Prof Peter Higgs Nobel Prize medal donated to Edinburgh University
PA Prof Higgs was a researcher at Edinburgh University in 1964 when he predicted the existence of a…
The Physics of the Northern Lights
Neon lights are glass tubes containing neon or other gases. When an electric current is sent from one…
Ask Ethan: How can we better measure G, the gravitational constant?
Sign up for the Starts With a Bang newsletter Travel the universe with Dr. Ethan Siegel as he…
The forgotten pioneers of computational physics – Physics World
The forgotten pioneers of computational physics – Physics World Skip to main content Discover more from Physics World…
Mechanically steered photon upconversion and circularly polarized luminescence in stretchable photonic crystal films
Optimization of upconverted SPC films preparation and UCPL We prepared the BPEA/PtTPBP-loaded upconverted SPC films by using a…
Could black hole shadows reveal new theories of gravity?
This image, which the European Southern Observatory (ESO) released on March 27, 2024, shows the supermassive black hole…
Measuring the Entropy of a Double Quantum Dot
November 13, 2025• Physics 18, s147 Researchers have taken a step toward using entropy to probe the quantum…
Musically Inspired Time-Rondeau Crystal Breakthrough Promises Quantum Technology That Stores Data Within Time Itself
Researchers at UC Berkeley report the first observation of a time-rondeau crystal, an unusual phase of matter in…
Self-compressed waveform-stable light transients enabling water-window attosecond spectroscopy
We first demonstrate the creation and field-resolved characterization of light transients, focusing on generating sub-cycle pulses. For this…
For the first time, astronomers observed the first moments of a supernova shock wave
Many cosmic events occur in space and sometimes surprise astronomers. This is the case of these scientists who…
Magnetic Fields Could Explain ‘Impossible’ Black Hole Merger : ScienceAlert
In 2023, gravitational wave detectors picked up the signature of a collision 7 billion light-years away. Two black…
Eigenstate control of plasmon wavepackets with electron-channel blockade
Time-resolved measurement of plasmon wavepackets Our quantum device consists of a 100 μm-long electron waveguide, fabricated by depositing electrostatic…