Systems governed by chemistry and physics, not biology, can behave in surprisingly lifelike ways, as Giorgio Volpe, Rob ...

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In a breakthrough in droplet physics, researchers find a way to get centimetre-scale water droplets to jump into the air ...

Scientists across the world are finding that global warming could cause extreme changes in earthquakes and volcanic activity.

Low-power optical device achieves around 100 times amplification using just a couple of hundred milliwatts of input power ...

My academic path studying physics at Tsinghua University began in 1981 where I completed a Bachelor’s and Master’s before earning a PhD in 1992. I then did a postdoc at the Central Iron & Steel ...

Integrating metamaterials into radiofrequency antennas improves image sharpness and enables faster data acquisition using ...

Early-career physicist Natasha Khan talks about her route to becoming a nuclear safety engineer – a journey that includes job rejections, the charity sector and nuclear awards ...

Addressed to science minister Patrick Vallance, the letter says the cuts are causing “reputational risk” and calls for ...

Acoustic waves are usually thought of as purely longitudinal, moving back and forth in the direction the wave is travelling and having no intrinsic rotation, therefore no spin (spin‑0). Recent work ...

The display comprises seven sculptures that are illuminated from two different directions. The result is two very different ...

Aurélie Hourlier‑Fargette, winner of the 2025 JPhys Materials Early Career Award, discusses the inspirations behind her interdisciplinary work on bubble assemblies and foam-based materials ...