Why Is Ice Slippery? New Study Overturns 200-Year-Old Physics Theory
It isn’t pressure or friction that makes ice slippery, but hidden forces at the molecular level. New findings…
Reformulation of general relativity brings it closer to Newtonian physics – Physics World
Reformulation of general relativity brings it closer to Newtonian physics – Physics World Skip to main content Discover…
Ordinary ice generates electricity when bent or twisted
Ice does not usually show up in conversations about electricity. A new study reports that ordinary frozen water…
Analog vs. Digital: The Race Is On To Simulate Our Quantum Universe
Ringbauer’s team was building a quantum computer that used not qubits but qudits — each with five possible…
Zero-point motion of atoms measured directly for the first time – Physics World
Zero-point motion of atoms measured directly for the first time – Physics World Skip to main content Discover…
towards a coherent view of physical reality – Physics World
Quantum foundations: towards a coherent view of physical reality – Physics World Skip to main content Discover more…
Scientists watch an atomic nucleus flip in real time
Researchers from Delft University of Technology in The Netherlands have been able to see the magnetic nucleus of…
Errors in A-level physics papers could jeopardize student university admissions, Institute of Physics warns – Physics World
Errors in A-level physics papers could jeopardize student university admissions, Institute of Physics warns – Physics World Skip…
How to Switch an Antiferromagnet
September 4, 2025• Physics 18, s111 Two main mechanisms can flip the orientation of antiferromagnetic domains. Researchers have…
New algorithm hushes unwanted noise in LIGO, may lead to more black hole discoveries
A view from above of LIGO Livingston in Louisiana. Credit: Caltech/MIT/LIGO Lab LIGO, the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory,…
-24,9 decibels: this record-breaking number has NASA scientists worried
At first glance, total silence might sound peaceful—even meditative. But step into the anechoic chamber at Orfield Labs…
Space-time crystals from particle-like topological solitons
Chaikin, P. M. & Lubensky, T. C. Principles of Condensed Matter Physics (Cambridge Univ. Press, 2000). Yeh, P.…