Fractal maths helps distinguish genuine artworks from forgeries
The new technique offers a new way to tackle art fraud
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Read article: Fractal maths helps distinguish genuine artworks from forgeries
Research on magnetic plasma confinement wins Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion Outstanding Paper Prize
The work is an important step to understanding the physics of “negative triangularity”
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Experiment that may or may not disprove Bohmian mechanics continues to spark debate
Is the controversy settled? Only when pigs – and pilot waves – fly, writes Tim Wogan
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Quantum influencers gather to celebrate London’s role in quantum tech
Matin Durrani reports from a meeting of the London Quantum Cluster
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Striking mathematical pattern uncovered in Chinese money plant leaves
The team says it is the first demonstration of 'Voronoi patterns' in plants
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Final look inside the Cavendish lab’s 50-year home before demolition
Mićo Tatalović vists the former site of Cambridge University’s physics department before it is demolished
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Tiny knotted fibre leaps into the air like a springtail bug
The fibre robot could find applications in agriculture and reforestation
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The Physics World 2026 Particle and Nuclear Briefing is out now
Find out more about plans for the next major particle collider as well as careers in the nuclear industry
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Study reveals the physics behind nature’s pointed tips
Mechanical wear thought to be behind the shape of tips, rather than an evolutionary mechanism
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Shining a light on central African physics
Victoria Merriman reports back from a Global Physics Summit satellite event in Dschang, Cameroon
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