Condensed-matter physics pioneer Philip Anderson dies aged 96
Nobel laureate made many contributions to physics from high-temperature superconductivity to particle physics
News
Mars rover launch delayed until 2022
Coronavirus outbreak called "the straw that broke the camel's back" after glitches with the rover's parachutes and electronics
American Physical Society cancels April Meeting due to coronavirus pandemic
Annual gathering of particle physicists will now be held as an online "virtual" event
Report recommends ways to help women in STEMM fields
US National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine call for systematic, evidence-based actions to address the underrepresentation of women, especially women of colour
Delegates react after last-minute cancellation of American Physical Society March Meeting
Stoicism and anger among physicists after world's biggest physics meeting cancelled
American Physical Society cancels March meeting in Denver due to coronavirus outbreak
World's biggest gathering of physicists axed and delegates advised not to travel to Colorado
Science in a digital world
To celebrate 30 years since Tim Berners-Lee first proposed the idea of a World Wide Web, this special collection explores how scientists are exploiting digital technologies to understand online behaviour and drive research progress
Research updates
Nanoscale structures give some butterflies �?ultra-black’ wings
Dark wings could enhance colour patches used in courtship displays
Solar wind and extreme heat creates ice on Mercury, say researchers
Water migrates from blazing hot surfaces to chilly crater shadows
Diamond defects could boost the range of quantum cryptography
Device allows Charlie to help Alice and Bob make a secure connection
Carbon nanotubes forecast when vegetables spoil and buds bloom
Sensor detects the ethylene emissions of plants at concentrations as low as 15 parts per billion, helping dealers predict when flowers will bloom and fruit and veg ripen
Phase-contrast imaging could improve breast cancer diagnosis
Propagation-based phase-contrast CT generates higher quality diagnostic breast images than absorption-based CT, at a comparable dose to conventional mammography
Black hole ‘subrings’ could be seen by putting a telescope on the Moon
Focussed light could tell us more about supermassive black holes
Features
COVID-19: how physics is helping the fight against the pandemic
With the world in the grips of the COVID-19 pandemic, Jon Cartwright investigates how physics-based techniques are helping scientists study viruses, including this latest no...
Time crystals enter the real world of condensed matter
Peter Hannaford and Krzysztof Sacha ask whether we can realize condensed-matter phenomena exhibited by ordinary spatial crystals in the time dimension
Navigating the terahertz gap
The terahertz region of the electromagnetic spectrum is exploited less than its neighbouring wavelengths but plays a vital role in astronomy, as Sidney Perkowitz explains
Turning water into watts
The oceans seem like an obvious source of renewable energy, but there are huge technical and financial hurdles to harnessing their vast power. Stephen Ornes investigates
Double slits with single atoms
Andrew Murray describes a new variant of the classic Young's double-slit experiments, but this time using photoelectrons emitted via two different paths from rubidium atoms ...
The enduring enigma of the cosmic cold spot
Why does the cosmic microwave background have a strange patch that is much colder than expected? Syed Faisal ur Rahman looks at some possible explanations
Sustainable futures
Explore our special collection of videos and articles highlighting the latest interdisciplinary research on local and global environmental challenges, plus solutions for creating more sustainable technologies and societies
From the blog
Physics in the pandemic: �?My job is not amenable to working from home’
Atomic physicist Hannah Williams would normally be fixing lasers and machinery in her lab outside Paris. With France on lockdown, she’s searching for alternatives
Beating COVID-19: the April 2020 issue of Physics World is now out
Understanding the virus behind COVID-19, studying diamond electronics and living in a zero-carbon world
Physics in the pandemic: �?Watching a phenomenon of staggering scope unfold in real time, dictated by simple mathematics’
As a scientist, Charles Curry believes he should help the public understand evidence-based policies for controlling COVID-19
Physicists doing stupid things
The Physics World team celebrates April Fool’s Day with genuine tales of idiocy from our archives
Physics in the pandemic: �?Scientists don’t live in a vacuum’
PhD student Lucy Rowlands is creating an ever-expanding list of experiments to do when she can return to the lab
Physics in the pandemic: ‘I learned that my students miss the structure and support that the university provides’
Bill Atkinson reflects on how closing Trent University has affected his students
Analysis
Freeman Dyson: unorthodox to the end
Mathematical physicist was “the midwife to the birth of quantum electrodynamics”
Novel tools aim to accelerate physics research
Learn about some of the product innovations that were due to be announced at the American Physical Society's March Meeting
Open innovation meets the technology challenge of 5G networks
Equipment vendor Supermicro has developed open hardware platforms that bring high-performance computing right to the edge of mobile networks
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