Cyril Hilsum, a former president of the Institute of Physics (IOP), celebrated his 100th birthday last week at a special event held at the Royal Society of Chemistry.

Scientists have created a novel antimicrobial coating that, when mixed with paint, can be applied to a range of surfaces to destroy bacteria and viruses – including particularly persistent and ...

Jonte Hance reveals why they stopped reviewing and submitting articles to for-profit publishers ...

New estimate suggests that the most persistent stellar objects may decay away via Hawking radiation within the next 1078 ...

A wearable navigation assistance system combines visual, audio and haptic senses to assist visually impaired people with daily life tasks ...

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Subtle quantum effects within atomic nuclei can dramatically affect how some nuclei break apart. By studying 100 isotopes ...

Repulsive gravity at the quantum scale would have flattened out inhomogeneities in the early universe First light The cosmic microwave background, as imaged by the European Space Agency’s Planck ...

Seismic sensor: Portable seismometer deployed at Yellowstone. (Courtesy: Jamie Farrell, University of Utah) The first clear images of Yellowstone’s shallowest magma reservoir have revealed its depth ...

In this episode of the Physics World Weekly podcast I am in conversation with James Wootton, who is chief scientific officer ...

A ceremony has been held today to officially open the Ray Dolby Centre at the University of Cambridge. Named after the ...