Read article: Theoretical physicist Michael Berry wins 2025 Isaac Newton Medal and Prize
Berry recognized for his contributions in mathematics and theoretical physics over a 60-year career
Read article: Susumu Kitagawa, Richard Robson and Omar Yaghi win the 2025 Nobel Prize for Chemistry
Trio honoured for their work on metal-organic frameworks
Read article: John Clarke, Michel Devoret and John Martinis win the 2025 Nobel Prize for Physics
Trio honoured for their work on quantum tunnelling in superconducting circuits
Read article: US scientific societies blast Trump administration’s plan to politicize grants
The societies call on the US Congress to safeguard the integrity of the peer-review process
Read article: Leo Cancer Care launches first upright photon therapy system
The Grace radiotherapy system delivers conventional X-ray radiation therapy to patients in the upright position
Read article: NASA criticized over its management of $3.3bn Dragonfly mission to Titan
Cost overruns and delays have hit the drone-like rotorcraft mission
Read article: Phase shift in optical cavities could detect low-frequency gravitational waves
Global network could pinpoint astronomical sources
Read article: Motion blur brings a counterintuitive advantage for high-resolution imaging
New algorithm turns structured motion into sharper images
Read article: Hints of a boundary between phases of nuclear matter found at RHIC
STAR collaboration homes in on critical point for quark–gluon plasma
Read article: Optical gyroscope detects Earth’s rotation with the highest precision yet
With further improvements, the instrument could enable direct tests of relativistic effects
Read article: Machine learning optimizes nanoparticle design for drug delivery to the brain
Predictive model accelerates the development of nanoparticles as potential drug carriers for targeting neurodegenerative diseases
Read article: Perovskite detector could improve nuclear medicine imaging
A lead halide material can detect and image single gamma-ray photons with both high-spatial and high-energy resolution
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Read article: The power of physics: what can a physicist do in the nuclear energy industry?
Six physicists in the nuclear energy industry talk about their career paths, and how a background in physics can be used across the sector
Read article: Is materials science the new alchemy for the 21st century?
Honor Powrie pays tribute to the work of materials scientists
Read article: Nobel prizes you’ve never heard of: how a Swedish inventor was honoured for a technology that nearly killed him
Gustaf Dalén is nowhere near as famous as his contemporaries, but does that make him undeserving of the prize? Margaret Harris investigates
Read article: Nobel prizes you’ve never heard of: how an obscure version of colour photography beat quantum theory to the most prestigious prize in physics
Gabriel Lippmann received the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1908 for a new method of colour photography that was never commercially successful. Margaret Harris finds out why
Read article: How the slowest experiment in the world became a fast success
Stefan Hutzler and Louise Bradley explain how they turned the famous pitch-drop experiment into an outreach activity
Read article: Bridging the gap between scientists, policy makers and industry to build the quantum ecosystem
Elizabeth Pasatembou and Dimitrie Cielecki discuss their experience of doing science policy engagement during their PhDs
Read article: The physics behind why cutting onions makes us cry
It’s mostly to do with knife sharpness and cutting technique
Read article: Advances in quantum error correction showcased at Q2B25
Isabelle Dumé reports from the Q2B quantum conference in Paris, France
Read article: The top five physics Nobel prizes of the 21st century revealed
Matin Durrani counts down the five most signifiicant physics Nobels since 2000
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Attend our special community celebration that traces the remarkable journey of quantum physics and its transformative potential for the future
Read article: Discovery of the Higgs boson at CERN inspires new stained-glass artwork
The piece is currently on display at the National Museum of Stained Glass in Switzerland
Read article: A low vibration wire scanner fork for free electron lasers
Built on UHV Design’s Production Linear Shift Mechanism range (PLSM), new linear actuator allows heavy objects to be moved very smoothly, says UHV Design engineering director Jon...
Read article: AI-powered algorithms help provide rapid, accurate contouring of brain metastases
Deep learning-based contouring of multiple brain metastases eases clinical workload when planning stereotactic radiosurgery treatments
Read article: Delft Circuits: cryogenic RF cable innovations offer a flexible path to quantum scalability
The Dutch manufacturer Delft Circuits is rewriting the rules of I/O cabling technology for full-stack quantum computing systems
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