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995700f985ce3c92c586e8d984b79faed66141d37a766027796dc83bbe8c0a1e | 2025-12-17T08:16:58+00:00 | Improving precision in muon g-2 calculations | The gyromagnetic ratio is the ratio of a particle’s magnetic moment and its angular momentum. This value determines how a particle responds to a magnetic field. According to classical physics, muons should have a gyromagnetic ratio equal to 2. However, owing to quantum mechanics, there is a small difference between the... | https://physicsworld.com/a/improving-precision-in-muon-g-2-calculations/ | Space & Physics | svg |
8245fa642b95c593f7e37e74b212797add2c7c94efd71d57bc97e2c36dbe849c | 2025-12-17T08:16:11+00:00 | How does quantum entanglement move between different particles? | Entanglement is a phenomenon where two or more particles become linked in such a way that a measurement on one of the particles instantly influences the state of the other, no matter how far apart they are. It is a defining property of quantum mechanics, which is key to all quantum technologies and remains a serious ch... | https://physicsworld.com/a/how-does-quantum-entanglement-move-between-different-particles/ | Space & Physics | svg |
57f8e136da74ab56e9a2078957da435cff32237edb383e58196d1b900efe1353 | 2025-12-16T16:19:23+00:00 | Motion through quantum space–time is traced by ‘q-desics’ | Physicists searching for signs of quantum gravity have long faced a frustrating problem. Even if gravity does have a quantum nature, its effects are expected to show up only at extremely small distances, far beyond the reach of experiments. A new theoretical study by Benjamin Koch and colleagues at the Technical Univer... | https://physicsworld.com/a/motion-through-quantum-space-time-is-traced-by-q-desics/ | Space & Physics | svg |
cea8c7dbb6b280646ec36b2627485b86599b5a527645314fb7f87ee6e3837c19 | 2025-12-16T11:15:08+00:00 | From building a workforce to boosting research and education – future quantum leaders have their say | The International Year of Quantum Science and Technology has celebrated all the great developments in the sector – but what challenges and opportunities lie in store? That was the question deliberated by four future leaders in the field at the Royal Institution in central London in November. The discussion took place d... | https://physicsworld.com/a/from-building-a-workforce-to-boosting-research-and-education-future-quantum-leaders-have-their-say/ | Space & Physics | svg |
3c8d1fa9d42e6216f122004ba02044678a251bf250b5cfc310e759f3be96b1d5 | 2025-12-15T16:00:53+00:00 | Will this volcano explode, or just ooze? A new mechanism could hold some answers | An international team of researchers has discovered a new mechanism that can trigger the formation of bubbles in magma – a major driver of volcanic eruptions. The finding could improve our understanding of volcanic hazards by improving models of magma flow through conduits beneath Earth’s surface. Volcanic eruptions ar... | https://physicsworld.com/a/will-this-volcano-explode-or-just-ooze-a-new-mechanism-could-hold-some-answers/ | Space & Physics | svg |
b69e005636d86d6b9d3e865cb0b180a28515dfe131c2a4753450f011eef1ba45 | 2025-12-15T12:41:01+00:00 | Remote work expands collaboration networks but reduces research impact, study suggests | Academics who switch to hybrid working and remote collaboration do less impactful research. That’s according to an analysis of how scientists’ collaboration networks and academic outputs evolved before, during and after the COVID-19 pandemic (arXiv: 2511.18481). It involved studying author data from the arXiv pre... | https://physicsworld.com/a/remote-work-expands-collaboration-networks-but-reduces-research-impact-study-suggests/ | Space & Physics | svg |
e65fcf8a6385085720d6e418149443169624d79c4ffe5cbde8b1779b8114e3e7 | 2025-12-15T12:00:02+00:00 | How well do you know AI? Try our interactive quiz to find out | There are 12 questions in total: blue is your current question and white means unanswered, with green and red being right and wrong. Check your scores at the end – and why not test your colleagues too? How did you do? 10–12 Top shot – congratulations, you’re the next John Hopfield 7–9 Strong skills – good, but not quit... | https://physicsworld.com/a/how-well-do-you-know-ai-try-our-interactive-quiz-to-find-out/ | Space & Physics | svg |
447da6985de005b459033f8e223cd6c599f0efeff1b6900b9a1a4b40664d9e8c | 2025-12-15T10:00:08+00:00 | International Year of Quantum Science and Technology quiz | This quiz was first published in February 2025. Now you can enjoy it in our new interactive quiz format and check your final score. There are 18 questions in total: blue is your current question and white means unanswered, with green and red being right and wrong. The post International Year of Quantum Science a... | https://physicsworld.com/a/international-year-of-quantum-science-and-technology-quiz/ | Space & Physics | svg |
702745a8e0c807979e25126a931fbd98d8b4be85a7133e171e2d97167a54bb77 | 2025-12-12T11:30:01+00:00 | Components of RNA among life’s building blocks found in NASA asteroid sample | More molecules and compounds vital to the origin of life have been detected in asteroid samples delivered to Earth by NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission. The discovery strengthens the case that not only did life’s building blocks originate in space, but that the ingredients of RNA, and perhaps RNA itself, were brought to our pl... | https://physicsworld.com/a/components-of-rna-among-lifes-building-blocks-found-in-nasa-asteroid-sample/ | Space & Physics | svg |
9ca67c1d9a87210c24530f82da0e252524af38ba309c8f7fd9f5589ae62a2ed7 | 2025-12-12T11:00:26+00:00 | Institute of Physics celebrates 2025 Business Award winners at parliamentary event | A total of 14 physics-based firms in sectors from quantum and energy to healthcare and aerospace have won 2025 Business Awards from the Institute of Physics (IOP), which publishes Physics World. The awards were presented at a reception in the Palace of Westminster yesterday attended by senior parliamentarians and polic... | https://physicsworld.com/a/institute-of-physics-celebrates-2025-business-award-winners-at-parliamentary-event/ | Space & Physics | svg |
aa5fec2398c36460b6376c7860dab9dbb1bfbd9e3227a1b34702144241ebe66f | 2025-12-12T09:00:46+00:00 | Leftover gamma rays produce medically important radioisotopes | The “leftover” gamma radiation produced when the beam of an electron accelerator strikes its target is usually discarded. Now, however, physicists have found a new use for it: generating radioactive isotopes for diagnosing and treating cancer. The technique, which piggybacks on an already-running experiment, uses brems... | https://physicsworld.com/a/leftover-gamma-rays-produce-medically-important-radioisotopes/ | Space & Physics | svg |
b4525f4f29b6db303c21f25794c201ce90db33e7017d8f6383a07b534d607409 | 2025-12-11T14:27:27+00:00 | Top 10 Breakthroughs of the Year in physics for 2025 revealed | Physics World is delighted to announce its Top 10 Breakthroughs of the Year for 2025, which includes research in astronomy, antimatter, atomic and molecular physics and more. The Top Ten is the shortlist for the Physics World Breakthrough of the Year, which will be revealed on Thursday 18 December. Our editorial team h... | https://physicsworld.com/a/top-10-breakthroughs-of-the-year-in-physics-for-2025-revealed/ | Space & Physics | svg |
