A ceremony has been held today to officially open the Ray Dolby Centre at the University of Cambridge. Named after the ...

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When an ordinary beam of neutrons strikes the team’s silicon grating, the millions of scored lines on the grating convert the ...

Repulsive gravity at the quantum scale would have flattened out inhomogeneities in the early universe First light: The cosmic microwave background, as imaged by the European Space Agency’s Planck ...

Andy Brown at the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts discusses the growing impact of AI and machine-learning ...

They assume a small fraction of passengers won’t turn up, which is fine – until you can’t fly because everyone else has ...

Seismic wave measurements suggest the supervolcano beneath the popular national park is unlikely to erupt any time soon ...

The Milky Way is known to host a diverse array of planetary systems, providing astronomers with extensive insights into how ...

Rahmanudin tells Physics World that fluid-based electrodes could lead to entirely new battery designs, including batteries ...

Ji-Seon Kim, who won the 2023 Nevill Mott Medal and Prize from the Institute of Physics, talks to Laura Hiscott about the transformative potential of carbon-based semiconductors, the need for strong ...

Now, researchers in the US and South Korea have used a neutron beam to differentiate between genuine antique coins and fakes.

Emma Chapman reviews Battle of the Big Bang: The New Tales of Our Cosmic Origins by Niayesh Afshordi and Phil Halper Before the bang That the universe evolved from a "hot Big Bang" is not in question, ...