Sally Oey is a professor of astronomy at the University of Michigan, US, where she studies massive stars and their…
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Hubble and the James Webb Space Telescope have joined forces to image the galaxy cluster known as MACS0416 (courtesy: NASA,…
This episode of the Physics World Weekly podcast features a wide-ranging interview with Dave Newbold, who is Executive Director, National…
Warning signs: Researchers developed a wearable wrist-worn device that uses laser speckle imaging to catch early signs of postpartum haemorrhage.…
Moiya McTier describes her journey from academic research in astrophysics, to setting up her own science communication business Road less…
Follow the flow: Graphs showing the smooth flow of photocurrent streamlines around a microscopic structure shaped like an aeroplane wing.…
The source of the sound Researchers find that the Kortokoff sounds heard through a stethoscope may not be sound waves…
Cataclysmic collision: It is thought that ‘rapid neutron-capture processes’ that occur during a neutron star merger could be responsible for…
Engineering icons: a small section of the new Tube map. (Courtesy: Transport for London) Perhaps the most iconic map ever…
Some of the biggest mysteries of physics – including the nature of dark matter and dark energy, and the origin…
Hot topic: For over the past decade, JET has been carrying out “ITER relevant†experiments, in anticipation of the opening…
While automation and machine-learning technologies hold great promise for radiation oncology programmes, speakers at the ASTRO Annual Meeting cautioned that…
Mitigating skin tone bias Conventional (top rows) and SLSC (bottom rows) photoacoustic images of volunteer 1 (light skin tone) and…
Join the audience for a live webinar at 2 p.m. GMT/3 p.m. CET on 14 November 2023 exploring MRI-guided radiotherapy quality…
Multiple qubit platform: in this diagram, an STM tip coated with iron (top) operates the sensor spin qubit. Also shown…
[embedded content] Earlier this year, the Institute of Physics (IOP), which publishes Physics World, launched a campaign to persuade journalists to…
This episode of the Physics World Weekly podcast features two pioneers in their fields. Margaret Gardel is a biophysicist who…
Recreational drug use has been prevalent in societies for centuries, and it continues to be a topic of interest and…