12:46+00:00 | Quiz of the week: which site has been rejected for the Thirty Meter Telescope? | Fancy some more? Check out our puzzles page. The post Quiz of the week: which site has been rejected for the Thirty Meter Telescope? appeared first on Physics World. | https://physicsworld.com/a/quiz-of-the-week-which-site-has-been-rejected-for-the-thirty-meter-telescope/ | Space & Physics | svg |
67db173914c3554eb504d33f40c88764eda1c08253e4bbf84633d1ec628c4e34 | 2026-09-25T08:20:12+00:00 | Single-photon measurements confirm Richard Feynman’s vision of quantum mechanics | The post Single-photon measurements confirm Richard Feynman’s vision of quantum mechanics appeared first on Physics World. | https://physicsworld.com/a/single-photon-measurements-confirm-richard-feynmans-vision-of-quantum-mechanics/ | Space & Physics | svg |
db027edeb7e3798a7ef6c2c3e53ba2c9ea92ed41cc8930fa23ff6949ca2d7ca9 | 2026-09-24T13:24:29+00:00 | Pathways to commercial and academic success in medical physics | This episode of the Physics World Weekly podcast features the medical physicist Nick Zacharopoulos, who is CEO of US-based Aktina Medical. In conversation with Physics World’s Tami Freeman, Zacharopoulos reflects on the twists and turns in his career developing new technologies for radiation oncology. His journey began... | https://physicsworld.com/a/pathways-to-commercial-and-academic-success-in-medical-physics/ | Space & Physics | svg |
984ceb29b8d2523eb4543fbb7bb0ba541eb8adbc55df67921cf8ea58c3dc003b | 2026-09-24T08:22:08+00:00 | Faster cryogenics speeds up quantum testing | As quantum computing enters its commercial phase, demand is growing for electronic components that can operate reliably at ultralow temperatures. But suppliers that routinely test the performance of their devices under a wide range of conditions rarely extend their characterization efforts to the cryogenic regime. Quan... | https://physicsworld.com/a/faster-cryogenics-speeds-up-quantum-testing/ | Space & Physics | svg |
c29efc071184d746b2cbf3cf49690cd9f5c069735c124ae9c535d236c7a4515f | 2026-09-24T07:32:12+00:00 | What can cutting a photon in half tell us about causality and local equivalence? | Physicists in Norway have combined quantum mechanics with relativity to show that the act of “cutting a photon in half” has no immediate effect on how that photon appears to an observer outside of a small transition region where the truncation took place. Within that region, however, their calculations suggest that lar... | https://physicsworld.com/a/what-can-cutting-a-photon-in-half-tell-us-about-causality-and-local-equivalence/ | Space & Physics | svg |
f29ee86203487e3e2d0419d68a299ac013b52a6c107bb7480ae51bb4f458fc15 | 2026-09-23T15:00:54+00:00 | Thirty Meter Telescope rejects La Palma as alternative host site | Members of the Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT) International Organization have turned down Spain’s €1bn offer to build the instrument at the Roque de los Muchachos Observatory in La Palma. The package was put forward in July with funding also provided from the European Investment Bank and Spain’s Official Credit Institute... | https://physicsworld.com/a/thirty-meter-telescope-rejects-la-palma-as-alternative-host-site/ | Space & Physics | svg |
5b83bdc836add561cdd4b639ff7a19913b69b1fed6cd3d33732d608e895ed86c | 2026-09-23T13:00:56+00:00 | How the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope will turn the sky into a dataset | At 7.26 a.m. on Sunday 30 August 2026, a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket rose from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, carrying NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope on its initial three-month journey beyond the Moon. As I watched online from my home in Sydney, Australia, that evening, the launch did not disappoint. The... | https://physicsworld.com/a/how-the-nancy-grace-roman-space-telescope-will-turn-the-sky-into-a-dataset/ | Space & Physics | svg |
9d128e57ad0a91d0b0a734d11012a3ef5074001228b7db8aa3ddb418301f0821 | 2026-09-23T10:00:57+00:00 | The free-to-read Physics World Big Science Briefing 2026 is out now | This summer in the Northern hemisphere has been a real scorcher with Western Europe experiencing prolonged hot and dry conditions that have fueled extreme wildfires across the region. With that weather set to become the norm rather than a one-off event, everyone will need to do their bit to curtail the impact of climat... | https://physicsworld.com/a/the-free-to-read-physics-world-big-science-briefing-2026-is-out-now/ | Space & Physics | svg |
