Careful selection: removing 10% of the oranges on the surface of this display could cause an citrus avalanche. (Courtesy: Sir…
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Stable skyrmions: First-principles calculations of the skyrmion-stabilizing Dzyaloshinskii–Moriya interaction in pristine (bottom) and oxidized (top) Fe3GaTe2-x enabled the team to…
Researchers from MIT and Northeastern University developed a liquid crystal elastomer fibre that can change its shape in response to…
(a) Droplets sliding down (l-r) a single fibre, a bundle of two fibres and a bundle of three fibres. A…
Simple setup: The iodine vapour cells used in Vector Atomic’s portable optical atomic clock. (Courtesy: Vector Atomic) Atoms are the…
Quiet conductor: scanning electron microscope image of a long nanowire made of the strange metal. The scale bar at the…
This episode of the Physics World Weekly podcast features a lively discussion about our Top 10 Breakthroughs of 2023. Physics…
Sky high: new research has shed light on how higher carbon dioxide levels in the stratosphere contributes to global warming.…
Espresso eruption: static electricity affects your cup of coffee. (Courtesy: iStock/radu984) What do volcanic eruptions and grinding coffee have in…
Hot topic: US climate envoy John Kerry announces a new international fusion plan at the UN Climate Change Conference, COP28,…
Cutting edge: NIRSpec being readied for the launch of the JWST. (Courtesy: Astrium/NIRSpec) Using a cutting-edge spectrograph on the James…
Flapping and soaring: The tips of pelicans’ wings turn down when they fly near the surface of water. Aerodynamics experts…
Screen time: teams of scientists that work remotely are less likely to make big research breakthroughs, claims a new study…
Diagnosing ADHD Using AI models to analyse children’s brain MRI scans could help find imaging biomarkers that can identify ADHD.…
Planetary harmony: illustration of the orbits of the six exoplanets of HD 110067. (Courtesy:Medienmitteilung/UniBE/UniGE/CHEOPS/TESS/Sextett/Planete/Walzer/Video©UniBE/HughOsborn) A rare system of six exoplanets,…
At 10:52 Wednesday morning, The Wall Street Journal reported new data from the National Center for Health Statistics on suicide…
Slippery slope: a polymer coating made the toilet bowl on the left more slippery than the untreated one on the…
This episode of the Physics World Weekly podcast looks at two very different and very difficult challenges — how to…