Physics

Pakistani physics gold medalist’s death sparks fraud investigation over fake US scholarship

Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif ordered a thorough investigation, describing Ejaz’s death as “extremely tragic."

Pakistani physics gold medalist Laiba Ejaz.
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Wolf Foundation, Herzog announce 2026 Wolf Prize Laureates in medicine, physics, chemistry, math

TESS, the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite, is shown in this conceptual illustration obtained by Reuters on March 28, 2018.

Scientists identify nearby 'super-Earth' as promising candidate in search for alien life - study

The Niels Bohr Institute in Copenhagen was founded in 1921 as the Institute for Theoretical Physics of the University of Copenhagen by Danish theoretical physicist Niels Bohr.

‘Copenhagen’ in Jerusalem revisits the Nazi-era meeting that shaped the nuclear age


The physics of the figure skater's spin

How do figure skaters manage to spin so elegantly? The answer lies in a simple physical principle

 Figure skater Yuna Kim

MIT physicists create 'quantum tornadoes' out of ultracold atoms

Physicists managed to create "quantum tornadoes" similar to weather patterns in the macro world.

A spinning fluid of quantum particles breaks up into a crystal formed from swirling, tornado-like structures.

Hebrew U. physicist wins Physics World’s 2021 Breakthrough of the Year

Physics World magazine’s 2021 Breakthrough of the Year selected winners from nearly 600 published research articles.

Hebrew U 370

Never before seen state of matter could advance quantum tech

A team at Harvard has documented a new state of matter which could advance quantum technology.

 Abstract illustration of wave-particle duality

Researchers create 'time crystal' with quantum computers

The versatility of quantum computers have helped physicists create a "time crystal," a new phase of matter.

 A handout picture from October 2019 shows Sundar Pichai and Daniel Sank (R) with one of Google's Quantum Computers in the Santa Barbara lab, California, US

Neutrinos detected in particle collider for first time at CERN

For the first time, neutrinos produced in a particle accelerator have been detected.

A general view of the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) experiment is seen during a media visit at the Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) in the French village of Saint-Genis-Pouilly near Geneva in Switzerland, July 23, 2014

Einstein notes with sketches of relativity theory sold in Paris auction

The 54 pages of paper, around half-filled with Einstein's handwriting, are one of only two working documents known in which the thinker approaches his famous theory.

 The Einstein-Besso manuscript, a 54-page working manuscript written jointly by Albert Einstein and Michele Besso between June 1913 and early 1914, which documents a crucial stage in the development of the general theory of relativity, is displayed at Christie's auction house in Paris, France.

Who will dominate the tech arms race?

The ‘Magazine’ visits top US quantum computing labs, experts for some up-close answers

 Computational chip (Illustrative)

Steven Weinberg and the twilight of the godless universe

With the passing last month of Steven Weinberg, the world lost a great theoretical physicist.

Steven Weinberg at the 2010 Texas Book Festival, Austin, Texas, United States.

Israeli scientists solve physics' 'three-body problem'

The three-body problem, which has been a focus of scientific study for over 400 years, represented a stumbling block for famous astronomers such as Isaac Newton and Johannes Kepler.

Earth from space