We also look back to two early Nobel prizes, which were given for very puzzling reasons. One was awarded in 1908 to Gabriel ...

Too often in science, the people producing results and advancing our collective understanding are little more than names on publications. You might be lucky enough to see them speak at a conference, ...

This episode of the Physics World Weekly podcast features a lively discussion about our Top 10 Breakthroughs of 2024, which include important research in nuclear physics, quantum computing, medical ...

But not anymore. Janet Babin: The so-called God Particle, officially called the Higgs boson. Scientists at CERN, the European particle physics lab using a gigantic machine known as the Large Hadron ...

The Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL), roughly 4 miles out from campus, is a national lab run by the Department of Energy and yet remains a relatively elusive branch of Princeton’s research ...

How much science do you remember from school? Do you know how a simple electric motor works, or what the Doppler effect is? Basic physics is taught early in schools, but is easily forgotten. To learn ...

Nobel Prize 2025 award ceremony will be held December 10, the anniversary of the 1896 death of Alfred Nobel, the wealthy ...