649896b401059c0a022de3f7293c2b47f01743346a82d956bff8f13053df7143 | 2025-12-11T14:27:25+00:00 | Exploring this year’s best physics research in our Top 10 Breakthroughs of 2025 | This episode of the Physics World Weekly podcast features a lively discussion about our Top 10 Breakthroughs of 2025, which include important research in quantum sensing, planetary science, medical physics, 2D materials and more. Physics World editors explain why we have made our selections and look at the broader impl... | https://physicsworld.com/a/exploring-this-years-best-physics-research-in-our-top-10-breakthroughs-of-2025/ | Space & Physics | svg |
8122321e58451fc1678c64dc7bdc764ffc3a2039f1a5f652b3ee54daf26834b7 | 2025-12-11T09:00:30+00:00 | Astronomers observe a coronal mass ejection from a distant star | The Sun regularly produces energetic outbursts of electromagnetic radiation called solar flares. When these flares are accompanied by flows of plasma, they are known as coronal mass ejections (CMEs). Now, astronomers at the Netherlands Institute for Radio Astronomy (ASTRON) have spotted a similar event occurring on a s... | https://physicsworld.com/a/astronomers-observe-a-coronal-mass-ejection-from-a-distant-star/ | Space & Physics | svg |
3f313d100c8526adc2fb4e6915855aa91a15a2343fb46198e40f582d88643b79 | 2025-12-10T16:49:58+00:00 | Sterile neutrinos: KATRIN and MicroBooNE come up empty handed | Two major experiments have found no evidence for sterile neutrinos – hypothetical particles that could help explain some puzzling observations in particle physics. The KATRIN experiment searched for sterile neutrinos that could be produced during the radioactive decay of tritium; whereas the MicroBooNE experiment looke... | https://physicsworld.com/a/sterile-neutrinos-katrin-and-microboone-come-up-empty-handed/ | Space & Physics | svg |
11f33c49d55270a6efe1b50fdcef5fdc54c8cc52a86639aace62ec098537e7b0 | 2025-12-10T14:00:03+00:00 | Bridging borders in medical physics: guidance, challenges and opportunities | As the world population ages and the incidence of cancer and cardiac disease grows alongside, there’s an ever-increasing need for reliable and effective diagnostics and treatments. Medical physics plays a central role in both of these areas – from the development of a suite of advanced diagnostic imaging modalities to ... | https://physicsworld.com/a/bridging-borders-in-medical-physics-guidance-challenges-and-opportunities/ | Space & Physics | svg |
b01d5f7b7c03e7585aac64924b238730974f15d017dd9262387ab2b20744e874 | 2025-12-10T11:00:15+00:00 | Can we compare Donald Trump’s health chief to Soviet science boss Trofim Lysenko? | The US has turned Trofim Lysenko into a hero. Born in 1898, Lysenko was a Ukrainian plant breeder, who in 1927 found he could make pea and grain plants develop at different rates by applying the right temperatures to their seeds. The Soviet news organ Pravda was enthusiastic, saying his discovery could make crops grow ... | https://physicsworld.com/a/can-we-compare-donald-trumps-health-chief-to-soviet-science-boss-trofim-lysenko/ | Space & Physics | svg |
1a823f04356b820813bdc72bfcb8d2ba2cbefa08ddc1a10fbf16df83b9f700d6 | 2025-12-10T09:19:15+00:00 | Diagnosing brain cancer without a biopsy | Early diagnosis of primary central nervous system lymphoma (PCNSL) remains challenging because brain biopsies are invasive and imaging often lacks molecular specificity. A team led by researchers at Shenzhen University has now developed a minimally invasive fibre-optic plasmonic sensor capable of detecting PCNSL-associ... | https://physicsworld.com/a/diagnosing-brain-cancer-without-a-biopsy/ | Space & Physics | svg |
3b5663b5abd7d6cf3a685775c6298ad445e49befd620bc315289f63452ece706 | 2025-12-10T09:18:58+00:00 | 5f electrons and the mystery of δ-plutonium | Plutonium is considered a fascinating element. It was first chemically isolated in 1941 at the University of California, but its discovery was hidden until after the Second World War. There are six distinct allotropic phases of plutonium with very different properties. At ambient pressure, continuously increasing the t... | https://physicsworld.com/a/5f-electrons-and-the-mystery-of-%ce%b4-plutonium/ | Space & Physics | svg |
7805e03c49b6f88d0a4c30577dab82f7ccf4c19d7d999743b943f65bf3f9e0a6 | 2025-12-10T08:58:07+00:00 | Scientists explain why ‘seeding’ clouds with silver iodide is so efficient | Silver iodide crystals have long been used to “seed” clouds and trigger precipitation, but scientists have never been entirely sure why the material works so well for that purpose. Researchers at TU Wien in Austria are now a step closer to solving the mystery thanks to a new study that characterized surfaces of the mat... | https://physicsworld.com/a/scientists-explain-why-seeding-clouds-with-silver-iodide-is-so-efficient/ | Space & Physics | svg |
1fade7e3363ab7e99faedebf9fe0a4cb914172e968bd3979ea65800083309fa2 | 2025-12-09T17:22:00+00:00 | Slow spectroscopy sheds light on photodegradation | Using a novel spectroscopy technique, physicists in Japan have revealed how organic materials accumulate electrical charge through long-term illumination by sunlight – leading to material degradation. Ryota Kabe and colleagues at the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology have shown how charge separation occurs gr... | https://physicsworld.com/a/slow-spectroscopy-sheds-light-on-photodegradation/ | Space & Physics | svg |
256cfeab3b95997a8bf945641d48ce09640fdd97af51e9e09bfa47787d4d98d4 | 2025-12-09T14:59:37+00:00 | Fermilab opens new building dedicated to Tevatron pioneer Helen Edwards | Fermilab has officially opened a new building named after the particle physicist Helen Edwards. Officials from the lab and the US Department of Energy (DOE) opened the Helen Edwards Engineering Research Center at a ceremony held on 5 December. The new building is the lab’s largest purpose-built lab and office space sin... | https://physicsworld.com/a/fermilab-opens-new-building-dedicated-to-tevatron-pioneer-helen-edwards/ | Space & Physics | svg |
9fe2bccd859d6af6e02adbee66f09654d8e9639be70024558f43c29ffca3f458 | 2025-12-09T09:52:54+00:00 | Memristors could measure a single quantum of resistance | A proposed new way of defining the standard unit of electrical resistance would do away with the need for strong magnetic fields when measuring it. The new technique is based on memristors, which are programmable resistors originally developed as building blocks for novel computing architectures, and its developers say... | https://physicsworld.com/a/memristors-could-measure-a-single-quantum-of-resistance/ | Space & Physics | svg |
973fe84e3e77730a8332ad253b083c0f27dd380515a337be24dc7d91828a0ad2 | 2025-12-08T14:00:07+00:00 | Oak Ridge Quantum Science Center prioritizes joined-up thinking, multidisciplinary impacts | Travis Humble is a research leader who’s thinking big, dreaming bold, yet laser-focused on operational delivery. The long-game? To translate advances in fundamental quantum science into a portfolio of enabling technologies that will fast-track the practical deployment of quantum computers for at-scale scientific, indus... | https://physicsworld.com/a/oak-ridge-quantum-science-center-prioritizes-joined-up-thinking-multidisciplinary-impacts/ | Space & Physics | svg |
f3af4d896320d6b903c39ad29c9766e0c62169a909c5c2cd4e42ea69090fb33b | 2025-12-08T11:00:42+00:00 | So you want to install a wind turbine? Here’s what you need to know | As a physicist in industry, I spend my days developing new types of photovoltaic (PV) panels. But I’m also keen to do something for the transition to green energy outside work, which is why I recently installed two PV panels on the balcony of my flat in Munich. Fitting them was great fun – and I can now enjoy sun... | https://physicsworld.com/a/so-you-want-to-install-a-wind-turbine-heres-what-you-need-to-know/ | Space & Physics | svg |
