Read article: There’s an elephant in the room at the Royal Society – and for once, it’s not (just) Elon Musk
A conference on the future of the UK space sector makes stunningly little mention of how proposed cuts to NASA funding might affect it
Read article: The evolution of the metre: How a product of the French Revolution became a mainstay of worldwide scientific collaboration
Physics World corresponding editor Isabelle Dumé reports from a Paris symposium celebrating the 150th anniversary of the Metre Convention
Read article: Former IOP president Cyril Hilsum celebrates 100th birthday
Hilsum is responsible for creating the UK's first semiconductor laser
Read article: Universe may end much sooner than predicted, say theorists
New estimate suggests that the most persistent stellar objects may decay away via Hawking radiation within the next 10^78 years
Read article: Ray Dolby Centre opens at the University of Cambridge
The centre is also the new home of Cambridge’s Cavendish Laboratory
Read article: The mechanics behind rose petal shapes revealed
It’s all about geometric frustrations
Read article: Spectacular images of the cosmos released to celebrate Hubble’s 35 years in orbit
A series of spectacular images of the cosmos has been released to celebrate the Hubble Space Telescope's 35 years in space
Read article: Tennis-ball towers reach record-breaking heights with 12-storey, 34-ball structure
Andria Rogava is back with more spectacular structures made from tennis balls
Read article: Physicists gather in Nottingham for the IOP’s Celebration of Physics 2025
Matin Durrani reports from the 2025 IOP Celebration of Physics in Nottingham, UK
Read article: Fusion industry meets in London to discuss ‘one of the economic opportunities of the century’
The inaugural Fusion Fest by Economist Impact featured more than 450 attendees from around the world
