Van Dishoeck talks about some of the key unanswered questions in astrochemistry, including how complex molecules form on the tiny specks of dust in interstellar space. We chat about the recent growth ...

Small levitating platforms that can stay airborne indefinitely at very high altitudes have been developed by researchers in the US and Brazil. Using photophoresis, the devices could be adapted to ...

Hybrid copper-halide-based emitters promise the best of both worlds, being both non-toxic and stable. They are also inexpensive, with tuneable optical properties and a high luminescence efficiency, ...

This episode of Physics World Stories explores a new book that restores women to the early history of quantum mechanics ...

Two distinct descriptions of nuclei unified for the first time According to de Angelis, this first mass measurement of the silicon-22 nucleus and the discovery of the magic proton number 14 is “a ...

An international team of physicists has studied how particles are produced in high-energy electron–proton collisions through the lens of entanglement entropy ...

Travis Humble is director of the Quantum Science Center at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) in Tennessee, US – which is run by the US Department of Energy (DOE). The centre links the capabilities ...

Jonathan Edwards, who originally studied physics at Durham University, still holds the men’s world record for the triple-jump. Edwards broke the record twice on 7 August 1995 at the World Athletics ...

Heating up: Researchers at SLAC's Matter in Extreme Conditions (MEC) instrument used a laser to superheat a sample of gold. They then sent a pulse of ultrabright X-rays from the Linac Coherent Light ...