Van Dishoeck talks about some of the key unanswered questions in astrochemistry, including how complex molecules form on the tiny specks of dust in interstellar space. We chat about the recent growth ...

Small levitating platforms that can stay airborne indefinitely at very high altitudes have been developed by researchers in the US and Brazil. Using photophoresis, the devices could be adapted to ...

Hybrid copper-halide-based emitters promise the best of both worlds, being both non-toxic and stable. They are also inexpensive, with tuneable optical properties and a high luminescence efficiency, ...

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 ...

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

New capability could make it easier to generate single pairs of entangled photons on demand using semiconductor quantum dots ...

Tucked away Illustration showing the position and size of the CONUS+ detector within the reactor in Leibstadt, Switzerland.

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 ...

New findings help meteorologists better understand the physical mechanisms driving climate change, particularly the role of ...