Paul Howarth: IOP president highlights the need to raise the profile of physics in society – Physics World
Paul Howarth: IOP president highlights the need to raise the profile of physics in society – Physics World…
Physicists spot signs of an atom-like system bound by the strong force alone – Physics World
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Why we should thank Einstein for our smartphone cameras
Learn more about how the photoelectric effect has shaped technologies such as burglar alarms, solar panels and the…
We’ve Been Wasting 99% of Our Supernova Data
Every now and then, a star dies in the most spectacular way imaginable. It detonates and in a…
Between the stars of our Galaxy, light is bent by chaotic turbulence the size of our Solar System. Scientists have just seen it for the first time
Astronomers say they’ve made the first ever direct detection of turbulence in the space between stars distorting light…
New Cosmic Evidence Could Soon Rewrite A 100-Year-Old Assumption About The Universe
A new set of cosmological studies is raising questions about one of the deepest assumptions in modern physics:…
Physical unclonable functions based on chaotic vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers for dynamic authentication
Abouelmehdi, K., Beni-Hssane, A., Khaloufi, H. & Saadi, M. Big data security and privacy in healthcare: a review.…
Scientists Uncover the Surprising Source of Strange Clouds Near the Milky Way’s Supermassive Black Hole
Astronomers have uncovered evidence that a massive binary star near the center of the Milky Way may be…
One of the Largest Physics Surveys Ever Finds No One Agrees on Anything
Last summer, Nature conducted a survey asking physicists about some quantum hot takes. That venture revealed significantly disparate…
Ultrasensitive biosensing by radiative Q-factor modulation in strongly coupled three-dimensional bound-state-in-the-continuum metasurfaces
Altug, H., Oh, S.-H., Maier, S. A. & Homola, J. Advances and applications of nanophotonic biosensors. Nat. Nanotechnol.…
A Strange Quantum Effect May Explain One of Biology’s Greatest Mysteries
Researchers have uncovered a possible explanation for why living systems repeatedly choose one molecular form instead of its…
A cup of water reveals another requirement for life as we know it
When physicists ask why life exists, they start with stars. Nuclear reactions inside them produce the carbon and…