Culture, history and society Blog Use our infographic to predict this year’s Nobel prize winners We are expecting a prize in condensed-matter physics in 2024 Read article: Use our infographic to predict this year’s Nobel prize winners
Modelling and simulation Blog Study finds preschool children form ‘social droplets’ when moving around the classroom The movement of preschool children results in two distinct phases, find study Read article: Study finds preschool children form ‘social droplets’ when moving around the classroom
People Blog Celebrating with a new Nobel laureate in Canada’s ‘Steeltown’ The magical day Bertram Brockhouse won his prize Read article: Celebrating with a new Nobel laureate in Canada’s ‘Steeltown’
People Blog Robert Laughlin: the Nobel interview that became an impromptu press conference Matin Durrani winces at the time he met Nobel laureate Robert Laughlin Read article: Robert Laughlin: the Nobel interview that became an impromptu press conference
People Blog Steven Weinberg: the Nobel laureate who liked nuts Matin Durrani recounts a one-sided interview with Steven Weinberg Read article: Steven Weinberg: the Nobel laureate who liked nuts
Everyday science Blog Physicists reveal the mechanics of tea scum Researchers have looked at how tea scum breaks apart when stirred Read article: Physicists reveal the mechanics of tea scum
Everyday science Blog The physics of cycling’s ‘Everesting’ challenge revealed Everesting involves a cyclist riding up and down a given hill multiple times until the ascent totals the elevation of Mount Everest – or 8848 m Read article: The physics of cycling’s ‘Everesting’ challenge revealed
Scientific enterprise Blog The free-to-read Physics World Big Science Briefing 2024 is out now Find out more about designs for a muon collider and why gender diversity in big science needs recognition Read article: The free-to-read Physics World Big Science Briefing 2024 is out now
Astronomy and space Blog Annular eclipse photograph bags Royal Observatory Greenwich prize The image captures the progression of Baily’s beads, which are only visible when the Moon either enters or exits an eclipse Read article: Annular eclipse photograph bags Royal Observatory Greenwich prize
Astronomy and space Blog BepiColombo takes its best images yet of Mercury’s peppered landscape The spacecraft had a clear view of Mercury’s south pole for the first time during a recent flyby Read article: BepiColombo takes its best images yet of Mercury’s peppered landscape