They assume a small fraction of passengers won’t turn up, which is fine – until you can’t fly because everyone else has ...

By adapting their quantum twisting microscope to operate at cryogenic temperatures, researchers have made the first ...

They found that the pointed cusps that form at the edge of rose petals are due to a type of geometric frustration called a ...

The Milky Way is known to host a diverse array of planetary systems, providing astronomers with extensive insights into how ...

Most of us have heard of Schrödinger’s eponymous cat, but it is not the only feline in the quantum physics bestiary. Quantum ...

Rahmanudin tells Physics World that fluid-based electrodes could lead to entirely new battery designs, including batteries ...

Cursor control Left: schematic of the cursor BCI; neural activity was recorded by four 64-electrode arrays located in the left ventral precentral gyrus. Right: 3D brain reconstruction showing ...

Physicists have observed axion quasiparticles for the first time in a two-dimensional quantum material. As well as having applications in materials science, the discovery could aid the search for ...

The full version of Henney’s story will be published in the Physics World Quantum Briefing 2025 – a free-to-read digital ...

By using bilayers of recently-discovered materials known as altermagnets, the researchers developed a tuneable and ...