Merging black holes and neutron stars have unusual oval orbits prior to colliding and merging, which challenge the laws of ...

Paul Howarth, president of the Institute of Physics, says ‘constructive dialogue’ with the government is needed, or the country risks losing the next generation of scientists.

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Researchers created a technique to reduce uncertainty in cosmic birefringence measurements, resolving a key phase ambiguity and improving future studies of fundamental physics.

My academic path studying physics at Tsinghua University began in 1981 where I completed a Bachelor’s and Master’s before earning a PhD in 1992. I then did a postdoc at the Central Iron & Steel ...

Michael S Turner argues that the next breakthrough in particle physics and cosmology may be just around the corner.

The future for our computers will literally be at the speed of light. Extremely short light pulses can perform ultrafast logical operations: these are the findings of a study recently published in the ...

Commercial software can’t keep pace with experimental precision when it comes to large-scale computer-algebra calculations in ...

Curiosity-driven research has long sparked technological transformations. A century ago, curiosity about atoms led to quantum mechanics, and ...

In our latest episode of Lexicon, we sit down with Dr. Lulu Zhao, an ...

The search for materials that can conduct electricity at room temperature without losing energy is one of the greatest and most consequential challenges of modern physics: loss-free power transmission ...

Reflections from inside an industry undergoing its biggest transformation in decades.