eeb0714c0a658a4d37facdb0accd7c821d5905f690a1cb17fe4395483c4f36d9 | 2025-12-05T14:21:05+00:00 | Galactic gamma rays could point to dark matter | Gamma rays emitted from the halo of the Milky Way could be produced by hypothetical dark-matter particles. That is the conclusion of an astronomer in Japan who has analysed data from NASA’s Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope. The energy spectrum of the emission is what would be expected from the annihilation of particles ... | https://physicsworld.com/a/galactic-gamma-rays-could-point-to-dark-matter/ | Space & Physics | svg |
14f50701af988826f24526c3037aa029540a44e15735795d49dc7b804c95b6bf | 2025-12-05T09:00:59+00:00 | Simple feedback mechanism keeps flapping flyers stable when hovering | Researchers in the US have shed new light on the puzzling and complex flight physics of creatures such as hummingbirds, bumblebees and dragonflies that flap their wings to hover in place. According to an interdisciplinary team at the University of Cincinnati, the mechanism these animals deploy can be described by a ver... | https://physicsworld.com/a/simple-feedback-mechanism-keeps-flapping-flyers-stable-when-hovering/ | Space & Physics | svg |
129753964e644f9ae825d010f9aeba2bddc99e4befaa999287f905e508dc14ce | 2025-12-04T14:55:09+00:00 | Building a quantum future using topological phases of matter and error correction | This episode of the Physics World Weekly podcast features Tim Hsieh of Canada’s Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics. We explore some of today’s hottest topics in quantum science and technology – including topological phases of matter; quantum error correction and quantum simulation. Our conversation begins with... | https://physicsworld.com/a/building-a-quantum-future-using-topological-phases-of-matter-and-error-correction/ | Space & Physics | svg |
5389dad601a4ed9c3d2c2a1310a9f5500ce40574859648656f2081a668643b86 | 2025-12-04T13:00:09+00:00 | Generative AI model detects blood cell abnormalities | The shape and structure of blood cells provide vital indicators for diagnosis and management of blood disease and disorders. Recognizing subtle differences in the appearance of cells under a microscope, however, requires the skills of experts with years of training, motivating researchers to investigate whether artific... | https://physicsworld.com/a/generative-ai-model-detects-blood-cell-abnormalities/ | Space & Physics | svg |
7df3af274cd70bc57c38caf729a73ffb977323eda09858e85a983eb6b7768198 | 2025-12-04T11:50:11+00:00 | Light pollution from satellite mega-constellations threaten space-based observations | Almost every image that will be taken by future space observatories in low-Earth orbit could be tainted due to light contamination from satellites. That is according to a new analysis from researchers at NASA, which stresses that light pollution from satellites orbiting Earth must be reduced to guarantee astronomical r... | https://physicsworld.com/a/light-pollution-from-satellite-mega-constellations-threaten-space-based-observations/ | Space & Physics | svg |
c11a2ccd78688edada0907125187205662fb1b75995a3d7b294d3dde1085b1dd | 2025-12-04T09:00:45+00:00 | Physicists use a radioactive molecule’s own electrons to probe its internal structure | Physicists have obtained the first detailed picture of the internal structure of radium monofluoride (RaF) thanks to the molecule’s own electrons, which penetrated the nucleus of the molecule and interacted with its protons and neutrons. This behaviour is known as the Bohr-Weisskopf effect, and study co-leader Shane Wi... | https://physicsworld.com/a/physicists-use-a-radioactive-molecules-own-electrons-to-probe-its-internal-structure/ | Space & Physics | svg |
487592a051affa5a406fefb2a985931bad31e5556947679898cc969164bebd5f | 2025-12-03T16:18:34+00:00 | Quantum-scale thermodynamics offers a tighter definition of entropy | A new, microscopic formulation of the second law of thermodynamics for coherently driven quantum systems has been proposed by researchers in Switzerland and Germany. The researchers applied their formulation to several canonical quantum systems, such as a three-level maser. They believe the result provides a tighter de... | https://physicsworld.com/a/quantum-scale-thermodynamics-offers-a-tighter-definition-of-entropy/ | Space & Physics | svg |
d8c2932205f0df905efd03194cae44aa504b92704ff13bcbd8c6210929f1ccb4 | 2025-12-03T13:00:22+00:00 | Bring gravity back down to Earth: from giraffes and tree snakes to ‘squishy’ space–time | When I was five years old, my family moved into a 1930s semi-detached house with a long strip of garden. At the end of the garden was a miniature orchard of eight apple trees the previous owners had planted – and it was there that I, much like another significantly more famous physicist, learned an important lesson abo... | https://physicsworld.com/a/bring-gravity-back-down-to-earth-from-giraffes-and-tree-snakes-to-squishy-space-time/ | Space & Physics | svg |
604a335fda10bddc9772ded5d32d7b707c1efa4006bd56d0228d03550a84235a | 2025-12-03T12:00:45+00:00 | Ice XXI appears in a diamond anvil cell | A new phase of water ice, dubbed ice XXI, has been discovered by researchers working at the European XFEL and PETRA III facilities. The ice, which exists at room temperature and is structurally distinct from all previously observed phases of ice, was produced by rapidly compressing water to high pressures of 2 GPa. The... | https://physicsworld.com/a/ice-xxi-appears-in-a-diamond-anvil-cell/ | Space & Physics | svg |
a07042bd58d49d462a47680c619a8222f34b908181a0f4d54b97e58bf1d7de92 | 2025-12-03T10:00:03+00:00 | Studying the role of the quantum environment in attosecond science | Attosecond science is undoubtedly one of the fastest growing branches of physics today. Its popularity was demonstrated by the award of the 2023 Nobel Prize in Physics to Anne L’Huillier, Paul Corkum and Ferenc Krausz for experimental methods that generate attosecond pulses of light for the study of electron dyna... | https://physicsworld.com/a/studying-the-role-of-the-quantum-environment-in-attosecond-science/ | Space & Physics | svg |
bbf35e4421a394ab84e333f4ef2010b218e1c171233ebf780d42a37f514ba55a | 2025-12-03T09:59:45+00:00 | Characterising quantum many-body states | Describing the non-classical properties of a complex many-body system (such as entanglement or coherence) is an important part of quantum technologies. An ideal tool for this task would work well with large systems, be easily computable and easily measurable. Unfortunately, such a tool for every situation does not yet ... | https://physicsworld.com/a/characterising-quantum-many-body-states/ | Space & Physics | svg |
5b6ba490dff036bca648b7eef27b6093a46625811c9dd7a9f8f59cdf5374ac04 | 2025-12-02T14:13:19+00:00 | Extra carbon in the atmosphere may disrupt radio communications | Higher levels of carbon dioxide (CO2) in the Earth’s atmosphere could harm radio communications by enhancing a disruptive effect in the ionosphere. According to researchers at Kyushu University, Japan, who modelled the effect numerically for the first time, this little-known consequence of climate change could have sig... | https://physicsworld.com/a/extra-carbon-in-the-atmosphere-may-disrupt-radio-communications/ | Space & Physics | svg |
