Researchers from TUM, working at CERN, have made a groundbreaking discovery that reveals how deuterons are formed. Another long-standing question in particle physics has been answered. Scientists ...

Researchers at the University of Warsaw have unveiled a breakthrough method for detecting and precisely calibrating terahertz ...

From a particle smasher encircling the moon to an “impossible” laser, five scientists reveal the experiments they would run ...

A revolutionary achievement could pave the way for smaller, more efficient nuclear clocks. Last year, a research team led by UCLA achieved a milestone scientists had pursued for half a century. They s ...

Beijing is pouring vast resources into fusion research, while the U.S. wants private industry to lead the way. The winner ...

Rosatom and Kazakhstan’s Institute of Nuclear Physics have signed an MoU to develop a multi‑purpose research reactor and lab ...

Scientists have managed to observe solar neutrinos carrying out a rare atomic transformation deep underground, converting carbon-13 into nitrogen-13 inside the SNO+ detector. By tracking two faint ...

Physics World is delighted to announce its Top 10 Breakthroughs of the Year for 2025, which includes research in astronomy, antimatter, atomic and molecular physics and more. The Top Ten is the ...

The microscopic processes taking place in superconductors are difficult to observe directly. Researchers at the RPTU ...

By building an atomic equivalent of the critical Josephson junction, scientists can now study how energy is lost and excitations form.

In 2008, a team of UCLA-led scientists proposed a scheme to use a laser to excite the nucleus of thorium atoms to realize extremely accurate, portable clocks. Last year, they realized this ...

As public hearings are held on the project to build Kazakhstan's second nuclear power plant, the country is also looking to ...