On October 8, 2024, the field of physics was plunged into controversy. That day, the Nobel Prize in Physics was awarded for discoveries not involving black holes, cosmology, or strange new subatomic ...

A hands-on physics experiment challenges a common misconception, using a balloon and a drone to reveal what really happens according to the laws of physics. Donald Trump issues funding threat to ...

After a multi-decade-year mission to understand the nature of the universe, a telescope perched in the mountain plateaus of northern Chile said goodbye in 2022. Now, its final data release is ...

Try our fun new interactive end-of-year quiz, which is (mostly) based on stories and events covered in Physics World. Compiled by Colin White. How well have you been following events in physics? There ...

In Part 2 of his story, Benita Albert tells of astronomer Bob Benjamin's career, including teaching and now being a NASA consultant.

Quantum physics is the study of matter and energy at its most fundamental level. A central tenet of quantum physics is that energy comes in indivisible packets called quanta. Quanta behave very ...

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Applied physics is the study of physics for a practical purpose, as opposed to physics motived solely for an improved fundamental understanding. This includes technological advances such as the ...

Cardiovascular disease is a term used to describe diseases of the heart and blood vessels. Some of the common types of cardiovascular disease include coronary artery disease, heart attack, and heart ...

Researchers at the ArQuS Laboratory of the University of Trieste (Italy) and the National Institute of Optics of the Italian National Research Council (CNR-INO) have achieved the first imaging of ...

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