ddd8d3e0196ab019d053866591aa4b26094d799d58c41a25feb579ebd008f369 | 2026-09-23T08:09:35+00:00 | Producing hydrogen, electricity and freshwater with one reactor | The majority of hydrogen comes from natural gas, produced in a process called Steam Methane Reforming. Even though this process is relatively cheap, it has the downside of producing significant amounts of the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide. Alternatively, hydrogen can be made by splitting water, a process that requires ... | https://physicsworld.com/a/producing-hydrogen-electricity-and-freshwater-with-one-reactor/ | Space & Physics | svg |
f5328e7dbea906b0ea9c6eebdbc0d0b7c02f75baf62cb728bbb9908268a2d736 | 2026-09-23T08:06:34+00:00 | Voltage switches exciton transport in 2D hybrid material | Information can be transported using electrons, for example in conventional computing, or using light in photonic devices. A third option that researchers are exploring is the use of excitons, which are bound electron-hole pairs created when a material is excited by light. Excitons can be thought of as an intermediate ... | https://physicsworld.com/a/voltage-switches-exciton-transport-in-2d-hybrid-material/ | Space & Physics | svg |
d069a84f584d39542a755d6593d809d7c8129571317a1bb3d9a65015acc2e7b1 | 2026-09-23T08:00:05+00:00 | Miniature microprobe enables internal imaging of smaller blood vessels than ever before | Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death globally, with atherosclerotic disease – caused by the build-up of fatty plaques in the arteries – responsible for around three-quarters of these deaths. Modern intravascular imaging allows us to see these fatty plaque build-ups in detailed cross sections, revolution... | https://physicsworld.com/a/miniature-microprobe-enables-internal-imaging-of-smaller-blood-vessels-than-ever-before/ | Space & Physics | svg |
c67d1190bcda67d4e9e7122a06c3acf8100c14e9b4978a62ba2f94ccc77579b2 | 2026-09-23T07:57:22+00:00 | Real-time multi-gas sensing | Detecting several gases at once is crucial in areas such as environmental monitoring, industrial physics and fault diagnosis in electrical equipment. Methane is a key sign of natural-gas leakage, while acetylene, can indicate high-temperature faults such as arcing in transformer oil. The challenge right now is that man... | https://physicsworld.com/a/real-time-multi-gas-sensing/ | Space & Physics | svg |
04d43d3ccf3016e2fcb4aa9ca5ad1f8eb3dfc5431d55fbeefadc019b73f58fd5 | 2026-09-22T10:00:22+00:00 | How scientific publishers are fighting back against fraudulent papermills | On 17 April 2016 Elisabeth Bik, a microbiologist at Stanford University, published a paper that shocked the world of medicine – and also shook the foundations of scientific publishing. Working with Ferric Fang from the University of Washington in Seattle and Arturo Casadevall from the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine i... | https://physicsworld.com/a/how-scientific-publishers-are-fighting-back-against-fraudulent-papermills/ | Space & Physics | svg |
f90624c290670565a571606a0dcbeca10ee09b25921902f4d250f25abb50be9e | 2026-09-22T07:30:30+00:00 | Dirty magnetite nanoparticles keep cleaning up dyes | Each year, approximately 5000 tonnes of dyes (about 50 times the weight of a blue whale) are discharged into industrial wastewater. These dyes block light from reaching aquatic plants and animals, cause unpleasant odours and pose risks to human health. Congo red, for instance, is notably persistent in the environment. ... | https://physicsworld.com/a/dirty-magnetite-nanoparticles-keep-cleaning-up-dyes/ | Space & Physics | svg |
9246c975bd41ef1f108af14f3b7386a3d521c81ed5a46a9c7fbeff02ceb1cc30 | 2026-09-21T13:00:49+00:00 | Einstein’s equivalence principle put to two new tests | The post Einstein’s equivalence principle put to two new tests appeared first on Physics World. | https://physicsworld.com/a/einsteins-equivalence-principle-put-to-two-new-tests/ | Space & Physics | svg |
086ed4e30f45426a768488ae4122a2a36c58e42eb6705c111d53da8eb810c16b | 2026-09-21T13:00:41+00:00 | Impact of VC on high temperature cycling of LFP/Gr cells | With the growing adoption of LiFePO4 (LFP)/Graphite (Gr) cell chemistry in electric vehicles and grid energy storage, understanding and enhancing its performance under high-temperature conditions has become increasingly critical. In this study, various concentrations of vinylene carbonate (VC) (1% to 5%) were introduce... | https://physicsworld.com/a/impact-of-vc-on-high-temperature-cycling-of-lfp-gr-cells/ | Space & Physics | svg |
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