
Rainer Weiss: US gravitational-wave pioneer dies aged 92
Weiss was instrumental in the discovery of gravitational waves in 2015
Weiss was instrumental in the discovery of gravitational waves in 2015
Study examined the publications of more than 12 000 academics across 15 disciplines
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 […]
Dougherty is the first woman to be appointed Astronomer Royal in the post's 350-year history
Group says lives are being threatened by a shortage of information
Report says companies see 'huge advantages' in making drugs, harvesting stem cells and growing crystals in space
Single ultracold atoms act as slits, stripping away noise and emphasizing the fundamental nature of wave-particle duality
Optical coherence tomography can detect fluid imbalance in the inner ear, which correlates with the severity of a patient’s hearing loss
Images are the first experimental evidence of long-predicted low-energy atomic vibrations called moiré phasons in twisted 2D materials
Benchtop accelerator links electrochemistry to fusion science
Largest-ever survey shows new regulations on unintended transmissions are needed, say researchers at Australia’s Curtin University
Surveying exoplanets could provide a new way to hunt for superheavy dark-matter particles
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Hamish Johnston talks to Elise Crull, Artur Ekert and Stephanie Simmons about the links between quantum technology and quantum fundamentals
Joe McEntee explores the surprising links between solar physics and sports science
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Matin Durrani speaks to four experts about their career tips for physicists
Tara Shears discusses how the fields of AI and physics could help advance each other
Science communicator Emanual Wallace, aka Big Manny, talks about his outreach journey from social media to books and TV
Colin White explains why doing schools outreach put him way outside his comfort zone
Lee Packer delivered the Cockcroft Walton lecture series across three institutions in India earlier this year
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New facility at the University of Reading will carry out meteorological research and forecasting
The model is 275,000 times smaller than the real Sorbonne Chapel
The model will now go on display at the University of Manchester's Schuster Building
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The Trump administration’s policies are putting pressure on the country’s scientific agencies and staff members are beginning to take action
Any discovery of new physics is on hold, at least for now
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