In the near future, commuting to work won't be such an agonizing chore because cars will drive themselves. Already, driverless cars, using GPS to locate their position within a few feet, can drive ...

This episode of the Physics World Weekly podcast features Tim Hsieh of Canada’s Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics. We explore some of today’s hottest topics in quantum science and technology ...

A proposed funding program for small- and medium-scale projects reveals insights into the science, logistical challenges, and future of particle physics research. Particle physicists have a reputation ...

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New calculation of viral spread based on branching process theory suggests that rapid elimination of SARS-CoV-2-like viruses ...

Not even the most advanced physics can reveal everything we want to know about the history and future of the cosmos, or about ourselves. An infrared image from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope ...

In the culmination of a US community planning process that began in late 2020, the High Energy Physics Advisory Panel has approved the recommendations of the P5 Report. The US particle physics ...

From even better to still better quantum tools, a rising helix of creativity will catalyse new dreams and forge new realities In the second instalment of his exclusive monthly series for the South ...

The physics of the cut itself becomes a storm of extreme heat and pressure, causing rapid tool wear and introducing stresses into components where perfect reliability is the only acceptable standard.

Physicists don’t think the truth should be “out there.” They want nature to come naturally, make sense, fit in or have a good reason not to. Unnaturalness is a problem. The poster child for unnatural ...