A week-long meeting in Cambridge celebrated Masao Doi’s and Luca Peliti’s pioneering framework to study random processes
Read article: When Doi met Peliti: physicists celebrate 50 years of the Doi-Peliti theory
International researchers can face many challenges when trying to settle in another country
Read article: Why supporting international colleagues is everyone’s responsibility
Work will go on display at the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow
Read article: Scottish artist marks 100 years of Schrödinger equation with new installation
Yukawa laid the foundation for an active post-war generation of particle physicists in Japan
Read article: Particle physicist Hideki Yukawa: Japan’s first Nobel laureate
Matin Durrani looks at the work of Abdus Salam, who was born a century ago this year
Read article: Abdus Salam: Pakistan’s first (and so far only) physics Nobel prize-winner
Deciding where a prize winner is from can be tricky, but Hamish Johnston tries his best
Read article: How long did it take for countries to claim a Nobel laureate?
We make our prize predictions for 2026
Read article: Is this the year for a Nobel prize in condensed matter, or maybe particle physics?
It would have been the earliest example of space weather impacting human technology, but an international team of researchers found a slight problem
Read article: Did space weather delay a train in 1841?
Discover how big science is playing its part to tackle the climate crisis
Read article: The free-to-read Physics World Big Science Briefing 2026 is out now
The sculpture forms part of Pavel’s sculptural series devoted to figures in science and culture
Read article: Belarusian sculptor unveils artwork honouring US physicist Jim Gates