51a744f46e1a00d3a14d75e7f654c06320e9bd3a182792c4db8780f3fee6bbcf | 2025-12-02T12:00:32+00:00 | Phase-changing material generates vivid tunable colours | Structural colours – created using nanostructures that scatter and reflect specific wavelengths of light – offer a non-toxic, fade-resistant and environmentally friendly alternative to chemical dyes. Large-scale production of structural colour-based materials, however, has been hindered by fabrication challenges and a ... | https://physicsworld.com/a/phase-changing-material-generates-vivid-tunable-colours/ | Space & Physics | svg |
95bf6e884667502e51816bf2aac6b1736abcd22ac9d0a8fa32f4e6cdd164bba5 | 2025-12-02T09:00:41+00:00 | Semiconductor laser pioneer Susumu Noda wins 2026 Rank Prize for Optoelectronics | Susumu Noda of Kyoto University has won the 2026 Rank Prize for Optoelectronics for the development of the Photonic Crystal Surface Emitting Laser (PCSEL). For more than 25 years, Noda developed this new form of laser, which has potential applications in high-precision manufacturing as well as in LIDAR technologies. Fo... | https://physicsworld.com/a/semiconductor-laser-pioneer-susumu-noda-wins-2026-rank-prize-for-optoelectronics/ | Space & Physics | svg |
8cf920c9c18705bb03ee91a25fdaaf5a3487d9234683967aee436a2c335e2772 | 2025-12-01T14:00:32+00:00 | Staying the course with lockdowns could end future pandemics in months | As a theoretical and mathematical physicist at Imperial College London, UK, Bhavin Khatri spent years using statistical physics to understand how organisms evolve. Then the COVID-19 pandemic struck, and like many other scientists, he began searching for ways to apply his skills to the crisis. This led him to realize th... | https://physicsworld.com/a/staying-the-course-with-lockdowns-could-end-future-pandemics-in-months/ | Space & Physics | svg |
87bf3cacc2c546fb9bf1b6062eb80d5fe92d443dc4b788179d646e8cf911f41b | 2025-12-01T11:00:21+00:00 | When is good enough ‘good enough’? | Whether you’re running a business project, carrying out scientific research, or doing a spot of DIY around the house, knowing when something is “good enough” can be a tough question to answer. To me, “good enough” means something that is fit for purpose. It’s about striking a balance between the effort required to achi... | https://physicsworld.com/a/when-is-good-enough-good-enough/ | Space & Physics | svg |
b6fb450402aaac463a160fcfefb00cfa9acd01bdaa5a5ea33bc3cf52d3ef45aa | 2025-12-01T09:06:19+00:00 | Looking for inconsistencies in the fine structure constant | New high-precision laser spectroscopy measurements on thorium-229 nuclei could shed more light on the fine structure constant, which determines the strength of the electromagnetic interaction, say physicists at TU Wien in Austria. The electromagnetic interaction is one of the four known fundamental forces in nature, wi... | https://physicsworld.com/a/looking-for-inconsistencies-in-the-fine-structure-constant/ | Space & Physics | svg |
7735e3de81982f958ca48ffe7ef1d2e3eeb784b389997521200c030242f21680 | 2025-11-28T14:45:22+00:00 | Heat engine captures energy as Earth cools at night | A new heat engine driven by the temperature difference between Earth’s surface and outer space has been developed by Tristan Deppe and Jeremy Munday at the University of California Davis. In an outdoor trial, the duo showed how their engine could offer a reliable source of renewable energy at night. While solar cells d... | https://physicsworld.com/a/heat-engine-captures-energy-as-earth-cools-at-night/ | Space & Physics | svg |
626a4b8234f761f3de474447c11379d470f92b6e38e341f269d22c0e97f75ebb | 2025-11-28T09:40:36+00:00 | Microscale ‘wave-on-a-chip’ device sheds light on nonlinear hydrodynamics | A new microscale version of the flumes that are commonly used to reproduce wave behaviour in the laboratory will make it far easier to study nonlinear hydrodynamics. The device consists of a layer of superfluid helium just a few atoms thick on a silicon chip, and its developers at the University of Queensland, Australi... | https://physicsworld.com/a/microscale-wave-on-a-chip-device-sheds-light-on-nonlinear-hydrodynamics/ | Space & Physics | svg |
aaf6374dd4795a6acc8fa2b4a3c0ddfb3c1ce482ef15149f20c0d2700f8ae7dd | 2025-11-27T16:21:23+00:00 | Electrical charge on objects in optical tweezers can be controlled precisely | An effect first observed decades ago by Nobel laureate Arthur Ashkin has been used to fine tune the electrical charge on objects held in optical tweezers. Developed by an international team led by Scott Waitukaitis of the Institute of Science and Technology Austria, the new technique could improve our understanding of ... | https://physicsworld.com/a/electrical-charge-on-objects-in-optical-tweezers-can-be-controlled-precisely/ | Space & Physics | svg |
e102a718457e5964eb5569a10975a7f8c6ee490364d51336b0d9562ffa075056 | 2025-11-27T15:00:43+00:00 | Quantum gravity: we explore spin foams and other potential solutions to this enduring challenge | Earlier this autumn I had the pleasure of visiting the Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics in Waterloo Canada – where I interviewed four physicists about their research. This is the second of those conversations to appear on the podcast – and it is with Bianca Dittrich, whose research focuses on quantum gravity... | https://physicsworld.com/a/quantum-gravity-we-explore-spin-foams-and-other-potential-solutions/ | Space & Physics | svg |
106d04364b6e1845754cd604d86386aafdb87c94371ead9b979c5bc37873192b | 2025-11-27T10:32:21+00:00 | Can fast qubits also be robust? | Qubits – the building blocks of quantum computers – are plagued with a seemingly unsurmountable dilemma. If they’re fast, they aren’t robust. And if they’re robust, they aren’t fast. Both qualities are important, because all potentially useful quantum algorithms rely on being able to perform many manipulations on a qub... | https://physicsworld.com/a/can-fast-qubits-also-be-robust/ | Space & Physics | svg |
411d4c1e594ed0915708c44feb0b48470b56c7db37647f44e0711e72e6174309 | 2025-11-26T13:52:29+00:00 | Did cannibal stars and boson stars populate the early universe? | In the early universe, moments after the Big Bang and cosmic inflation, clusters of exotic, massive particles could have collapsed to form bizarre objects called cannibal stars and boson stars. In turn, these could have then collapsed to form primordial black holes – all before the first elements were able to form. Thi... | https://physicsworld.com/a/did-cannibal-stars-and-boson-stars-populate-the-early-universe/ | Space & Physics | svg |
b3f302fe2fd3089923243eb102dc083a05ea03e160712360ffdc008c6a11ff8a | 2025-11-26T11:00:31+00:00 | Academic assassinations are a threat to global science | The deliberate targeting of scientists in recent years has become one of the most disturbing, and overlooked, developments in modern conflict. In particular, Iranian physicists and engineers have been singled out for almost two decades, with sometimes fatal consequences. In 2007 Ardeshir Hosseinpour, a nuclear physicis... | https://physicsworld.com/a/academic-assassinations-are-a-threat-to-global-science/ | Space & Physics | svg |
bc6e936df7df61ed6659085e2f12dfee3d06416ef06df57fc739f3d3829e3808 | 2025-11-26T08:39:10+00:00 | DNA as a molecular architect | DNA is a fascinating macromolecule that guides protein production and enables cell replication. It has also found applications in nanoscience and materials design. Colloidal crystals are ordered structures made from tiny particles suspended in fluid that can bond to other particles and add functionalisation to material... | https://physicsworld.com/a/dna-as-a-molecular-architect/ | Space & Physics | svg |
