Read article: Artificial intelligence could help detect ‘predatory’ journals
Artificial intelligence could help sniff out questionable open-access publications that are more interested in profit than scientific integrity
Read article: Errors in A-level physics papers could jeopardize student university admissions, Institute of Physics warns
Concerns over physics students starting university expressed in letter from the IOP
Read article: Rainer Weiss: US gravitational-wave pioneer dies aged 92
Weiss was instrumental in the discovery of gravitational waves in 2015
Read article: Tenured scientists in the US slow down and produce less impactful work, finds study
Study examined the publications of more than 12,000 academics across 15 disciplines
Read article: NASA launches TRACERS mission to study Earth’s ‘magnetic shield’
NASA has successfully launched a mission to explore the interactions between the Sun’s and Earth’s magnetic fields. The Tandem Reconnection and Cusp Electrodynamics Reconnaissance Satellites (TRACERS) craft was sent into low-Earth orbit on 23 July from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California by a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. Following a month of calibration, the twin-satellite […]
Read article: IOP president-elect Michele Dougherty named next Astronomer Royal
Dougherty is the first woman to be appointed Astronomer Royal in the post's 350-year history
Read article: Space–time crystal emerges in a liquid crystal
Accessible systems is classical and operates at room temperature
Read article: Quantum fluid instability produces eccentric skyrmions
New finding advances our understanding of complex topological quantum systems and could help in the development of next-generation memory and storage devices
Read article: Top quarks embrace in quasi-bound toponium
Observation provides new insights into the heaviest subatomic particle
Read article: Researchers map the unrest in the Vulcano volcano
Combining nodal seismic networks with AI creates a high-resolution 3D model of the internal structure of an active volcano
Read article: High-speed 3D microscope improves live imaging of fast biological processes
Multifocus microscope uses 25 tiny cameras to image rapid biological processes over the entire volume of small living organisms
Read article: Optimizing upright proton therapy: hybrid delivery provides faster, sharper treatments
Adding shoot-through proton layers to static proton arcs improves plan quality and reduces treatment times for upright proton therapy
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Read article: Indefinite causal order: how quantum physics is challenging our understanding of cause and effect
Quantum mechanics allows events to occur with indefinite causal order, as Hamish Johnston discovers
Read article: From ‘rewarding and exciting’ to ‘challenging and overwhelming’: what it means to have a career in intelligence and cyber security
Curiosity, problem-solving and resilience are the key qualities for a career in intelligence
Read article: Why quantum technology is driving quantum fundamentals
Hamish Johnston talks to Elise Crull, Artur Ekert and Stephanie Simmons about the links between quantum technology and quantum fundamentals
Read article: Big data, big wins: how solar astrophysics can be a ‘game-changer’ in sports analytics
Joe McEntee explores the surprising links between solar physics and sports science
Read article: MOND versus dark matter: the clash for cosmology’s soul
From Bohemian solutions and binary battles to new parameters and novel experiments, the dark matter vs MOND clash rages on
Read article: Not sure what to do with your physics degree? Our expert panel give their careers advice
Matin Durrani speaks to four experts about their career tips for physicists
Read article: The pros and cons of reinforcement learning in physical science
David Silver of Google DeepMind thinks AIs that ‘learn by experience’ are the future of AI – but maybe not in particle colliders or nuclear arsenals
Read article: Are we heading for a future of superintelligent AI mathematicians?
Some highly intelligent human mathematicians certainly seem to think so, as Margaret Harris reports from the maths-and-computer-science-focused Heidelberg Laureate Forum
Read article: Celebrating 10 years of gravitational waves
The Einstein Telescope could usher in a new age of gravitational-wave astronomy
Read article: Researchers create glow-in-the-dark succulents that recharge with sunlight
Succulent plants have been infused with afterglow phosphor particles to make them glow in shades of red, green, blue and other colours
Read article: Big data helps Gaelic football club achieve promotion following 135-year wait
Astrophysics PhD student from County Armagh in Northern Ireland combined his passion for science with Gaelic football
Read article: Why foamy heads on Belgium beers last so long
It’s all to do with the triple-fermentation process
Read article: MRID3D phantom eases the introduction of MRI into the radiotherapy clinic
The QUASAR MRID3D geometric distortion analysis system from IBA Dosimetry enables physicists to exploit the power of the MR-only radiotherapy workflow
Read article: Physicists set to decide location for next-generation Einstein Telescope
Ten years after the first gravitational waves were detected, the location and design for a third-generation gravitational-wave detector are being decided
Read article: Festival opens up the quantum realm
A series of events called the Quantum Fringe has enabled everyone from school students and the interested public to researchers and industry experts to gain new insights into quant...
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