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Rahmanudin tells Physics World that fluid-based electrodes could lead to entirely new battery designs, including batteries that could be moulded into textiles, embedded in skin-worn patches or ...
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 ...
Isabel Rabey reviews Einstein’s Tutor: the Story of Emmy Noether and the Invention of Modern Physics by Lee Philips ...
A burst of solar wind triggered a planet-wide heatwave in Jupiter’s upper atmosphere, say astronomers at the University in ...
The full version of Henney’s story will be published in the Physics World Quantum Briefing 2025 – a free-to-read digital ...
Minimally invasive Tiny pacemaker is so small that it can be injected into the body via a syringe. (Courtesy: Northwestern University) The world’s smallest pacemaker to date is smaller than a single ...
Researchers in Singapore and the US have independently developed two new types of photonic computer chips that match existing ...
During Hubble’s operational life, the telescope has made nearly 1.7 million observations A series of spectacular images of the cosmos has been released to celebrate the Hubble Space Telescope‘s 35 ...
In this Physics World Focus we survey the latest advances in invisibility cloaking – 10 years after first being demonstrated at microwave frequencies. We look at the optical systems underpinning ...
Fighting back: Harvard University is suing the US government over its plan to block up to $9bn of government research grants to the institution. (Courtesy: Kris Snibbe/Harvard University) Harvard ...