176b05fc3aa34e83e43da626a96305d7f7e81161dcc3b4fa04967a7fe8ff6d82 | 2025-11-26T08:37:20+00:00 | The link between protein evolution and statistical physics | Proteins are made up of a sequence of building blocks called amino acids. Understanding these sequences is crucial for studying how proteins work, how they interact with other molecules, and how changes (mutations) can lead to diseases. These mutations happen over vastly different time periods and are not completely ra... | https://physicsworld.com/a/the-link-between-protein-evolution-and-statistical-physics/ | Space & Physics | svg |
3e01cb23b1a9e67bdef4d76c2192a94c2e97b4f19ced5011d8f88c8beacec3d5 | 2025-11-25T17:00:07+00:00 | ‘Caustic’ light patterns inspire new glass artwork | UK artist Alison Stott has created a new glass and light artwork – entitled Naturally Focused – that is inspired by the work of theoretical physicist Michael Berry from the University of Bristol. Stott, who recently competed an MA in glass at Arts University Plymouth, spent over two decades previously working in visual... | https://physicsworld.com/a/caustic-light-patterns-inspire-new-glass-artwork/ | Space & Physics | svg |
a0fc29b7fc81899ac526e52eb9fbad4180bd8fcbd71bc43811ba1ecb1689048f | 2025-11-25T16:00:12+00:00 | Is your WiFi spying on you? | WiFi networks could pose significant privacy risks even to people who aren’t carrying or using WiFi-enabled devices, say researchers at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) in Germany. According to their analysis, the current version of the technology passively records information that is detailed enough to iden... | https://physicsworld.com/a/is-your-wifi-spying-on-you/ | Space & Physics | svg |
83bc627d6f190752a0d768f7a1073c2a0a6a0d4b0c744a4cc8f4ec12adfeb928 | 2025-11-25T14:10:42+00:00 | Reversible degradation phenomenon in PEMWE cells | In proton exchange membrane water electrolysis (PEMWE) systems, voltage cycles dropping below a threshold are associated with reversible performance improvements, which remain poorly understood despite being documented in literature. The distinction between reversible and irreversible performance changes is cruc... | https://physicsworld.com/a/reversible-degradation-phenomenon-in-pemwe-cells/ | Space & Physics | svg |
d29a4be380718588952eaf040228d48c7700ef0483f85a909bdebed7e2b9d207 | 2025-11-25T13:59:34+00:00 | Ramy Shelbaya: the physicist and CEO capitalizing on quantum randomness | Ramy Shelbaya has been hooked on physics ever since he was a 12-year-old living in Egypt and read about the Joint European Torus (JET) fusion experiment in the UK. Biology and chemistry were interesting to him but never quite as “satisfying”, especially as they often seemed to boil down to physics in the end. “So I tho... | https://physicsworld.com/a/ramy-shelbaya-the-physicist-and-ceo-capitalizing-on-quantum-randomness/ | Space & Physics | svg |
216684f569997e3c120c2cacd77b88609067bd208cbfe37ebb912673a6a82931 | 2025-11-25T09:00:39+00:00 | ‘Patchy’ nanoparticles emerge from new atomic stencilling technique | Researchers in the US and Korea have created nanoparticles with carefully designed “patches” on their surfaces using a new atomic stencilling technique. These patches can be controlled with incredible precision, and could find use in targeted drug delivery, catalysis, microelectronics and tissue engineering. The first ... | https://physicsworld.com/a/patchy-nanoparticles-emerge-from-new-atomic-stencilling-technique/ | Space & Physics | svg |
594166fa8cda7e73feec02291ae491fa4c64f9ec151f3010540719df985099ca | 2025-11-24T17:00:14+00:00 | Scientists in China celebrate the completion of the underground JUNO neutrino observatory | The $330m Jiangmen Underground Neutrino Observatory (JUNO) has released its first results following the completion of the huge underground facility in August. JUNO is located in Kaiping City, Guangdong Province, in the south of the country around 150 km west of Hong Kong. Construction of the facility began in 2015 and ... | https://physicsworld.com/a/scientists-in-china-celebrate-the-completion-of-the-underground-juno-neutrino-observatory/ | Space & Physics | svg |
7991c30e08e11ddc6ceb8da62735878050da7ea3ced9400cadedecea2a742035 | 2025-11-24T15:08:30+00:00 | Accelerator experiment sheds light on missing blazar radiation | New experiments at CERN by an international team have ruled out a potential source of intergalactic magnetic fields. The existence of such fields is invoked to explain why we do not observe secondary gamma rays originating from blazars. Led by Charles Arrowsmith at the UK’s University of Oxford, the team suggests the a... | https://physicsworld.com/a/accelerator-experiment-sheds-light-on-missing-blazar-radiation/ | Space & Physics | svg |
0385111be7b2215cf28e00e55298c423cec5928733137b655fd3248ff53f12c1 | 2025-11-24T11:10:28+00:00 | Why quantum metrology is the driving force for best practice in quantum standardization | The standardization process helps to promote the legitimacy of emerging quantum technologies by distilling technical inputs and requirements from all relevant stakeholders across industry, research and government. Put simply: if you understand a technology well enough to standardize elements of it, that’s when you know... | https://physicsworld.com/a/why-quantum-metrology-is-the-driving-force-for-best-practice-in-quantum-standardization/ | Space & Physics | svg |
059bb92c3590b6fa49b617f8713a8bc238cd176667a996f4b4467770872b58f6 | 2025-11-24T11:00:09+00:00 | Ask me anything: Jason Palmer – ‘Putting yourself in someone else’s shoes is a skill I employ every day’ | One thing I can say for sure that I got from working in academia is the ability to quickly read, summarize and internalize information from a bunch of sources. Journalism requires a lot of that. Being able to skim through papers – reading the abstract, reading the conclusion, picking the right bits from the middle and ... | https://physicsworld.com/a/ask-me-anything-jason-palmer-putting-yourself-in-someone-elses-shoes-is-a-skill-i-employ-every-day/ | Space & Physics | svg |
e3a47617815943e9d356a7472fbeb5549ad2f4d39d12fb2a43b4df6a36c0f07a | 2025-11-21T14:20:32+00:00 | Sympathetic cooling gives antihydrogen experiment a boost | Physicists working on the Antihydrogen Laser Physics Apparatus (ALPHA) experiment at CERN have trapped and accumulated 15,000 antihydrogen atoms in less than 7 h. This accumulation rate is more than 20 times the previous record. Large ensembles of antihydrogen could be used to search for tiny, unexpected differences be... | https://physicsworld.com/a/sympathetic-cooling-gives-antihydrogen-experiment-a-boost/ | Space & Physics | svg |
0d96542895c916e565cec7be3864ef784429292e44502642877e4016d057937e | 2025-11-21T09:00:02+00:00 | Plasma bursts from young stars could shed light on the early life of the Sun | The Sun frequently ejects high-energy bursts of plasma that then travel through interplanetary space. These so-called coronal mass ejections (CMEs) are accompanied by strong magnetic fields, which, when they interact with the Earth’s atmosphere, can trigger solar storms that can severely damage satellite systems and po... | https://physicsworld.com/a/plasma-bursts-from-young-stars-could-shed-light-on-the-early-life-of-the-sun/ | Space & Physics | svg |
d1fda71261ef85be13d42e363f7e8e691ea494234fa0556d4529db50ecc3dc71 | 2025-11-20T17:00:54+00:00 | Flattened halo of dark matter could explain high-energy ‘glow’ at Milky Way’s heart | Astronomers have long puzzled over the cause of a mysterious “glow” of very high energy gamma radiation emanating from the centre of our galaxy. One possibility is that dark matter – the unknown substance thought to make up more than 25% of the universe’s mass – might be involved. Now, a team led by researchers at Germ... | https://physicsworld.com/a/flattened-halo-of-dark-matter-could-explain-high-energy-glow-at-milky-ways-heart/ | Space & Physics | svg |
