Astronomers have long puzzled over the cause of a mysterious “glow” of very high energy gamma radiation emanating from the ...

It is book week here at Physics World and over the course of three days we are presenting conversations with the authors of ...

New multi-temperature coronal mass ejection observations might help us better understand how life emerged and evolved on Earth ...

McInerney and colleagues’ tube-like design is made from a lattice of beams arranged in such a way that low-energy vibrational ...

Peering into a near future where quantum science blends with AI. What are the implications for science, society and the arts?

The ability to induce superconductivity in materials that are inherently semiconducting has been a longstanding research goal ...

The Navier–Stokes partial differential equation was developed in the early 19th century by Claude-Louis Navier and George ...

Ramping the resolution The QST research team with the new high-resolution PET scanner. From left to right: Hidekatsu Wakizaka ...

The clock the team used to demonstrate this principle consists of a pair of quantum dots coupled by a thin tunnelling barrier ...

The US High Energy Physics Advisory Panel has been dissolved for reasons of politics, not efficiency, says Robert P Crease ...

At a specific rotation angle, known as the “magic angle” (just like in twistronics), the waves become highly focused and ...

As well as the rich physics of coffee, we chat about strategies for finding the best parking spot and the efficient boarding of aeroplanes. If you have ever wondered why a runner’s ponytail swings ...