Some of the biggest mysteries of physics – including the nature of dark matter and dark energy, and the origin…
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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…
Tiny device: photograph of the microchip containing the Friedrich-Alexander University dielectric laser accelerator. A one cent euro coin is shown…
How it works: the noninvasive imaging technique combines acoustic radiation force and optical coherence tomography to produce 3D elastic wave…
Michael Riordan argues that if the US had followed a more conservative strategy when building the Superconducting Super Collider, the…
Reaching out: Brad Gibson at Thoresby Primary School in Hull. (Courtesy: University of Hull) Congratulations to University of Hull physicist…
Common trends: researchers at the University of Tokyo have used data taken by telescopes such as the Arecibo observatory in…
On a wire: the new quantum-computing protocol creates cubits from strings of trapped atoms. (Courtesy: Shutterstock/Evgenia-Fux) Quantum bits (qubits) based…
Photoacoustic images of the ulnar (left) and median (right) nerves from a pig recorded in vivo for the first time.…
A woman’s world The Mosuo community in south-western China has a matrilineal structure and many of its women hold positions…
Messenger from the dark side: Dark matter may interact with normal matter via a hypothetical particle known as a dark…