Matin Durrani explains why delegates at Helgoland 2025 are discussing foundational questions in quantum mechanics
Read article: Quantum island: why Helgoland is a great spot for fundamental thinking
Matin Durrani explains the unexpected message left by Anton Zeilinger
Read article: Quartet of Nobel laureates sign Helgoland’s ‘gold book’
Matin Durrani reports from the first day of the Helgoland 2025 meeting
Read article: Conference marking 100 years of quantum mechanics starts in Hamburg
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: There’s an elephant in the room at the Royal Society – and for once, it’s not (just) Elon Musk
Physics World corresponding editor Isabelle Dumé reports from a Paris symposium celebrating the 150th anniversary of the Metre Convention
Read article: The evolution of the metre: How a product of the French Revolution became a mainstay of worldwide scientific collaboration
Hilsum is responsible for creating the UK's first semiconductor laser
Read article: Former IOP president Cyril Hilsum celebrates 100th birthday
New estimate suggests that the most persistent stellar objects may decay away via Hawking radiation within the next 10^78 years
Read article: Universe may end much sooner than predicted, say theorists
The centre is also the new home of Cambridge’s Cavendish Laboratory
Read article: Ray Dolby Centre opens at the University of Cambridge
It’s all about geometric frustrations
Read article: The mechanics behind rose petal shapes revealed
A series of spectacular images of the cosmos has been released to celebrate the Hubble Space Telescope's 35 years in space
Read article: Spectacular images of the cosmos released to celebrate Hubble’s 35 years in orbit
