Read article: Theoretical physicist Michael Berry wins 2025 Isaac Newton Medal and Prize
Berry recognized for his contributions in mathematics and theoretical physics over a 60-year career
Read article: Susumu Kitagawa, Richard Robson and Omar Yaghi win the 2025 Nobel Prize for Chemistry
Trio honoured for their work on metal-organic frameworks
Read article: John Clarke, Michel Devoret and John Martinis win the 2025 Nobel Prize for Physics
Trio honoured for their work on quantum tunnelling in superconducting circuits
Read article: US scientific societies blast Trump administration’s plan to politicize grants
The societies call on the US Congress to safeguard the integrity of the peer-review process
Read article: Leo Cancer Care launches first upright photon therapy system
The Grace radiotherapy system delivers conventional X-ray radiation therapy to patients in the upright position
Read article: NASA criticized over its management of $3.3bn Dragonfly mission to Titan
Cost overruns and delays have hit the drone-like rotorcraft mission
Read article: Eye implant restores vision to patients with incurable sight loss
A tiny wireless implant allows people with sight loss due to age-related macular degeneration to read again
Read article: Single-phonon coupler brings different quantum technologies together
Waveguide-style approach promises to pair the versatility of phononic quantum technologies with the tight control of photonic ones
Read article: Wearable UVA sensor warns about overexposure to sunlight
Device is flexible and transparent to visible light
Read article: Scientists obtain detailed maps of earthquake-triggering high-pressure subsurface fluids
Advanced seismic imaging techniques could improve earthquake early warning models and aid the development of next-generation geothermal power
Read article: Researchers visualize blood flow in pulsating artificial heart
Four-dimensional flow MRI reveals that blood flow in an artificial heart resembles that in a healthy human heart
Read article: Physicists explain why some fast-moving droplets stick to hydrophobic surfaces
New experiments and calculations could improve aerosol and microfluidic technologies while shedding more light on airborne disease transmission
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Read article: Quantum computing on the verge: a look at the quantum marketplace of today
Philip Ball dives into the latest developments in the quantum-computing industry
Read article: The power of physics: what can a physicist do in the nuclear energy industry?
Six physicists in the nuclear energy industry talk about their career paths, and how a background in physics can be used across the sector
Read article: Is materials science the new alchemy for the 21st century?
Honor Powrie pays tribute to the work of materials scientists
Read article: Nobel prizes you’ve never heard of: how a Swedish inventor was honoured for a technology that nearly killed him
Gustaf Dalén is nowhere near as famous as his contemporaries, but does that make him undeserving of the prize? Margaret Harris investigates
Read article: Nobel prizes you’ve never heard of: how an obscure version of colour photography beat quantum theory to the most prestigious prize in physics
Gabriel Lippmann received the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1908 for a new method of colour photography that was never commercially successful. Margaret Harris finds out why
Read article: How the slowest experiment in the world became a fast success
Stefan Hutzler and Louise Bradley explain how they turned the famous pitch-drop experiment into an outreach activity
Read article: This jumping roundworm uses static electricity to attach to flying insects
The parasitic roundworm Steinernema carpocapsae can leap some 25 times its body length into the air
Read article: The physics behind why cutting onions makes us cry
It’s mostly to do with knife sharpness and cutting technique
Read article: Advances in quantum error correction showcased at Q2B25
Isabelle Dumé reports from the Q2B quantum conference in Paris, France
Read article: The top five physics Nobel prizes of the 21st century revealed
Matin Durrani counts down the five most signifiicant physics Nobels since 2000
Read article: Quantum information or metamaterials: our predictions for this year’s Nobel Prize for Physics
It’s a mug’s game, but we always have a go
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Attend our special community celebration that traces the remarkable journey of quantum physics and its transformative potential for the future
Read article: Evo CT-Linac eases access to online adaptive radiation therapy
The Elekta Evo provides flexible options for cancer centres looking to implement adaptive radiation therapy
Read article: A low vibration wire scanner fork for free electron lasers
Built on UHV Design’s Production Linear Shift Mechanism range (PLSM), new linear actuator allows heavy objects to be moved very smoothly, says UHV Design engineering director Jon...
Read article: AI-powered algorithms help provide rapid, accurate contouring of brain metastases
Deep learning-based contouring of multiple brain metastases eases clinical workload when planning stereotactic radiosurgery treatments
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