Researchers create a photonic engine that can manipulate microwave and optical signals and convert the signals between the ...

While gluons are responsible for generating most of the visible mass in the universe, their role inside nuclei remains poorly understood. These massless particles mediate the strong nuclear force, ...

Yet not everything went according to plan. Although the room was full of curious students, each time the floor opened for ...

Minimizing vibration is usually achieved by doing experiments on optical tables, which are very large, heavy and rigid in order to dampen motion. Therefore, when a cryogenic cooler (cryocooler) is ...

From swirling oil paints to the grin of a Cheshire cat, this Physics World Stories episode brings quantum science to life ...

New statistical physics analysis of the French labour market could improve the efficiency of employment markets and help workers adapt to shocks like technological change or economic crises ...

An ultrasensitive small-animal PET scanner can image the entire body of a rat with sub-second temporal resolution ...

Based in Cerro Pachón in the Andes, the Vera C Rubin Observatory contains the Legacy Survey of Space and Time (LSST) – the largest camera ever built. Taking almost two decades to build, the 3200 ...

Nick Stone discusses some of the many ways in which light can be used for diagnostic and therapeutic applications ...

Conventional accelerators use oscillating electric fields to drive charged particles to relativistic speeds. The Large Hadron ...

New measurements of the universe’s expansion using James Webb Space Telescope appear to resolve the Hubble constant conflict ...

The charge radius is a statistical measure of how far the electric charge of a particle extends into space. Both groups were ...