9ca7f73088dea10a010642391aa00d473b0c648800e6a12a3326514a24469ac8 | 2025-11-20T13:55:11+00:00 | Talking physics with an alien civilization: what could we learn? | It is book week here at Physics World and over the course of three days we are presenting conversations with the authors of three fascinating and fun books about physics. Today, my guest is the physicist Daniel Whiteson, who along with the artist Andy Warner has created the delightful book Do Aliens Speak Physics?. Is ... | https://physicsworld.com/a/talking-physics-with-an-alien-civilization-what-could-we-learn/ | Space & Physics | svg |
b851205a68503b088173eed7b0835d1b06c63a897b12980f784a85b3528f8dd8 | 2025-11-20T10:05:07+00:00 | International Quantum Year competition for science journalists begins | This article forms part of Physics World‘s contribution to the 2025 International Year of Quantum Science and Technology (IYQ), which aims to raise global awareness of quantum physics and its applications. Stayed tuned to Physics World and our international partners throughout the year for more coverage of the IY... | https://physicsworld.com/a/international-quantum-year-competition-for-science-journalists-begins/ | Space & Physics | svg |
285935ee98338172f482b29fe161094ed284cd79af7338587b7df5097096600c | 2025-11-20T09:00:58+00:00 | New cylindrical metamaterials could act as shock absorbers for sensitive equipment | A 3D-printed structure called a kagome tube could form the backbone of a new system for muffling damaging vibrations. The structure is part of a class of materials known as topological mechanical metamaterials, and unlike previous materials in this group, it is simple enough to be deployed in real-world situations. Acc... | https://physicsworld.com/a/new-cylindrical-metamaterials-could-act-as-shock-absorbers-for-sensitive-equipment/ | Space & Physics | svg |
66b5d87ba5c7ecf7450f3297f76856df9290e3fe29829fe1134269a664feca16 | 2025-11-19T14:00:00+00:00 | Breakfast physics, delving into quantum 2.0, the science of sound, an update to everything: micro reviews of recent books | Physics Around the Clock: Adventures in the Science of Everyday Living By Michael Banks Why do Cheerios tend to stick together while floating in a bowl of milk? Why does a runner’s ponytail swing side to side? These might not be the most pressing questions in physics, but getting to the answers is both fun and provides... | https://physicsworld.com/a/breakfast-physics-delving-into-quantum-2-0-the-science-of-sound-an-update-to-everything-micro-reviews-of-recent-books/ | Space & Physics | svg |
87aef23e812fd02fdfbe23b402b1afd92340240fae389e8c68031b072c1854cc | 2025-11-19T13:00:07+00:00 | Quantum 2.0: Paul Davies on the next revolution in physics | In this episode of Physics World Stories, theoretical physicist, cosmologist and author Paul Davies discusses his latest book, Quantum 2.0: the Past, Present and Future of Quantum Physics. A Regents Professor at Arizona State University, Davies reflects on how the first quantum revolution transformed our understanding ... | https://physicsworld.com/a/quantum-2-0-paul-davies-on-the-next-revolution-in-physics/ | Space & Physics | svg |
8047782249d06ed6ec3f49ce0b8b0bdcf3890443ecf503282d017b6911d9bc3e | 2025-11-19T08:04:53+00:00 | Flexible electrodes for the future of light detection | Photodetectors convert light into electrical signals and are essential in technologies ranging from consumer electronics and communications to healthcare. They also play a vital role in scientific research. Researchers are continually working to improve their sensitivity, response speed, spectral range, and design effi... | https://physicsworld.com/a/flexible-electrodes-for-the-future-of-light-detection/ | Space & Physics | svg |
9dc033f10d04cd097300702dc7780fbc7fb1105aee10eb2c4e97a5ed7a922d57 | 2025-11-19T08:02:58+00:00 | Quantum cryptography in practice | Quantum Conference Key Agreement (QCKA) is a cryptographic method that allows multiple parties to establish a shared secret key using quantum technology. This key can then be used for secure communication among the parties. Unlike traditional methods that rely on classical cryptographic techniques, QCKA leverages the p... | https://physicsworld.com/a/quantum-cryptography-in-practice/ | Space & Physics | svg |
a534e2bc884f45e1d3ff22d0b6da0f7ddf04a30a7097a185da2b11426d1f1b52 | 2025-11-18T16:00:17+00:00 | Scientists realize superconductivity in traditional semiconducting material | The ability to induce superconductivity in materials that are inherently semiconducting has been a longstanding research goal. Improving the conductivity of semiconductor materials could help develop quantum technologies with a high speed and energy efficiency, including superconducting quantum bits (qubits) and cryoge... | https://physicsworld.com/a/scientists-realize-superconductivity-in-traditional-semiconducting-material/ | Space & Physics | svg |
f405aa61d5c6cd7df9263cfaca6159944a7c5e1742df62f2cba48bed5c999e80 | 2025-11-18T14:20:21+00:00 | Better coffee, easier parking and more: the fascinating physics of daily life | It is book week here at Physics World and over the course of three days we are presenting conversations with the authors of three fascinating and fun books about physics. First up is my Physics World colleague Michael Banks, whose book Physics Around the Clock: Adventures in the Science of Everyday Living starts with y... | https://physicsworld.com/a/better-coffee-easier-parking-and-more-the-fascinating-physics-of-daily-life/ | Space & Physics | svg |
8a7f1c3cd2f30ed779036df1cd59d8d96efe7f0c1bfa0d3dd83fa6e21e1a3ade | 2025-11-18T11:00:36+00:00 | Cosmic dawn: the search for the primordial hydrogen signal | “This is one of the big remaining frontiers in astronomy,” says Phil Bull, a cosmologist at the Jodrell Bank Centre for Astrophysics at the University of Manchester. “It’s quite a pivotal era of cosmic history that, it turns out, we don’t actually understand.” Bull is referring to the vital but baffling period in the e... | https://physicsworld.com/a/cosmic-dawn-the-search-for-the-primordial-hydrogen-signal/ | Space & Physics | svg |
d62045537171eb0d4d63b58525254791fc8baa720ead11dd645ade2fbadab38a | 2025-11-17T16:15:26+00:00 | Ten-ion system brings us a step closer to large-scale qubit registers | Researchers in Austria have entangled matter-based qubits with photonic qubits in a ten-ion system. The technique is scalable to larger ion-qubit registers, paving the way for the creation of larger and more complex quantum networks. Quantum networks consist of matter-based nodes that store and process quantum informat... | https://physicsworld.com/a/ten-ion-system-brings-us-a-step-closer-to-large-scale-qubit-registers/ | Space & Physics | svg |
33a08be5b0f1eac18e9b48afb7baf43e9177c9a6e62b7cb3cb46730de255e5cd | 2025-11-17T09:45:35+00:00 | Non-invasive wearable device measures blood flow to the brain | Measuring blood flow to the brain is essential for diagnosing and developing treatments for neurological disorders such as stroke, vascular dementia or traumatic brain injury. Performing this measurement non-invasively is challenging, however, and achieved predominantly using costly MRI and nuclear medicine imaging tec... | https://physicsworld.com/a/non-invasive-wearable-device-measures-blood-flow-to-the-brain/ | Space & Physics | svg |
