Mathematical physicists in the Netherlands and Germany have proposed a new “Cavendish-like” gravitation experiment that could ...

Earlier this year, the Francis Scott Key Bridge in the US collapsed after being struck by a large container ship. Six people ...

Clifford circuits attain universality – that is, the ability to compute any function that quantum theory permits – upon ...

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Four’s company Computer simulations predict the existence of a tetraquark containing charm and beauty quarks. (Courtesy: ...

“This preceding laser light modifies our particle source – a thin plastic foil – making it transparent to the main laser pulse,” Ziegler explains. “This allows the light of the main pulse to penetrate ...

Robert P Crease pays tribute to the science-fiction writer Ursula K Le Guin, who 50 years ago introduced Schrödinger’s famous image into popular culture Feline inspiration Sketch by Ursula K Le Guin ...

Daniel Hook, chief executive of Digital Science, reflects on his career developing information tools for researchers ...

Lily Ellis-Gibbings from the UK’s National Physical Laboratory (NPL) discusses her varied career in instrumentation ...

The blurring of the optical writing beam helped to generate a surface roughness in the sub-nanometre range – making it ...

Star power: This spectacular image taken by Euclid shows Messier 78 – a nursery of star formation that is enveloped in a ...