€1bn funding package has been turned down by the Thirty Meter Telescope International Organization
Read article: Thirty Meter Telescope rejects La Palma as alternative host site
The picture – The Quiet Predator– was taken by Kuwaiti photographer Ali Alobaidly
Read article: Spectacular image of the Shark Nebula wins Royal Observatory Greenwich prize
The observatory will also study exoplanets, black holes and map billions of galaxies
Read article: NASA launches Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope to shed light on the dark universe
Move by the US Department of Defense affects 30 research universities
Read article: US orders universities to audit foreign research ties
New framework includes 10 parameters that can be used to evaluate the viability of fusion
Read article: Researchers propose ‘economic Q’ metric for judging fusion power plant viability
The document comes as the administration looks to cut the science budget for 2027
Read article: Critics deride US administration’s ‘golden age of science’ report
Calculations identify complicated consequences of removing a mirror
Read article: What can cutting a photon in half tell us about causality and local equivalence?
A microprobe can navigate and image smaller arteries than previously possible, helping diagnose and plan treatments for vascular diseases
Read article: Miniature microprobe enables internal imaging of smaller blood vessels than ever before
Synthesizing magnetite nanoparticles directly in dye-polluted water gives them new surface chemistry that lets them adsorb different pollutants
Read article: Dirty magnetite nanoparticles keep cleaning up dyes
The theory of general relativity still holds, according to new space-based and laboratory experiments
Read article: Einstein’s equivalence principle put to two new tests
CERN’s ATLAS experiment probes the extreme universe
Read article: Proton–oxygen collisions put cosmic-ray models to the test
Crewed missions to the lunar polar regions must limit the unintended transfer of Earth life forms, say scientists
Read article: Microbes may survive at the Moon’s south pole
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Richard de Grijs looks at how the Roman Space Telescope will change astronomy forever
Read article: How the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope will turn the sky into a dataset
The growth of AI and papermills has caused publishers countless headaches
Read article: How scientific publishers are fighting back against fraudulent papermills
Chris Sinclair explores the plays that are bringing physics to new audiences
Read article: Theatre is bringing physics to new audiences but what is the definitive science play?
Tushna Commissariat and Matin Durrani guide physics students through the maze of career options
Read article: From student to scientist – how to build a career with physics
Joe McEntee examines attempts to make particle accelerators more sustainable
Read article: Big science seeks big wins from sustainability efforts
Sidney Perkowitz looks into alternative computing methods inspired by physics to improve computational efficiency and power
Read article: The physics of novel computation: beyond bits and chips to spikes and spins
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
While energy usage could be met, water would cause some issues
Read article: Moon’s water reserves insufficient to sustain a lunar city, astronomers find
Debate spans atomic and particle physics
Read article: Doubts cast on ‘superradiant neutrino laser’ proposal
Astronomers estimate the decagon-shaped wave may still be evolving
Read article: Astronomers discover unusual 10-sided atmospheric wave on Saturn
Subir Sarkar finds that AI was a hot topic among the over 800 delegates
Read article: AI dominates the 4th International Congress of Basic Science in Beijing
A cryostat that can reach temperatures of 4 K and warm back up again within just two hours offers an efficient solution for testing the electronic components needed to build quantu...
Read article: Faster cryogenics speeds up quantum testing
Bringing measurements across time, space and spectrum together is revealing the hidden dynamics of innovative optoelectronic devices and novel semiconductor materials
Read article: Above-average correlative materials characterization
The European Space Agency recruits from all over Europe (and beyond) to further its mission of peacefully exploring and using space for the benefit of everyone
Read article: Careers at the frontier of space technology
Margaret Harris reviews Trinity: an Illustrated History of the World’s First Atomic Test
Read article: Illuminating, beautiful and disturbing: a photographic record of the Trinity atomic test
Robert P Crease discovers the true extent of materials science in a dental lab
Read article: Get your teeth into the cutting edge of materials science
Students need to experiment with real quantum-computing systems, says Alex Krasnok
Read article: Universities should judge quantum-computing investments by what students learn
Honor Powrie offers advice for physicists at the start of their careers
Read article: Honor Powrie: 10 things I wish I’d known (or done better) when I started my career
Robert P Crease attends a workshop bringing physicists and journalists together
Read article: Seven writers, four physicists, one room, lots of plushies
Chrysi Malouchou Kanellopoulou reviews The Random Universe: How Models and Probability Help us Make Sense of the Cosmos by Andrew H Jaffe
Read article: Knowing through uncertainty: probability and the evolution of our cosmos
Kiefer Vermeulen is research team lead at Delft Circuits in the Netherlands
Read article: Ask me anything: Kiefer Vermeulen – ‘We had to figure everything out on a shoestring budget and on a really challenging timescale’
Kristian Dominek Barajas is head of quantum theory at Oxford Ionics, an IonQ company
Read article: Ask me anything: Kristian Dominek Barajas – ‘I’m able to take a really complicated problem and give it my best guess’
Gleb Yakubov talks to Sarah Bridle a physicist who has studied food at the University of York
Read article: From galaxies to groceries: how Sarah Bridle made the switch from cosmology to food
Mary Bishai is an experimental neutrino physicist at Brookhaven National Laboratory in the US
Read article: Ask me anything: Mary Bishai – ‘For a self-professed nerd like me, doing big science is heaven’
Paul Howarth is set to be IOP president until 2029
Read article: Institute of Physics president Paul Howarth outlines his vision for physics
Gwenaëlle Lefeuvre is the network coordinator for Photonics Bretagne, an innovation hub supporting the photonics ecosystem in Brittany, France
Read article: Ask me anything: Gwenaëlle Lefeuvre ‘Not everyone is built to be a specialist and there is nothing wrong with that’
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