This episode of Physics World Stories explores a new book that restores women to the early history of quantum mechanics ...

Travis Humble is director of the Quantum Science Center at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) in Tennessee, US – which is run by the US Department of Energy (DOE). The centre links the capabilities ...

Jonathan Edwards, who originally studied physics at Durham University, still holds the men’s world record for the triple-jump. Edwards broke the record twice on 7 August 1995 at the World Athletics ...

At high temperatures and pressures, molten carbon has two options. It can crystallize into diamond and become one of the ...

Researchers in the US are first to show how a melting ice disc can quickly propel itself across a patterned surface in a manner reminiscent of the Leidenfrost effect. Jonathan Boreyko and colleagues ...

A team of researchers from the Kavli Institute for Theoretical Sciences, China, have developed a new framework for modelling strongly correlated topological insulators A material's band structure can ...

Driven by global warming The researchers identified which factors influence the jet stream in the southern hemisphere. (Courtesy: Leipzig University/Office for University Communications) An ...

Dark exciton control: Researchers assemble a large cryostat in an experimental physics laboratory, preparing for ultra-low temperature experiments with quantum dots on a semiconductor chip. (Courtesy: ...

Chalsani talks about the Illinois Quantum and Microelectronics Park, a 128-acre technology campus that being developed on the ...

A seismic detector in your pocket: This map shows the global distribution of earthquakes detected and alerted. (Courtesy: Google) The global network of Android smartphones makes a useful earthquake ...

Leading light: Michele Dougherty will succeed Martin Rees as the next Astronomer Royal (courtesy: Imperial College London) The space scientist Michele Dougherty from Imperial College London has been ...