fb83d7ca82a2640910997db228631728a272e1a9db07dda4f7327c47c2d4c4dc | 2025-11-14T16:41:34+00:00 | The future of quantum physics and technology debated at the Royal Institution | As we enter the final stretch of the International Year of Quantum Science and Technology (IYQ), I hope you’ve enjoyed our extensive quantum coverage over the last 12 months. We’ve tackled the history of the subject, explored some of the unexplained mysteries that still make quantum physics so exciting, and examined ma... | https://physicsworld.com/a/the-future-of-quantum-physics-and-technology-debated-at-the-royal-institution/ | Space & Physics | svg |
572ff333af3f6742e90341761a62dbf3e281349c00fb1543777f89f419d42532 | 2025-11-14T08:56:19+00:00 | Neural networks discover unstable singularities in fluid systems | Significant progress towards answering one of the Clay Mathematics Institute’s seven Millennium Prize Problems has been achieved using deep learning. The challenge is to establish whether or not the Navier-Stokes equation of fluid dynamics develops singularities. The work was done by researchers in the US and UK – incl... | https://physicsworld.com/a/neural-networks-discover-unstable-singularities-in-fluid-systems/ | Space & Physics | svg |
77c41523ea2f8d3eea8e23a914a8f5c935d5f658fc4925279199475901dea5e2 | 2025-11-13T15:48:44+00:00 | NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center hit by significant downsizing | NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) looks set to lose a big proportion of its budget as a two-decade reorganization plan for the centre is being accelerated. The move, which is set to be complete by March, has left the Goddard campus with empty buildings and disillusioned employees. Some staff even fear that the ... | https://physicsworld.com/a/nasas-goddard-space-flight-center-hit-by-significant-downsizing/ | Space & Physics | svg |
aea11afe18d214f9570bbdc003283bc4a6a71afd5a5e127d65228e8482a9c602 | 2025-11-13T14:53:34+00:00 | Designing better semiconductor chips: NP hard problems and forever chemicals | Like any major endeavour, designing and fabricating semiconductor chips requires compromise. As well as trade-offs between cost and performance, designers also consider carbon emissions and other environmental impacts. In this episode of the Physics World Weekly podcast, Margaret Harris reports from the Heidelberg Laur... | https://physicsworld.com/a/designing-better-semiconductor-chips-np-hard-problems-and-forever-chemicals/ | Space & Physics | svg |
2489bd47ae80e9568f3bf4eba1f8c24430b0e5d2ad3d3dd6c9d3ee08102dbaa4 | 2025-11-13T12:00:35+00:00 | High-resolution PET scanner visualizes mouse brain structures with unprecedented detail | Positron emission tomography (PET) is used extensively within preclinical research, enabling molecular imaging of rodent brains, for example, to investigate neurodegenerative disease. Such imaging studies require the highest possible spatial resolution to resolve the tiny structures in the animal’s brain. A research te... | https://physicsworld.com/a/high-resolution-pet-scanner-visualizes-mouse-brain-structures-with-unprecedented-detail/ | Space & Physics | svg |
1c23525a74162028af5307d87172923e13c1c8661049232fe5213e72226ab168 | 2025-11-13T09:00:30+00:00 | New experiments on static electricity cast doubt on previous studies in the field | Static electricity is an everyday phenomenon, but it remains poorly understood. Researchers at the Institute of Science and Technology Austria (ISTA) have now shed new light on it by capturing an “image” of charge distributions as charge transfers from one surface to another. Their conclusions challenge longstanding in... | https://physicsworld.com/a/new-experiments-on-static-electricity-cast-doubt-on-previous-studies-in-the-field/ | Space & Physics | svg |
942a1477ab8bdf5d5ce69a2a14d48298839a6a33208bf37d31825f1ac7a67db5 | 2025-11-12T16:38:14+00:00 | SEMICON Europa 2025 presents cutting-edge technology for semiconductor R&D and production | “Global collaborations for European economic resilience” is the theme of SEMICON Europa 2025. The event is coming to Munich, Germany on 18–21 November and it will attract 25,000 semiconductor professionals who will enjoy presentations from over 200 speakers. The TechARENA portion of the event will cover a wide range of... | https://physicsworld.com/a/semicon-europa-2025-presents-cutting-edge-technology-for-semiconductor-rd-and-production/ | Space & Physics | svg |
6c83ac30a54a8290a43c7b4320e410d0c4b16a089401fbba339b758334d47fcf | 2025-11-12T15:00:51+00:00 | Physicists discuss the future of machine learning and artificial intelligence | IOP Publishing’s Machine Learning series is the world’s first open-access journal series dedicated to the application and development of machine learning (ML) and artificial intelligence (AI) for the sciences. Part of the series is Machine Learning: Science and Technology, launched in 2019, which bridges the applicatio... | https://physicsworld.com/a/physicists-discuss-the-future-of-machine-learning-and-artificial-intelligence/ | Space & Physics | svg |
d4abe783dc6348a00f502e8766a5fc4b515d04953fa4aa9231497468c0ec6d0d | 2025-11-12T09:00:15+00:00 | Playing games by the quantum rulebook expends less energy | Games played under the laws of quantum mechanics dissipate less energy than their classical equivalents. This is the finding of researchers at Singapore’s Nanyang Technological University (NTU), who worked with colleagues in the UK, Austria and the US to apply the mathematics of game theory to quantum information. The ... | https://physicsworld.com/a/playing-games-by-the-quantum-rulebook-expends-less-energy/ | Space & Physics | svg |
3aeb194eea1e40f74cc2389d969e200797e74895f26a436b736200f53c8098c2 | 2025-11-12T08:05:08+00:00 | Teaching machines to understand complexity | Complex systems model real-world behaviour that is dynamic and often unpredictable. They are challenging to simulate because of nonlinearity, where small changes in conditions can lead to disproportionately large effects; many interacting variables, which make computational modelling cumbersome; and randomness, where o... | https://physicsworld.com/a/teaching-machines-to-understand-complexity/ | Space & Physics | svg |
53571cdf596dfa9671b5fb5d56a816e213423285bfee6553dfa61a673df9648c | 2025-11-12T08:03:41+00:00 | Using AI to find new particles at the LHC | The Standard Model of particle physics is a very well-tested theory that describes the fundamental particles and their interactions. However, it does have several key limitations. For example, it doesn’t account for dark matter or why neutrinos have masses. One of the main aims of experimental particle physics at... | https://physicsworld.com/a/using-ai-to-find-new-particles-at-the-lhc/ | Space & Physics | svg |
1e3713fc33dd47fac8b6435112bb136042fed90b55d68178aea919f4c34dd661 | 2025-11-11T13:00:28+00:00 | Researchers pin down the true cost of precision in quantum clocks | Classical clocks have to obey the second law of thermodynamics: the higher their precision, the more entropy they produce. For a while, it seemed like quantum clocks might beat this system, at least in theory. This is because although quantum fluctuations produce no entropy, if you can count those fluctuations as clock... | https://physicsworld.com/a/researchers-pin-down-the-true-cost-of-precision-in-quantum-clocks/ | Space & Physics | svg |
4b0ee959a004b96c864c25777665a98e929a70a430d9269f50f9f171aba1476f | 2025-11-11T10:00:50+00:00 | The forgotten pioneers of computational physics | When you look back at the early days of computing, some familiar names pop up, including John von Neumann, Nicholas Metropolis and Richard Feynman. But they were not lonely pioneers – they were part of a much larger group, using mechanical and then electronic computers to do calculations that had never been possible be... | https://physicsworld.com/a/the-forgotten-pioneers-of-computational-physics/ | Space & Physics | svg |
