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Physicist John Hill takes the helm at Brookhaven National Laboratory

Hill will manage the lab’s $900m annual budget

Nottingham physics redundancies ‘an act of academic sabotage’, warn scientists

University plans to cut almost 30% staff in the physics department

Officials hail ‘major milestone’ for US Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment

When complete in 2031, DUNE-LBNF will study the properties of neutrinos

Report highlights challenges and opportunities for UK medical physics

Community perspective report from the Institute of Physics examines ways to overcome the barriers to translating physics research into the medical market

Medical physicists examine MRI brain scan

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Researchers express ‘grave concern’ over attacks on Iranian institutions and science

Almost 1400 people have signed an open letter calling on the international community to “defend academic life”

damage at Isfahan University of Technology

Dark energy survey unveils the largest 3D map of the universe

The work involved mapping more than 47 million galaxies and quasars over a five-year period

Research updates

Radar identifies insect species via reflections from wingbeats

A new technique that combines millimetre-wave radar with machine learning holds promise for scalable and sustainable monitoring of insect biodiversity

First author Linta Antony collecting insects

Tiny droplets of primordial soup appear in oxygen collisions

Quark–gluon plasma could be created by light nuclei

Muon g−2 calculation sets precision record and backs the Standard Model

Lattice QCD puts new physics to rest

New bolometer achieves sub-zeptojoule resolution

Superconducting device could be used in quantum computers

Entangled photons open up potential applications of anti-scattering optics

The use of quantum entanglement to enable selective image transmission through complex media can enhance applications from imaging to secure communication

Transmission of classical light and entangled photons

Building a better laser on the Moon

Ultrastable devices could be housed in dark lunar craters

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Building up the quantum workforce: an undergraduate route into industry

Colorado School of Mines’ Frédéric Sarazin on a new undergraduate route into quantum engineering

Three people in a lab handling a quantum refrigeration device

One giant leap: Artemis II returns humanity to the Moon

Artemis II has returned humanity to the Moon, gripping the whole world. Keith Cooper follows the mission’s journey and looks at what comes next for humans in space

Orion module in foreground with the Moon behind and then in the far distance a crescent of Earth

Coffee with a splash of physics: how to make the most out of your brew

With climate change impacting the world’s coffee supplies, can physics help you reduce waste by brewing smarter? Michael Allen investigates

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Trading places: meet the physicists-turned-analysts who are driving the frontiers of finance

From academia to algorithms, physicists in quantitative finance explain how their careers evolved

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STEM stock rising in quantitative finance

Find out what it’s like working for options trading firm Susquehanna

Lure of the black hole: from science to art

An excerpt from art historian and author Lynn Gamwell’s book Conjuring the Void: the Art of Black Holes

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Striking mathematical pattern uncovered in Chinese money plant leaves

The team says it is the first demonstration of 'Voronoi patterns' in plants

two images of a chinese money plant leaf

Final look inside the Cavendish lab’s 50-year home before demolition

Mićo Tatalović vists the former site of Cambridge University’s physics department before it is demolished

Tiny knotted fibre leaps into the air like a springtail bug

The fibre robot could find applications in agriculture and reforestation

researcher holding a tiny knotted robot with tweezers

The Physics World 2026 Particle and Nuclear Briefing is out now

Find out more about plans for the next major particle collider as well as careers in the nuclear industry

Study reveals the physics behind nature’s pointed tips

Mechanical wear thought to be behind the shape of tips, rather than an evolutionary mechanism

Shining a light on central African physics

Victoria Merriman reports back from a Global Physics Summit satellite event in Dschang, Cameroon

Participants at the Global Physics Summit satellite event in Cameroon, April 2026

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New findings shorten the road to cryptographically relevant quantum computers

Two recent papers suggest that quantum computers may crack modern cryptography sooner than expected

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ESTRO debate reveals rising confidence in upright proton therapy

A lively debate at the ESTRO 2026 meeting concluded with nearly 70% of the audience backing upright proton therapy as a mainstream treatment option by 2035

Thyracont’s vacuum measurement instruments enable innovation across industries

From semiconductor fabrication to pharmaceuticals, quantum technologies, and materials research, Thyracont’s vacuum instruments are at the heart of some of the world’s most adv...

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