Physics

Bacteria are torque dipoles and swim in circles As our observations were performed near the bottom of a…

Deep inside every atom lies a restless world of quarks and gluons—the tiny building blocks that hold everything…

A dark point inside a wave of light sounds like a contradiction. It is also something researchers say…

Magnetic friction defies centuries-old law – Physics World Skip to main content Discover more from Physics World Copyright…

Scientists may have solved the long-standing mystery of why ice floats and why liquid water expands as it…

SiO2 accounts for up to 60% of the Earth’s crust, primarily in minerals such as olivine and pyroxene1.…

Black holes that are formed when massive stars die in spectacular supernova explosions, typically weigh several times as…

Particle accelerators reveal the heart of nuclear matter by smashing together atoms at close to the speed of…

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British physicists have shaped our understanding of nature and the universe for more than a century, uncovering the…

MAR 26, 2026 A half century after the discovery of Hawking radiation, we are still dealing with the…

A small amount of antimatter took to the road on Tuesday, representing the first time any quantity of…

The hydrodynamic torque dipole from rotary bacterial flagella powers symmetric discs