c4cb16a9c46e6f8e596bcc8b551533cabab30ccc0d9e8c90e9db18930916878a | 2025-11-11T08:30:02+00:00 | Classical gravity may entangle matter, new study claims | Gravity might be able to quantum-entangle particles even if the gravitational field itself is classical. That is the conclusion of a new study by Joseph Aziz and Richard Howl at Royal Holloway University of London. This challenges a popular view that such entanglement would necessarily imply that gravity must be quanti... | https://physicsworld.com/a/classical-gravity-may-entangle-matter-new-study-claims/ | Space & Physics | svg |
24d850805fbb155bb1571352ef20dd4f052c9a1c3dc408d307ef32ad77751359 | 2025-11-10T15:00:06+00:00 | Is Donald Trump conducting a ‘blitzkrieg’ on science? | “Drain the swamp!” In the intense first few months of his second US presidency, Donald Trump has been enacting his old campaign promise with a vengeance. He’s ridding all the muck from the American federal bureaucracy, he claims, and finally bringing it back under control. Scientific projects and institutions are parti... | https://physicsworld.com/a/is-donald-trump-conducting-a-blitzkrieg-on-science/ | Space & Physics | svg |
3f9219a06ef4d5cc86d60d7f5adff250857ca82aed0be17550648485f6ff63dc | 2025-11-10T09:48:06+00:00 | Delft Circuits, Bluefors: the engine-room driving joined-up quantum innovation | Better together. That’s the headline take on a newly inked technology partnership between Bluefors, a heavyweight Finnish supplier of cryogenic measurement systems, and Delft Circuits, a Dutch manufacturer of specialist I/O cabling solutions designed for the scale-up and industrial deployment of next-generation quantum... | https://physicsworld.com/a/delft-circuits-bluefors-the-engine-room-driving-joined-up-quantum-innovation/ | Space & Physics | svg |
07c318bf7cd5ea29386b438e8f73d3174dcda4eaf55c2a18a86d191276c88c34 | 2025-11-10T09:30:18+00:00 | Microbubbles power soft, programmable artificial muscles | Artificial muscles that offer flexible functionality could prove invaluable for a range of applications, from soft robotics and wearables to biomedical instrumentation and minimally invasive surgery. Current designs, however, are limited by complex actuation mechanisms and challenges in miniaturization. Aiming to overc... | https://physicsworld.com/a/microbubbles-power-soft-programmable-artificial-muscles/ | Space & Physics | svg |
97a18898d3c4db8d70f581b388515d9f2e6f1c913cc154f27d1b01863249fd11 | 2025-11-07T15:00:02+00:00 | China’s Shenzhou-20 crewed spacecraft return delayed by space debris impact | China has delayed the return of a crewed mission to the country’s space station over fears that the astronaut’s spacecraft has been struck by space debris. The craft was supposed to return to Earth on 5 November but the China Manned Space Agency says it will now carry out an impact analysis and risk assessm... | https://physicsworld.com/a/chinas-shenzhou-20-crewed-spacecraft-return-delayed-by-space-debris-impact/ | Space & Physics | svg |
0a98c89af64543ff35020a2e7f0ba889f628735552cbaa9da245f25654047cc3 | 2025-11-07T13:57:32+00:00 | Twistelastics controls how mechanical waves move in metamaterials | By simply placing two identical elastic metasurfaces atop each other and then rotating them relative to each other, the topology of the elastic waves dispersing through the resulting stacked structure can be changed – from elliptic to hyperbolic. This new control technique, from physicists at the CUNY Advanced Science ... | https://physicsworld.com/a/twistelastics-controls-how-mechanical-waves-move-in-metamaterials/ | Space & Physics | svg |
b02fae72db975832014560510b8897f243e07acb4a7a1e7139f777bfdb6ba87b | 2025-11-07T09:00:33+00:00 | Ternary hydride shows signs of room-temperature superconductivity at high pressures | Researchers in China claim to have made the first ever room-temperature superconductor by compressing an alloy of lanthanum-scandium (La-Sc) and the hydrogen-rich material ammonia borane (NH3BH3) together at pressures of 250–260 GPa, observing superconductivity with a maximum onset temperature of 298 K. While these hig... | https://physicsworld.com/a/ternary-hydride-shows-signs-of-room-temperature-superconductivity-at-high-pressures/ | Space & Physics | svg |
ca34a12b16b7c3ff806060605270202f369456eee515d8aa3d8f99a7a2cf7fa6 | 2025-11-06T15:09:37+00:00 | Scientific collaborations increasingly more likely to be led by Chinese scientists, finds study | International research collaborations will be increasingly led by scientists in China over the coming decade. That is according to a new study by researchers at the University of Chicago, which finds that the power balance in international science has shifted markedly away from the US and towards China over the last 25... | https://physicsworld.com/a/scientific-collaborations-increasingly-more-likely-to-be-led-by-chinese-scientists-finds-study/ | Space & Physics | svg |
62fb82ae742368b1d457ddec64d912a98b545463db6761c93bbc688975feffa9 | 2025-11-06T14:49:34+00:00 | Unlocking the potential of 2D materials: graphene and much more | This episode explores the scientific and technological significance of 2D materials such as graphene. My guest is Antonio Rossi, who is a researcher in 2D materials engineering at the Italian Institute of Technology in Genoa. Rossi explains why 2D materials are fundamentally different than their 3D counterparts – and h... | https://physicsworld.com/a/unlocking-the-potential-of-2d-materials-graphene-and-much-more/ | Space & Physics | svg |
16f07e8bb95f24d84f125ee6952fe866af114b8ca4dacbdf37d4a74ed26f555c | 2025-11-06T09:35:19+00:00 | Ultrasound probe maps real-time blood flow across entire organs | Microcirculation – the flow of blood through the smallest vessels – is responsible for distributing oxygen and nutrients to tissues and organs throughout the body. Mapping this flow at the whole-organ scale could enhance our understanding of the circulatory system and improve diagnosis of vascular disorders. With this ... | https://physicsworld.com/a/ultrasound-probe-maps-real-time-blood-flow-across-entire-organs/ | Space & Physics | svg |
3f459902d8bbeeb27eb154de634063de1673cd6dea76a7736c1fb0829ba01373 | 2025-11-05T14:00:18+00:00 | Inge Lehmann: the ground-breaking seismologist who faced a rocky road to success | In the 1930s a little-known Danish seismologist calculated that the Earth has a solid inner core, within the liquid outer core identified just a decade earlier. The international scientific community welcomed Inge Lehmann as a member of the relatively new field of geophysics – yet in her home country, Lehmann was never... | https://physicsworld.com/a/inge-lehmann-the-ground-breaking-seismologist-who-faced-a-rocky-road-to-success/ | Space & Physics | svg |
1b04e208e97b99561f156aaf580b8121988da490774a543a85b83e37caae348e | 2025-11-05T12:28:51+00:00 | Rapidly spinning black holes put new limit on ultralight bosons | The LIGO–Virgo–KAGRA collaboration has detected strong evidence for second-generation black holes, which were formed from earlier mergers of smaller black holes. The two gravitational wave signals provide one of the strongest confirmations to date for how Einstein’s general theory of relativity describes rotating black... | https://physicsworld.com/a/rapidly-spinning-black-holes-put-new-limit-on-ultralight-bosons/ | Space & Physics | svg |
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